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Seanad: Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: On behalf of the Civil Engagement group, I express our sympathies to the McGuinness family, to Martin's wife, his children and grandchildren. Last autumn, I found myself grieving for somebody else called Martin, a great disability advocate and leader. I am not raising that for any other reason than to make the point that maybe I have some sense of the rawness, grief and loss of Martin's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Implcations for Health Sector of United Kingdom's Withdrawal from the EU: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: I have a number of observations first before I get into the detail of the submission we received. I very much welcome the opportunity to get this report. It is more than timely for us to begin such an engagement. What is important now is how the committee, the Department and the HSE – indeed the whole of Government – proceeds with the issue and that we do not just behave in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: I welcome Ms Orla O'Connor of the National Women's Council who has worked with me through the community and social pillar for many years. Many issues relate to women, disability and mental health. I am delighted that Professor Pras is here. It is interesting that it was not until 2002 that the UN appointed a rapporteur on the right to health. That may be an echo of some of the comments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: My notion of the right to choose is that it also implies the right to make a different choice. I may choose to join a trade union but next week I might choose to unjoin. I will give the example of a mother with a baby with Down's syndrome. Hopefully there is a partner but I will not complicate the matter by talking about them at the moment. The availability of services and supports,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: I will not wear this out for the rest of the evening but the cultural milieu that people live in and the tolerance for one thing or another influences choice. That is one thing. The other thing is when that woman looks around her and sees there are no services or that they are scattered and poor, it is a real influencer of choice. At present, we are dealing in Ireland with women who gave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: What did I say?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: Then I said after it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: My intervention and comment came from my experience of people with disabilities. We have to have a good, hard, look at ourselves. That is what I am getting at when I talk about the services and supports that are there in order that people can actually exercise choice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: They are quite lacking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Women's Reproductive Health: Discussion (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: It is not easy. There are things other than picking one colour or another.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: The European Commission has declared 2017 the European year of focussed action to combat violence against women and girls. Women and girls with migrant backgrounds, refugee women, asylum seekers, women and girls with disabilities, lesbians, transgender and intersex women, Roma women and children, Muslims, black women, homeless women, elderly and young women - the list goes on. There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: I thank the Chairman and the Minister. We do not have much time. I have two questions for the Minister. I would also like to make a few points. Have the cuts to services that have already been announced been risk assessed in terms for access for people with disabilities, who are stakeholders in all of this? As members of the public, they have a right to use a public service. As we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: That is an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: There are just two questions and they can be dealt with quickly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: I do not expect them to be answered today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: Regarding the new arrangements for Clonmel to Dublin etc., is it a fact that people with disabilities or mobility impaired passengers are not going to be able to use the new arrangements? That is a very important question today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: I am very clear about what the Minister is saying about not getting involved and managing for managers, but he is the person who stands over the public interest. Is it the case that there was an accessible service that is now gone because of the changes? I am not trying to score. It is a real issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

John Dolan: It is not too soon. The decision has been made.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

John Dolan: I thank the Minister, his team and the HSE team for the answers I received to the questions I had submitted. I had four questions. I wish to commend the Department of Health, which I think, sadly, is the only Department so far to mention its public sector duty in its statement of strategy. I consider that critical. The Department picked up on that as well in terms of the UN convention and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

John Dolan: Will the Minister also confirm that he is happy to meet it?