Results 41-60 of 915 for speaker:Tom Clonan

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: I commend my colleagues in Sinn Féin on tabling this Private Members' motion and welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. Cuirim fáilte roimhe and I offer my comhghairdeas on his appointment to this very important role. This set of proposals comes within a particular context. At the moment, for example, there are more than 110,000 Irish children awaiting some sort of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: I support my colleagues in opposition on the importance of the triple lock to Ireland's neutral status. Many commentators have said that there is no link between them, which is politically and philosophically incorrect. I did some research before I came into the Chamber. In the past 24 days there have been no fewer than 48 opinion and analysis pieces in our broadsheet newspapers and on our...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: I remind the House that the Shannon report into serial and systematic sexual abuse of young men and boys in St. John Ambulance was published two years ago, in March 2023. We hear from reports in the media that there is no plan on the part of the Minister, Deputy Foley, to have a public inquiry into what happened at St. John Ambulance. I would be concerned about what is happening in St. John...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House this evening. I echo my colleague's congratulations. Déanaim comhghairdeas léi. I am delighted she has been appointed as Minister because, as others have said, she has the tenacity and capacity to deal with the many challenges that confront us in health. I thank Senator McDowell for drafting the Bill, bringing it forward and having it...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: He would disagree.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for attending. It is International Women's Day on Saturday. Later today, we will have a Private Members' debate on women's health on this auspicious week. I raise the issue of a young Irish girl, Eve Lynn Woods, born in 2018. She is seven years old. Like thousands of other children in Ireland, she has received no meaningful physiotherapy or occupational or...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: I know that.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: I absolutely acknowledge the Minister of State's sincerity and that of Senator Rabbitte on these matters. The Minister of State mentioned the CDNTs. The CDNTs are completely and utterly dysfunctional. My understanding is that the person who launched the CDNT programme was seconded to the HSE. They were not a clinician. There was never any clinical sign-off on the CDNT system and they...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: They are not.

Seanad: International Women's Day - Women's Health: Statements (5 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. Déanaim comhghairdeas leí. I have not seen her since her appointment. I am delighted for her. I know she will be very good in the role. I wish a happy International Women's Day to all of our colleagues and all those watching. I owe so much to the women in my life, including my mother for giving birth to me. "Thank you,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Tom Clonan: A conversation needs to be had in Ireland about the much-publicised Government plans to get rid of the triple lock. It is one thing to get rid of something but what will it be replaced with? That is not yet clear but I am sure it will be when the legislation is published. My hope is that the legislation is not guillotined in the way so much legislation has been in this House. This is not...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (26 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: Before I start, I apologise to Senator Harmon for passing in front of her while she was speaking. I was not thinking.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (26 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: Yes, I propose to share time with Senator McCarthy. We will have three minutes each.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (26 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: I commend the Private Members' motion and refer specifically to one exhortation. It is number 22 of 29, but it is there: "ensure every service on our public transport network is accessible for people with disabilities and impaired mobility". I impress on the Minister of State - déanaim comhgháirdeachas leis agus cuirim fáilte roimhe ar ais go dtí an Seanad - that if...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: I wish to raise the issue of the triple lock. It has been reported widely that the Government is considering removing the triple lock and will introduce legislation to do so in the coming weeks. I have some serious questions for everyone in this House in this regard. I am trying to be as constructive as I can. The triple lock consists of a UN Security Council resolution, or UN Assembly...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: I want to raise the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Disability Matters. This is an extremely important committee, which was set up originally on the basis that it was for a special purpose. I have heard a suggestion that the committee might not be reinstated during this Dáil and Seanad term. I ask that this committee be reinstated as a matter of urgency and priority, and that it be...

Seanad: Cathaoirleach a Thoghadh - Election of Cathaoirleach (12 Feb 2025)

Tom Clonan: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirleach, agus comhghairdeachas, and also to Senator Wilson, the father of the House. I remember on being elected that Senator Wilson gave me some great advice. He said, "It was talking got you in here and it is talking that could get you out." Wise words of advice. On the subject of geography, we have two Senators from Tallaght. I think I am the only Senator...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: In advance of the election, I thank the Cathaoirleach and his predecessor, Senator Mark Daly, for welcoming me into this House. I also thank Martin Groves, all of the staff in the Seanad Office, the ushers and everybody else who is part of this community for their support. I particularly thank my colleagues here in Seanad Éireann for all the support they have given me in the short time...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tom Clonan: I wish to raise the case of Caitlin Ada Joanne Hassan. This is not the first time I have raised it and I am bringing it to the House’s attention again. This young woman was sexually and physically assaulted in a publicly funded care provider. It was subcontracted by the HSE to do what should be done by the State as a matter of human rights and entitlements. Unfortunately, we are 30...