Results 41-60 of 944 for speaker:Tom Clonan
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I echo the sympathies offered to Micko's family. As for the assertion that Kerry has had the best football team in history, I will just say “five in a row”. As someone who used to go to my grandmother in Killorglin, Kerry, in the 1970s, I remember the great rivalry between Dublin and Kerry, and Heffo's Army. However, the question of which football team was the greatest ever...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Disability Services: Statements (8 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: The Minister of State is welcome to the House and I congratulate her on her appointment to this important portfolio. According to the World Health Organization, everybody in this room, everybody outside and everybody in the world will have a disability for an average of between eight and ten years of their lifespan. For most of us, it comes at the end of life. Unfortunately for disabled...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: This week I want to raise the case of a 14-year-old boy in Tralee, County Kerry. His name is Daniel Collins.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Let me be clear: I would never use the name of a family or a child without their express permission.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Actually, it is an interesting point because this is the situation for disabled citizens in Ireland, where to get any kind of support or assistance, they have to go public with their situation.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: Hold on a minute, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I have the permission of the parents, so I will not be impugned.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I will not be impugned in this way. If anybody thinks that vindicating or advocating for the rights of a disabled child will somehow embarrass them in the future, that is an absolute disgrace. I call on you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh to withdraw the formula of words you have just used there and have them struck from the record, because I will not have my contributions here framed in that...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: No, you are not making it clear. You are making it unclear. You are creating an element of doubt. You are obfuscating, you are conflating and you are eliding, and I will not tolerate it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I want the clock set back to three minutes. I am here to advocate for the rights of disabled children-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and I would never raise or mention the name of a child without their parent's permission-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----and if you want, I can hand you the email with that permission-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----if you are not going to take my word for it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I think we need to start again and I want that formula of words you used removed from the record because I will not have my contributions framed in that manner.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: No, you are not. You used a formula of words-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----that brought me into disrepute and impugned my integrity.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I am saying it because that is what you did.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: It is not my opinion; it is an objective fact-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: -----if you look back at the record.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)
Tom Clonan: I want the clock set back to three minutes.