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Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit and his team. I have been asked to put forward amendments to amendment No. 13c on behalf of Senators Ruane and Higgins. When this legislation passed through the House in 2019, my colleague, Senator Higgins, raised the intergenerational issue of turbary rights. I acknowledged that the then Minister of State, Senator Kyne, accepted an amendment...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 1 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 13c: To delete paragraph (a) and substitute the following: "(a) The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage shall, within twelve months of the passing of this Act, lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas containing guidelines and recommended thresholds in relation to the exercise of turbary rights...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 2 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 13c: In paragraph (a), to delete "12 months of the coming into operation of this section" and substitute "12 months of the passing of this Act".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 3 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 13c: In paragraph (a), after "report", to insert ", including guidelines and recommended thresholds, and".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 4 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 13c: In paragraph (a), after "report", to insert ", including guidelines and recommended thresholds, and analysis of data collated".

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 5 to consequential Dáil amendment No. 13c: In paragraph (a), after "household use", to insert ", including details of associated BER ratings and proposals to retrofit houses to improve their BER rating"

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: On behalf of Senators Ruane and Higgins, I have been asked to move amendments to the consequential amendment No. 14c8. We have some concerns about the wording used in amendment No. 14c8 and are a little unclear as to what is intended. Amendment No. 1 seeks to delete the phrase "as the Minister considers necessary from subsection (5)(b) as it caveats the provision that a review conducted...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 1: In subsection (5)(b), to delete “as the Minister considers necessary”.

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 2: To delete subsection (6).

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Professor Cooney is very welcome to the Houses. It is great to meet a colleague. I worked in Technological University Dublin, TUD, for 20 years and have been involved in a number of his courses. Regarding the whole Trinity College Dublin question, the Supreme Court judgment at the end of this month may actually produce a TUD Senator as well as a Trinity College Dublin Senator. It could be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It was DIY. Let the committee hear that. That is something I have been saying over and over again: there are no supports out there. Anybody who thinks or suggests that there are supports is very much mistaken. We had the Australians in for a meeting this week. The national disability insurance scheme in Australia provides disabled Australian citizens with a wraparound service with all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: No pressure; it is another business opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Pass on my regards to our colleagues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: Unfortunately, I have to go to a meeting now. I thank the witnesses for their testimony.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am sharing time with Senator Boyhan. I will speak for 12 minutes and he will speak for four minutes. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming before the House this evening. I want to introduce to the House the Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023. I arrived in this House just over a year ago and in my...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is cynical. It is hypocritical. You know what? It is consistent. I say this because Eoghan has been on a waiting list for years. Tens of thousands of children and young adults have been on waiting lists. What the Government is doing with this Bill is putting it on a waiting list. If nothing, the Government is consistent. I therefore ask in relation to that amendment that we have a...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is shameful. Do not do this.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for her comments. Before I conclude, I thank all of my colleagues from the Civic Engagement Group, the Seanad Independent Group, the Labour Party, Sinn Féin and the Green Party who support my Bill. To echo Senator Ruane, I am an independent Senator and it is very difficult for me to secure time for a Private Members' Bill. To push this back for a year is...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is designed purely to kill the Bill. It flows from a systemic thinking that a good idea can only come from the Government benches. It is not being accepted because I sit on this side of the House. The Minister of State knows where I am coming from and the journey we have undertaken. I spent 20 years outside those gates holding up placards and made three attempts to get into this House....