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Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: In preparing these notes, I am not referring in any way to the sentiments expressed by Senators Ward or Kyne. I agree with absolutely every word that my good friends and colleagues, Senators Ward and Kyne, expressed here today. I really welcome the full statutory inquiry and I also welcome the fact that An Garda Síochána will now investigate allegations of sexual assault,...

Seanad: Report of the Independent Review Group on Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Statements (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: With such little time and so much to ask, I do not know where to start. Following up on what Senator Ruane said, a paragraph in the report states, “The information did not at that time suggest evidence of systemic abuse across the organisation.” That was in 2019. The values and norms of behaviour in that organisation suggest that the risk factors were systemic. With my...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I believe there is a fundamental, categorical, ethical, imperative-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: These questions have to be answered.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Chair. If I can restate it-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: For example, I have an 18-year-old daughter. She is doing her leaving certificate. There is not a hope in hell that she would apply to join the armed forces of a certain country. If she did, I would say not to join the armed forces of a certain country because it is not a safe place for women. My question for the witnesses is, is an organisation with the types of risk factors that have...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: Just to be clear, I am not downplaying the risk. Of course we all know that abusers are usually known to the survivor and very often are family members. I am talking about it from a sociological or anthropological perspective - systemic in the context of an organisation. When Tusla is dealing with an organisation such as the one we cannot mention, at our stage and with our level of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I commend Ms Duggan on that. I wrote to the Garda Commissioner in the past week asking for a Garda investigation into the residential setting for persons with intellectual disability and, unfortunately, in writing to the Commissioner, I had to point out that some of the statutory agencies involved are actually the ones placing obstacles in the way of such full disclosure, with the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank Ms Duggan very much.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Possible Enhancement of Child Protection Powers of Tusla: Discussion (25 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: If I could restate that question then-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I apologise that I had to leave this morning. I had to go to a crisis meeting. I really wanted to hear what National Disability Authority had to say today and I am at a disadvantage in that I did not hear what it spoke to today. I very much appreciate the National Disability Authority coming in here and the work that it does. Deputy Higgins mentioned the lived experience. I have come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: A Rights-Based Approach and Disability Legislation: National Disability Authority (20 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is great to hear that. I take the example of my son. He went to a mainstream school. He is now in third level and with a group or cohort of people who will be very familiar with a wheelchair and will not be afraid to ask how this works or what that is for. Before I got elected, my only experience of disability was our own family's journey. My son has a rare disease so we were never...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: For the record, I will mention a social media message that was posted last night by Senator Keogan. It refers to certain office holders in the State, including the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris. On my behalf and that of Senators McDowell, Boyhan, Craughwell and Norris, I wish to publicly repudiate the tone, content and message contained in that post. It will raise feelings of alienation...

Seanad: Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I commend the proposer, Senator Mullen, and the seconder, Senator McDowell, on putting forward this Bill. I agree with Senator Ahearn that it contains a lot of common sense. In a previous life back in the 1980s, as a young primary school teacher, I was involved in many extracurricular activities with pupils. I was horrified to note that, in later years, when my children were in primary...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Youth Work: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: Can you tell me what UBU stands for?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Youth Work: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I have two straightforward questions and I invite each of the stakeholders to address them. I am struck by a recurring theme through all the presentations of the use of staffing, funding, premises and another pattern around the qualitative impact of youth work versus the trend towards quantitative measures imposed by funding streams and so on. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill: Discussion (18 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: I just came in to listen and to meet some my colleagues and friends here. On the matter of independent monitoring and oversight, the independent review group, which published its report on sexual violence in the Defence Forces showed that 23 years after the publication of my own research in that area, the situation has deteriorated significantly. That will be further quantified by a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2023)

Tom Clonan: Yesterday the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces stated that he was not aware of the level of sexual harassment and sexual violence in the Defence Forces until he spoke to the Women of Honour. The Defence Forces knew since 2000 about the prevalence and the extent of sexual violence throughout the organisation. They knew from the PhD I wrote, which was published in 2000, that one in four...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2023)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.