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Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Tom Clonan: Merba ila Irlanda. Merba ila Dublin. I speak as an Independent Senator representing the graduates of Trinity College Dublin. I also speak as a veteran of Ireland's Armed Forces and a veteran of conflict in the Middle East, a person who has witnessed at first hand the squalor and indiscriminate savagery of war in the Middle East. War such as that in Ukraine today kills innocent men and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2023)

Tom Clonan: Beannachtaí Lá Fhéile Bríde oraibh ar fad. On the day we celebrate St. Brigid and Irish women in general, I draw the House's attention to the book just launched by Company Quartermaster Sergeant Karina Molloy, entitled A Woman in Defence. She was on "The Late Late Show" on Friday night and has been on all the major media platforms over recent days describing her time in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Tom Clonan: I bid good morning to the Minister and to all present and I thank the Minister for attending. I am here as a member of this committee but there is also a provision of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, for parents and carers to advocate and speak to their lived experience. This is specifically catered for within the UN convention. I am compelled,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and the Optional Protocol (Resumed): Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (19 Jan 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: Yes, a dhuine uasail.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: It is great to see the father of the House here this morning. I take this opportunity to wish him and everybody else in the House, and all of our guests, a very happy Christmas and best wishes for the new year. Before I second Senator Victor Boyhan I wish to remark on the embarrassment of riches in terms of Senators. I endorse everything that has been said about Senator Buttimer. In the...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: I second Senator Boyhan. I first met him 22 years ago outside the Old Punch Bowl on the Rock Road, Booterstown, County Dublin. We had just bought a house on Trimleston Avenue and Victor approached me as I pushed a buggy containing my two-month-old baby. Victor said to me, "You are new to the area, aren't you?" and I said, "That is right." I told him that we lived on Trimleston Avenue and...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: -----and in this State. Senator Boyhan is somebody who despite challenges has overcome, not alone in the political realm but also in the realm of landscape gardening. He still has to call over and has not followed through on his promise that he would take a look at my garden.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: The Senator brings a heightened sense of justice to the Seanad, and an absolute commitment to fairness, equality and diversity. For that reason, I am extremely proud to second Victor. He is an exemplar of all of the qualities that are essential for a Cathaoirleach of this august House.

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: I second the amendment.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: The witnesses are very welcome to Leinster House. I am delighted to see them. I am sorry to have missed the earlier part of the meeting because like Deputy Costello, I was at another meeting. My oldest sister was at one of the meetings and she is so bossy. It is so good that this is not being recorded or broadcast. Is that not right?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: So now I am in big trouble. My big sister's name is Marie. I am sorry, Marie. Naming her publicly should get me out of trouble. I have a few questions and for the last one, I want a show of hands. Deputy Murnane O'Connor, who represents Carlow-Kilkenny, told me at one of these meetings a couple of weeks ago that the train station in Carlow is not accessible and, therefore, people with...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: I thank the delegation for their thought-provoking answers.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together (13 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: The students are all well qualified for the job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I worked for the Mental Health Commission for nine years, on the tribunals, as a layperson. It was a really great experience for me to see the work of the commission. I commend the commission on the advocacy work it does. I will ask the witnesses my questions and they can then take it in turns to respond to them. I ask them to answer all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: What about in the services?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: Would Mr. Farrelly agree that that should not be the case?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: Dr. Finnerty feels it is acceptable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Decongregation of Mental Health Settings: Mental Health Commission (8 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: It is not the best the service can do. It needs to appoint a properly trained person with higher specialist training. There must be a reason the HSE cannot recruit and retain consultant psychiatrists. The answer to that is that there is a toxic management culture, bullying and inappropriate oversight by non-clinicians who do not have clinical responsibility and make decisions that endanger...