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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I was just reflecting on this. It is such a privilege to be on any of our joint committees because we get to meet and interact with people like the witnesses who are at a very high level throughout the public service. We have had people from the private sector as well. I wanted to thank the witnesses for their time and to apologise in advance because I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank my colleagues for allowing me to go. I thank the witnesses for all the work they do.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. I wish to raise the issue of UN General Assembly Resolution 52/177 - death and disability benefits, and UN General Assembly Resolution 76/275 - post-traumatic stress disorder framework. These two schemes already exist. According to our information, Irish families and veterans are unable to access or have not been assisted in accessing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Our concern is that there does not appear to be any record of Ireland availing of either of these funds. I accept that many cases are litigated here, but that places of veterans under a very stressful situation where they have to go into an adversarial process. In addition, the State has very deep pockets to fight people who have PTSD or who...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I wish to raise the issue of a section 140 motion that was tabled at Dublin City Council yesterday evening. The motion, which sought to challenge the draft Dublin city transport plan, was brought by an Independent councillor, Damian O'Farrell. It is very commendable in that he pointed out that disabled persons' organisations, DPOs, had not been consulted regarding the Dublin transport plan....

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 25: In page 11, to delete lines 16 and 17 and substitute the following: "(e) to promote parity of esteem and to advance equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in research and innovation;".

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 28: In page 11, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(f) to promote, develop and assist the carrying out of basic research in a range of areas, including strategic areas of endeavour that concerns the future societal development and competitiveness of the State;”.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 32: In page 11, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "(g) to preserve and promote the principles of academic freedom.". I spoke on this on Second Stage. The principle of academic freedom is very important. In the environment we are in, with a culture of cancellation, contested knowledge, disinformation and misinformation, it is very important we have...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: If organisations do not get funding, the research does not happen. We have expressed concerns about this, where there are clear, explicit commitments to hierarchies of status within knowledge and so on. I believe the agency will effectively act as a gatekeeper in terms of what we investigate and do not investigate, by virtue of it awarding 75% of the research funding within the State. The...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 43: In page 12, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(k) to promote party of esteem and support equality, diversity and inclusion in research and innovation,”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: At the outset, I must declare a conflict of interest. My father was a garda in Pearse Street Garda station, and my grandfather was a garda in Kevin Street Garda station. Their service overlapped briefly in the 1950s. I am told that my grandfather used to go from Kevin Street to Pearse Street to make sure my dad was in bed. I believe they had a doorman there. Dad would have retired around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Does Mr. Jones have a breakdown for his workforce? How many are neurodiverse and how many have disabilities?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: That is not a bad thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am just saying that I imagine it is the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am glad to hear about the peer-to-peer mentoring. Back in the nineties, in Lebanon, post-traumatic stress debriefing was a new concept. After a period of six weeks of very intense shelling and attacks, we, as a unit, were offered PTSD. The person who gave the training was a chaplain but was not qualified and said we should say a decade of the rosary. We got a decade of the rosary, so I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: If the figure is 7% in the Courts Service, I suspect there is probably a cohort of people with hidden and other disabilities whose proportion is probably consistent with that in the general population.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I have to declare a conflict of interest. I am a member of the NUJ and have been for 23 years. I have had issues that were very well dealt with by the secretary general, Mr. Dooley. I just wanted to put that on the record. The other conflict of interest I have is that I have been in and out of RTÉ for 24 years as a security analyst, less so recently for whatever reason, and I have...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Do the unions have a means to do so? I have learned a lot in the short time I have been sitting here about the extent to which the unions can represent their members. Is that something it can ballot for industrial action over? In another part of the public service - I worked in DIT, now TU Dublin, for 22 years - if I was asked to do the work of another lecturer without getting paid, I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: In my questioning, there is no implied criticism whatsoever of any of those presenters. Like I said, I think the product that is generated is of a very high standard. It is failure of management and leadership. Unfortunately, as was pointed out by committee members, some of those people have not made themselves available to the committee. Particularly with public funding, that is a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is with a heavy heart and some distress that I raise the issue of a very talented young student with disabilities who applied through the CAO in good faith for a place in the National College of Art and Design, an institution that is supposed to represent truth and beauty and the highest ethical standards.Unfortunately, despite this student having an amazing portfolio and having exhibited...