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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...

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

Tom Clonan: Grand. I ask you to give me a few extra seconds at the end.

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

Tom Clonan: The family, when they became aware of this, brought it to the attention of the board and the senior leadership team of the NCAD. The Minister, the board and the senior leadership team have known for six months about this discriminatory treatment but they have not acted. Their only response was two weeks ago, when Emma O'Kelly, for RTÉ, did a story that covered it. Then they issued a...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 9, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following:“(4)In this Act, nothing should violate and instead seek to uphold the principles of parity of esteem (between disciples) and of academic freedom cited in Impact 2030,Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy and European standards of good practice.”. I want to explain a little about...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Okay. The amendment states: "In this Act, nothing should violate and instead seek to uphold the principles of parity of esteem (between disciples) and of academic freedom cited in Impact 2030, Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy and European standards of good practice.” I wish to reiterate those concerns and have that statement inserted explicitly into the Act. Will I...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I will speak to amendment No. 43. The amendment states: 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,”.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I will come in briefly. What the Minister of State said sounds counterintuitive. He said that mentioning parity of esteem will not guarantee it but we need to reinforce it. It reminds me of a scene in "The Simpsons" where Homer asks Lisa what she is going to study in university and she tells him she is going to study philosophy. Homer tells her that is great because it will mean she can...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: It was the quote from "The Simpsons". The Senator cannot help himself. He has come to life now.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I object to the Senator referring to the Homer Simpson amendment. I will never live that down.

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: May I ask your advice, a Leas-Chathaoirligh? I would like to reintroduce the amendment on Report Stage.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: First, I apologise for not being here for the opening statements. I was caught in the Order of Business on a matter that is not far removed from what we are discussing here. I also welcome Dr. Niall Muldoon, whom I have never met, but I thank him for all his powerful advocacy in the area of disability rights for children. As a parent and a carer, I really appreciate it. I must confess...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: This was back in the 1980s when Ireland had a very homogenous population. I want to compliment the witnesses for all the work they have done on issues of race, ethnicity and all of the sensitivities in that area because it is something Ireland really has to get to grips with. No pressure on you guys, but you are the demographic that will have to do that and you are already showing...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: One of the issues that has emerged in the research that has been carried out at third level is that there is not enough conversation around the area of consent. This leads to a situation that might otherwise be an interaction between two consenting adults becoming an assault. There is a parallel issue of the proliferation of pornography and access to pornography. In the absence of proper,...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: This issue came up for me by accident in a discussion at home. There was an horrific incident a couple of years ago where a young woman was handcuffed by a police officer in London and was then raped and murdered. We happened to be talking about that case at home and my daughter said: "By the way, when you pass by in the car, don't beep the horn at me." I asked whether that is because I am...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: Are teachers squeamish about it? Do they not want to go there?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I went to a Christian Brothers school in Finglas in the 1970s and 1980s. When we did biology, the teacher said we could read the chapter on reproduction ourselves. The teacher would not teach us the reproduction chapter because of that squeamishness. There is a fear around talking about these issues. I am hearing from the witnesses that they are not squeamish or fearful. They want to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Ireland's International Obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I have to apologise. I have amendments to legislation going through the Seanad so I have to go up and do that. It was lovely to meet everyone. I am very sorry. I had a parent in with me and I just could not leave. When I was in the Army, we had 18-year-old soldiers. We used to drop them off at the checkpoints in south Lebanon at night. We would leave them there for 12 hours and say...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Give Travellers the Floor: Discussion (18 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am an Independent Senator and I welcome all the witnesses to the Houses here today. It is lovely to sit here and listen to the contributions. I will be brief. I have only been here for two years. When I had been here for approximately a month or six weeks, my head was still spinning from trying to get used to how these Houses work and, as Deputy Ó Cuív said, how slowly things...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I wish to raise the prospect of Israeli retaliation against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Three individuals - Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz and Benjamin Netanyahu - have presided over genocidal retaliation against the people of Gaza for the reprehensible attack on 7 October in which more than 1,000 Israeli citizens - innocent men, women and children - were butchered by Hamas. Israel's response...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I want to begin by clarifying. Did Ms Graham say she cannot compel bus companies to provide wheelchair accessible spaces?