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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: On our return to the House, I wish to raise Israel’s escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.I highlight to the House that in the past 36 hours, Israel has launched three separate waves of airstrikes across south Lebanon, deep into the Beqaa Valley, and striking targets in Beirut, in Dahieh province, which is a suburb. In that period, Israel has slaughtered more than 500 people....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for attending. I share the concerns of fellow committee members from all parties about a number of issues, including the timing of the delivery of these letters with, for example, one on the afternoon the committee was due to meet. Why was it not possible to give us greater notice of these issues arising? The Chair asked whether legal complexities were causing the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am sorry to disturb the Minister. I am anxious to know what advice he got from the Office of the Attorney General to explain that with regard to legal issues arising.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am sorry; the Minister got no advice whatsoever of any nature from the Office of the Attorney General.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: The specific question was whether the Minister received any legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General on the NDAs. The Minister said he got advice from legal advisers in the various Departments, but the question I am trying to get finality on is whether he got any legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: Will the Minister furnish to the committee the advice that came from the Office of the Attorney General? Will he tell us what it was?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: Okay, but this is a semiotic issue now because I asked the Minister whether he got any advice from the Office of the Attorney General and he said that de facto, in practice, the legal advisers in Departments are seconded from and really speak for the Office of the Attorney General. That being the case, I take it the Minister got advice from the Office of the Attorney General. It is either a...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is not the process I am addressing, however. It is the actual substance of whether the Minister got advice from the Office of the Attorney General. It is a "Yes" or "No" answer.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: So, that is a "Yes".

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Minister is saying the Department did not receive any advice from the Office of the Attorney General.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am not asking if the Department got-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: It is a "Yes" or "No" answer. Did the Department get legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: The Department did not receive any advice. The Minister is saying to the committee that he received no advice from the Office of the Attorney General.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: With respect, Chair, I think it is a binary concept. You either did or did not. The Minister appears to be either unwilling or unable to answer that question. We will mark that for the public record. In his answer about the complexities and drafting process, the Minister again talked about the process and that he had asked for the maternity aspects to be prioritised first and then the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2024: Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (24 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: As I understand it, the Minister is saying he does not have it, but what is the reason for that? I am not saying it is like the dog ate my homework. I am asking why that particular portion of the drafting could not have been done to deadline. What was the specific complexity that delayed it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: Before I ask my questions, and following a discussion we had in private, I would like to say that we do not know if we will meet again in similar circumstances or for how long we will continue with our work in this Dáil term. Therefore, I want to recognise and put on the record the very strenuous efforts the Minister of State has made and her absolute integrity in everything she does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: I refer to the accessibility consultative committee of the Department of Transport. There are design issues with things like BusConnects. For example, the bus stop around the corner from where I live is on the Rock Road and Booterstown is a very dangerous arrangement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Funding with the UNCRPD: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (18 Sep 2024)

Tom Clonan: I am concerned about a lack of consultation with disabled citizens. Similarly, with the new road traffic management plan for Dublin, I think it feeds back into those concerns. Again, they all feed back into the aspirations and principles as set out in the UNCRPD. I have asked a lot of questions and I thank the Minister of State for her patience.