Results 21-40 of 561 for speaker:John Dolan
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Dolan: Can I continue without interruption?
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Dolan: They are all interrupting now.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Dolan: Senator McDowell mentioned a former Senator who is deceased, Feargal Quinn, and I wish to add Noel Whelan's name to his. The late Feargal Quinn was the chair of Democracy Matters and he telephoned me one day and asked me if I would be part of it.
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Dolan: I was happy to be involved but I did not play a significant part in it because of other things that were going on at the time. I could see the mastery of himself, Mr. Whelan and others. On the last occasion I met Mr. Whelan, I had invited him in here - I mentioned this on the Order of Business the morning he passed away - to speak to the nominating bodies to the public administration panel....
- Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)
John Dolan: These are called outside panels. The majority of those seats are won by people who have signed and committed to a party pledge. How does one discharge one's responsibility to that and to the vocational panel one has become a member of due to one's knowledge and experience?That is an issue. The knowledge and experience of those who represent the vocational sphere is important. If the House...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: I first met Noel Whelan in 2013 when I was invited to work with his Democracy Matters campaign to save the Seanad in order to reform it. In 2015, I asked him to assist the Disability Federation of Ireland to make sense of the wider political and civil landscape so we could be more potent in our work. In a 15 minute conversation in the company of my management team, he put me through my...
- Seanad: Genetic Testing: Motion (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: I was delighted to see this motion coming before the House. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to support it. I thank Senator Norris for it. I thank, in particular, the Martin family for the work they have done on this and for the public service they have done at a time when they have plenty on their plate. Rare diseases are not rare. There will be more of them identified as we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Voluntary Organisations in the Health Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: I welcome all of the witnesses. I have had a long connection with all of them in my involvement with the Disability Federation of Ireland. We were very core, which goes to the very idea of co-operation, to the importance of the establishment of The Wheel as something that was bigger and for the whole community and voluntary sector. It is an example of understanding that it is beyond...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: My apologies for not being here at the beginning but I had read the opening statements in advance. I was in the Committee on Health dealing with disability related issues. My overriding sense is that we are all fools in some way or other. We make representations about real-life situations. The Department provides material for parliamentary questions and tells the committee about the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: We are not seeing the evidence of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: Ms Timmons may be modest.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: I acknowledge that there is a lot going on but I do not see much product. The Department is not telling us about the product.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: Why does the Department not tell us about it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for People with a Disability: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: There are 1,300 people with disabilities in nursing homes. It is my understanding the profile shows that they are in their eighties. They are quite vulnerable and, on average, spend two years there. Whatever about those who need very specific and scaled up supports, places for people within that profile are not appropriate for younger people with disabilities. We are all a bit younger and...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: I am very happy to be present and to contribute on this issue. I thank Senator Kelleher for all the work she has done on this issue since the day she entered this House. In particular, I welcome someone who spent an afternoon in this Chamber in June 2003. That is Ms Rosaleen McDonagh, if she remembers, when both of us made presentations to the 11th review of the Seanad. Perhaps it was the...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: Absolutely.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: We see the results of it. That is just to make the point that there has been an ongoing wish to be able to play a stronger part in the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Chairman is encouraging me. There are loads of things I would love to be able to say.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: The clock is bearing down.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: I will make a couple of observations. Let there be questions out of that, particularly contributions made by two people, Minnie Connors and John Lonergan. I must remember Ms Connors's sister. I thank her for sharing that story. We talk about suicide but it is different when one talks about a person and their life and relationship. That is a horrendous issue. I thought Ms Connors...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion (9 Jul 2019)
John Dolan: The clock-----