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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Tom Clonan: I know I put Ms Ryan on the spot there. I thank her and her colleagues. They are working in a very difficult space. I mentioned that I was a primary school teacher. I did that for two years and I feel as though I have been having a break ever since. Being in the Army was like a holiday. I appreciate the time they have taken to come here. I really appreciate the work they are doing in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: I just want to echo Senator Dooley’s concerns about the shooting incidents last night. I am from Finglas originally and I grew up there. It is a great community. It is not the set of “Love/Hate”. It is a real community with real people. We should be appalled, as legislators, at the casual manner in which a 21-year-old was shot in a car on Cardiffsbridge Road - and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Participation in Political and Public Life: Discussion (1 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: A big welcome to all our visitors and to our guests in the Gallery. It is great to see them. I apologise for being late. Ironically, the reason I was late, and I have said this before, is that my son's care package does not function. I never know from one day to the next whether someone is going to come or who is going to come or how things will roll. That is the reason I was late but I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Participation in Political and Public Life: Discussion (1 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: I want to thank him for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Participation in Political and Public Life: Discussion (1 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: Absolutely. He is so empowered by that. It is like what again what Mr. Sinnott was saying about míchumasach and empowering people, or disempowering them by putting unnecessary, cruel, casual and capricious obstacles in people's paths for no good reason. I also think Mr. Clarke and Mr. Delaney for all the great work they do, and everybody on the DSG. I was temporarily appointed to...

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.

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.

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...

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

Tom Clonan: I find this extraordinary. This is Dr. Finnerty's discipline as a psychiatrist. Would a surgeon or cardiologist accept the treatment of patients in Kerry by video link to somebody in Abu Dhabi? It is beyond the realms of fiction.

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

Tom Clonan: It is an extraordinary situation. I am just surprised that the royal college is so passive and quiet about this. I am concerned about its advocacy. If we can move on to the questions-----

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

Tom Clonan: No, I am just saying I am surprised at how passive those with an advocacy role, such as the royal college or the Mental Health Commission, are. One of the questions I asked was if the commission believes they are proactive and vocal enough in highlighting these issues.