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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Safety (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I appreciate it very much. I know it is not only the day, but also the week, that is in it. I understand the pressure he is under. This is a grave matter I wanted to raise with the Minister of State. I have been approached by a number of very senior therapists in the HSE West and North West region about something contrary to the Children...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Safety (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Apologies. There is now a pattern of retaliation and reprisal visited upon that team and the most senior of the therapists has had his role severely curtailed. There is this kind of reprisal for people who stand up to do the right thing.We are well aware of this pattern of reprisal and retaliation in the public service. That has a further danger because it sends a message to other...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Child Safety (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State. I am very reassured to hear that the CEO of the HSE, Mr. Gloster, shares the concerns of these three therapists. To look at this in the round, they were so concerned that they reached out to a public representative looking for help. My background is in researching systemic and systematic sexual violence in the Defence Forces. When reprisal is visited on the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 51 be taken before No. 1.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his accommodation. I have two matters I want to raise. One is the issue of 12 Palestinian families from Gaza who were invited here. They were medically evacuated from Gaza in extremis. These are very sick children who were invited here by the Cabinet, which agreed to their medical evacuation. They arrived just at the beginning of the year. Now that their...

Seanad: Gaza: Motion (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: - condemns outright all of the violence perpetrated in and around the Gaza Strip from 7th October, 2023 to this time; - condemns outright any proposal, including that of the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, for the displacement, concentration, or removal by the IDF of the population of the Gaza Strip to any restricted areas or places...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Our witnesses are very welcome here this morning. After doing my little bit of research, I know Mr. O’Leary did his leaving certificate in Ardscoil Rís in 1984. I did mine with the Christian Brothers in Finglas just down the road the same year. What a fine vintage the leaving certificate students of 1984 were.

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: The impact the Electoral Commission has had in the very short time it has been there has been very significant. I commend Mr. O’Leary on that. Part of the reason for that is the level of leadership shown by the witnesses. I have met them several times on the campaign trail, at the count in Trinity College Dublin and now here. Is there more than one Mr. Art O’Leary, we might...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Bienvenue en Irlande to our French allies and great friends. Vive la France. It is great to celebrate France and Ireland; the Iiberté, égalité, fraternité, and now sororité, that exist between our countries. Today also marks the anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica. I was proud to serve in former Yugoslavia with the Organisation for Security and Co-operation...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I welcome the witnesses and it is great to see them. They are former colleagues. I am proud to say I was a member of RACO and I was a barrack representative in the independent republic of Magee Barracks, Kildare, back in the day. Sadly, like myself, it has been retired. We have mostly discussed the triple lock and what might replace it. We have not really got to grips with these heads....

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Yes, I just wanted to clarify the distinction. I am aware of it.

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I would like to make one last request. We worked with RACO on the previous Defence (Amendment) Act. We argued the case vocally in the Seanad and laid down amendments we had drafted in consultation with RACO. We seemed to get some traction with the then Tánaiste and Minister for Defence - it was Micheál Martin at the time - but then everything was just guillotined. While we in...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: May I raise a point of order?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: Senator Craughwell characterised my description of war fighting as a personal opinion. In fact, there is very comprehensive military journal literature written by professional officers that demonstrates quite clearly that peace enforcement can become war fighting. I gave the examples of the UN mission to Korea and the UN mission to Afghanistan, ISAF, which evolved into a full war fighting...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: On a point of order, I think there is a clear inference there of a conflict of interest. I think it is unfair-----

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: -----and I do not think it behoves this House to introduce that type of argument or narrative here.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I did not want to speak.

Seanad: Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for being here. I commend the Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 and Senator Ryan and my colleagues in Sinn Féin who co-sponsored the Bill. It is very important and, as has been set out by colleagues, this is the least we can do in marking this loss. The most extraordinary thing we can do as human beings is bring life into the world. I have...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for attending and Mr. Herrick for his presentation. It is great to see Dr. McDonagh again. I am sorry she got delayed on the way in. I have a question for all three witnesses. I know Mr. Herrick is relatively new; his is a relatively recent appointment. I congratulate him on that. I am delighted to see him in the role. I relied heavily on many of his publications...

Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing the Delivery of Disability Policy and Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Jul 2025)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Chair for allowing me to come in a second time. I want to apologise. I am on the health committee, which is why I have been coming and going. I will pick up where we left off and the first principles of legislative rights for disabled citizens. I am concerned that the only legal right disabled citizens have at the moment is the legal right to an assessment of need and I hear...