Results 181-200 of 641 for speaker:Tom Clonan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Tom Clonan: I am very upset by it and I would be terrified that that family and their children will be exposed to hostile scrutiny or possibly worse. I am asking the Cathaoirleach whether we have any scope to remove that from the record.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is no disrespect to the speaker whatsoever.

Seanad: Recent Violence in Dublin City Centre: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for coming in. I hope I have enough time to say what I want to say. The most important people in all this are the victims of the stabbings last Thursday. I preface anything I am going to say with that. I am not looking for anybody's resignation or sacking. What we need now is solidarity and a bit of unity in this House, but in order to do that, we have to face the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I echo the expressions of sympathy to the Honan family on the loss of Tras Honan.I also echo Senator Dooley’s comments about Dublin city. As a proud Dubliner, I am dismayed to see the city descend into anarchy as it did. I wrote an article inTheJournal.ie on 21 October in which I predicted precisely this set of circumstances. I think a Rubicon has been passed in that members of An...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I do not think she is for turning on it but can we have a debate on just ratifying the protocol?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I commend the work Senator McDowell has done on this issue. As a newcomer to these Houses, I was shocked to learn that the library in its current form was to be dispensed with. I have always had access to a library as an academic. What is a library?A library is the most powerful engine for arriving at the truth, with data, evidence, facts and nuance. As parliamentarians, we are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I remind the House of the situation that confronts hundreds of disabled children who are still languishing on waiting lists for complex spinal surgery in Temple Street and Crumlin hospitals. To add to this injury, there is the assertion that they will not be referred abroad for treatment. We rightly raised the issue of the children who are suffering in Gaza, thousands of whom are dying, but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank everybody for coming in. It is one of the habits of these Houses to sit late. We had a very interesting and engaging set of witnesses last week, particularly Dr. Hillery, the chair of the Mental Health Commission, and Professor Lucey, who is the Inspector of Mental Health Services. They said that, in their opinion, CAMHS was in failure and was failing children and adolescents in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I was really struck by something Dr. Hillery said last week. This is going to sound like a statement of the obvious - I will not use the full Monty Python analogy - but obviously children get sick and the most common pattern of illness is in the area of mental health. It is a vital service. I know that Dr. Burke is in a lead role in this area. I wish her the best of luck in her new post...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for attending today. I want to apologise. Like many of my colleagues, I was at another meeting. My apologies if I duplicate some of the questions or points that have been raised already. Following on from the meeting last week, I am not sure if it is my colleagues' experience, but I received an enormous volume of correspondence from early childhood care providers....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Issues Facing the Early Childhood Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I had a specific question on aligning the financial reporting with the reporting required for core funding and the mismatch between the reporting periods. The Deputy asked the question and Dr. Brooks answered that and referred to Mr. Considine. I know from submitting annual returns myself over the past 23 years that after a period of time, there is a uniformity. I would imagine that in this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification (8 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I want to be as quick as I can. I am asking that the Department and the Minister for Justice adopt an urgent, pragmatic, family centred approach to visa applications to reunite the relatives of Irish families, particularly in the context of the increase in global conflict. We have an increasing global diaspora of Irish citizens and so this is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Family Reunification (8 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I appreciate the Minister of State giving me that response. I am heartened to hear he has spoken to officials in the Department. It is 30°C in Kuala Lumpur today, there is 83% humidity and those children are barefoot in a mosquito-infested cell. The Malaysian authorities have told me they are imminent in their desire to deport them to Damascus. We do not need an aircraft. We do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank everybody very much for coming in. It is part of the way the House works that people have to come in so late. I appreciate our guests being here after hours. I have to declare a conflict of interest before we start. Professor Lucey launched my election campaign in 2016. I do not know if he regrets that now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: It was the beginning of a long campaign that ultimately bore fruit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: While listening to proceedings, I have been struck by how people have been very frank in their exchanges. I really appreciate that. Last year, the committee got a very frank admission from the then CEO of the HSE, Mr. Paul Reid, that progressing disabilities had failed and that the CDNTs were not functioning as they ought to. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, and Minister, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Rights-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank Dr. Hillery.