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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is still happening to hundreds of other families, is it not? Sorry does not really cut the mustard. Dr. Goldman knows what happened to me; great. He knows what is happening to hundreds of other families. Has Dr. Goldman written a paper on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Has he reported that to his professional organisation? Has he sounded the alarm? Has he raised a concern about it? Yes or no? No, he has not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is a simple yes or no. Has he raised a concern with his professional association or the international medical community about what is happening in Temple Street in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: The Cathaoirleach keeps interrupting. Will Dr. Goldman answer the question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Has Dr. Goldman raised the concern?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Is what Dr. Goldman sees here consistent with what happens in Great Ormond Street or in any other jurisdiction in the EU? We are outliers and you have not raised a concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank Ms Hardiman. Who did you escalate it to? Who did you raise those concerns with?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: It is escalated to the HSE, so it is internal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: You knew from your time in Great Ormond Street that Temple Street was out of step with international practice.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I also thank the Minister very much for his statement and for everything that has followed. My apologies that I had to attend the Committee on Disability Matters. I have an interest in safeguarding, particularly when it comes to sexual violence, sexual assault and rape. In 2000, I completed a PhD, a doctorate, while serving as an Army officer. I set out very...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Thanks Chair. I apologise as I obviously missed the Minister's response on that. I ask him to address the questions I asked, given everything we have learned about how Ireland rolls with regard to this. Abusers are protected and shielded. Organisations' default position is to protect themselves and their reputations. Very far down the line is the welfare of those who have been targeted...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the Minister for his frank response, which I appreciate. I apologise again to the Chair that I did not hear the earlier contributions.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Protection: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank Ms Gallagher for her detailed evidence. I will try to be brief because she has covered so much ground. I first thank her for all the extraordinary human rights work she does in the UK and elsewhere. I had the pleasure of hearing her speak at a graduation ceremony at UCD a couple of years ago. My eldest guy, who has gone well past the tooth fairy, graduated in law at UCD. I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I apologise; as the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is before another committee, I will have to leave after their responses to attend it. I was on the DSG and benefited from Ms Dempsey-Clifford's stewardship and her skills as a chair, so I appreciate that very much. As for the NDA's reports, I have a number of young adults and teenagers. My youngest...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I have received hundreds of emails from families in crisis for whom precisely that is what has happened. For example, a couple in their 80s will have had their son or a daughter who are in their 50s returned to them. I have been told that sometimes, people are transported in a taxi or a minibus and the parents are told, "Here you are." This is not fake news. It is not an artificial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Why is it the case that people like Daniel Airey, Geraldine Lavelle and my son cannot get that support?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: What about the tens of thousands of people who are coming through?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: Let us not deflect from the core issue. What about the tens of thousands people who are coming through? I refer to people like my nephew, Donagh, who has Down's syndrome and lives in Dundrum. There is nothing for him. There is nothing for my son. There is nothing for the hundreds of people who have contacted me and because of the statistical analysis, there are many thousands of people....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Tom Clonan: I appreciate that, and I appreciate that is a frank response. It aligns with my experience that it is of low priority. Apart from giving out about this, there is a responsibility on people like me to try to be a part of the dynamic that persuades those in positions of power to actually have the political will to drive this thing forward. I will try to finish with something positive. When...