Results 21-40 of 641 for speaker:Tom Clonan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: If I recall correctly, my colleague said a 28-year-old woman was told there was no wheelchair accessible space on a bus going to the airport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Will Ms Graham give me a list of all commercial operators who do not provide these services? They need to be named and shamed. That is completely and utterly unacceptable and absolutely beyond the pale. Imagine if a bus company said, "Thanks for the licence. By the way, we don't take people from the LGBTQI community. We don't take Muslims. We don't take black people. Have a nice day."...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Can you send me a list of the operators who refuse to do this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: So the National Transport Authority does not know which of the companies they give licences to are wheelchair accessible and which are not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Can you communicate that information to me?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: That is the first takeaway for me. There is a level of acceptance-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: In your survey, will you ask them to indicate whether or not, in this 28-year-old woman's case, they would take her to the airport or not? It is completely unacceptable. On another small matter, I tried to search the list of wheelchair accessible taxis on the Transport for Ireland website. There is some problem whereby you cannot get into it. It keeps verifying whether or not you are a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Why is it taking five or six years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: You would get a first-year student who would do that for you in 24 hours.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: This is not personal to any of the witnesses because, excuse the pun, with transport, we are all on a journey. However, there is a level of tolerance for ableism in Ireland that is shocking. I do not accept the phrases "We'll try", "We'll endeavour" or "We're on the way". You will do it. The new Taoiseach has said we will sign all the optional protocols to the UN convention and that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Yes, those are the ones I saw.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: I will finish on a positive note. I want to thank Irish Rail for that because that will go a huge way towards making it accessible. Mr. Gilpin also said that by 2028, the heavier-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: I am delighted to hear that. I know that his hands are tied because Irish Rail is depending on funding from other agencies and so on. I will finish now, Chair. I am sorry for going on for so long. One of the things we lack here is ambition. I do not know what it is about Ireland. Whether it is a post-Catholic phenomenon or a post-colonial thing, there is this idea that if a person is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Iarnród Éireann is providing a public service. The reason we need these apps is because the stations are unmanned. That is something for which a more radical approach could perhaps be taken. I cannot leave without saying this. When I mentioned the negative experiences my son and his carer have had, I forgot to say that even though there is a certain cohort of people who seem to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: No, can you give me the names of the operators who refuse to provide wheelchair access?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: You said you conduct a survey and ask their level of accessibility.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: I thank the Chairperson. Will the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, be here?
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: I was informed that the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, would take this Commencement matter.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Does the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, have a response?
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (16 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: Apologies. Can we start the clock now? I am here to speak about the despicable practice by HSE disability service managers who are refusing to allow disabled citizens to avail of independent enablers - the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, calls them "enablers" - to allow them to have autonomy and choice in personal assistance. I have two examples in CHO 6, where this seems to be a...