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- Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 Apr 2024)
Tom Clonan: ...nationally and internationally, as highlighted by Senator Higgins, so we should take on board its concerns. One of the points it makes, which is very reasonable, is that Impact 2030 proposes a budget in the region of €270 million for the new agency, and that is only going to grow. It is more than a quarter of a billion euro and, therefore, issues around governance, consultation...
- Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)
Tom Clonan: ...context in respect of why we need to protect our bogs, peatlands are the largest natural terrestrial carbon store in the world. The area covered by near-natural peatlands worldwide is in excess of 3 million sq. km and it sequesters 0.37 gigatons of carbon dioxide each year. It stores more carbon than all other vegetation types in the world combined. Emissions from drained peatlands are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Increased Employment Participation, Self-employment and Entrepreneurship for People with Disabilities: Discussion (13 Jul 2023)
Tom Clonan: ...they need. It is not perfect but it is a model of excellence. We asked them how much it costs. It costs the Australian exchequer $21 billion Australian dollars. It has a population of 21 million people and we have a population of 5 million people. I would extrapolate from that it would cost us $5 billion Australian dollars, which is €3 billion. That is what it would cost to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)
Tom Clonan: ...by talking about the number of people with intellectual disabilities, ID, living with parents over the age of 70, and to those then over 80 years of age. She mentioned a figure, I believe, of 1,365 of people living in nursing homes who are inappropriately accommodated in that setting. I remember a couple of years ago, where the DFI had a public awareness campaign and the figure then...