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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: ...experiences he has are never from female drivers. I ask him who said X, Y or Z to him. It is wonderful because his personal assistant is from central Europe and she is a woman, and he has a dog. It is almost like a social experiment because you get a combination of sexism, misogyny, racism and all those ingredients mixed up in the negative responses. I ask what the driver looked like...

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

Tom Clonan: ...every now and again. The attack, however, was seized on by people outside this House. We also need to address as the elephant in the room the fact that we now have Members of these Houses who are prepared to engage in dog-whistle politics to provoke hatred. After this motion, we need to have a discussion as a House about what we think is acceptable in terms of our political discourse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...civil servants in the Department of Health. I got through to one of those individuals. Now, I grew up in Finglas and I was in the Army for 12 years so I know what rough is, and this fella was dog-rough. He said to me, "What do you want? Do you want to jump the queue?" I asked him why he was being so hostile and rude to me. I said to him, "I am a fellow public servant and I am just a...

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

Tom Clonan: ...and he had to wait until 2018 to have his surgery when he was 17 years old, whereas he should have had it when he was 12. The curve was so pronounced that his head was almost touching his elbow. If you did that to a cat or a dog in Ireland, the animal would be taken from you and you would probably face some sanction, but in our most highly organised, safe spaces where people go for help,...

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

Tom Clonan: ...and life-altering outcomes. We have learned that it has led to the death of one child. That is Ireland in 2023. My own son had such an experience in Temple Street. If I did that to a cat or a dog, or cattle, an inspector from the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, DSPCA, would come to my premises and take that animal away from me. We are doing that to children with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Disability Inclusive Social Protection: Discussion (11 May 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...novel idea. Every year I have to write to the airline and every year the questions are different. They ask what the weight of the wheelchair is and what the dimensions are. They ask how old the dog is and say that if it is over ten it cannot go on an aircraft. Every year they come up with a different question to the extent that I wonder what they will ask us this year. I remember...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...videos. I noticed my speeches only attracted seven or eight viewers each day on the different platforms, and at least two of those were accounted for by me looking at myself. Anytime Leahy the dog appeared, though, we got many thousands of views-----