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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) (24 Apr 2024)

Tom Clonan: ...respect of the issues. However, since I was elected, I have received a great deal of correspondence from disabled citizens. There is a certain cohort that reports suboptimal experiences either with the Courts Service, the administration of justice or members of An Garda Síochána. Subjectively, very often it is an interaction with somebody who is having a bad day and possibly...

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Tom Clonan: ...the contribution of Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, it is an extraordinary achievement to get a fully sworn public tribunal and that is the achievement of the Women of Honour and the members of the Defence Forces Justice Alliance who are here today. They came out in September 2021 and identified themselves. They and their families and everybody associated with them had to go through all of the...

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

Tom Clonan: ...will face execution. There is no doubt about that. Nouralhuda's brothers and her parents are all Irish citizens. They live in the Carlow area. I brought this to the attention of the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, through the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth, and the House a few weeks ago. They were on the point of deportation. My office has been in daily and weekly contact with...

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

Tom Clonan: ..., but in order to do that, we have to face the facts of life. I was downstairs in committee room 4, where the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána was being questioned by the Joint Committee on Justice, and Senator Ruane asked a very important question. She asked what the primary driver is for the latent, inchoate violence in our society. I am a Dubliner. I went to school in the...

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

Tom Clonan: ..., but I received an enormous volume of correspondence from early childhood care providers. This is the largest volume of correspondence I have received since we began to discuss the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022, which is very controversial. This issue rivals that in terms of the amount of correspondence. In advance our meeting today,...

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: Legal Aid (3 Oct 2023)

Tom Clonan: ..., as has been outlined by Senator McDowell, a crisis in their pay and remuneration to the extent that it is difficult for the Irish Criminal Bar to recruit graduates into this essential component of our justice system. I listened very carefully to Seán Guerin SC on the radio during the week. He spoke about how this goes to the very heart of our confidence in the administration of...

Seanad: Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (13 Jul 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...environmental impact. We want to ensure and promote responsible bog management. It has been clear that this is not at odds with turbary rights or traditional practices. It is an intergenerational justice issue. It is not just about young people bearing the worst effects of climate change. It also concerns the way turf is cut now, which may impact on young people's ability to engage in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Jun 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...been promoted to the highest levels in our Defence Forces. I wish the current Chief of Staff and the Secretary General of the Department of Defence the best of luck with the process of transformation and restorative justice that, hopefully, a tribunal of inquiry will bring. I am saying this to say that these are not just hypothetical fears. These things happen in Ireland. I am old...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...An Garda Síochána to interview all inspectors who produced these three reports and the regulatory support officers and to consider any possible reporting obligation of HIQA management under the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012. I am calling on An Garda Síochána to investigate any possible...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...of the things that has puzzled me over the years is why so much energy in military culture is expended on reprisal. If even a fraction of that energy was directed at identifying and bringing the perpetrators to some sort of justice, the problem would be alleviated, but no. Michael Smith, in his conversation with me, said he was one of the first Ministers to introduce a reduction in the...

Seanad: Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (8 Mar 2023)

Tom Clonan: ...to reveal clerical child sex abuse began. The church relied on canon law to conceal and to diminish the problem and make it go away. Unfortunately, he is not here now but Senator McDowell, when he was Minister for Justice, said in frustration at the time that canon law should have the status of the rules of a golf club and that henceforth all issues around clerical child sex abuse should...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: The Senator brings a heightened sense of justice to the Seanad, and an absolute commitment to fairness, equality and diversity. For that reason, I am extremely proud to second Victor. He is an exemplar of all of the qualities that are essential for a Cathaoirleach of this august House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...guns out of our communities and away from those young people. We need increased investment in education, a health-led approach to drugs and so on. I hope that some time in the new year we could get the Minister for Justice to come in to debate this because gun culture and the disproportionate number of homicides by firearm is a sinister problem that is getting a grip in Ireland.

Seanad: Ireland's Military Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...15 or 20 years time. Whether we like it or not, and whether we are ready or not, we are heading at considerable speed towards an all-island entity, whatever that might be. Whatever it is, the administration of justice, intelligence, defence and security has to be acceptable to all communities. For example, we have to tease out Northern Ireland's membership of NATO and consider what will...

Seanad: European Arrest Warrant (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...structures. The discussion of this legislation prompts me to comment that we, as a House and a Legislature, need to be apprised of the development of that new intelligence entity within the Department of Justice and the Department of the Taoiseach, in particular any powers that might be assigned to the individual who heads up that new entity. However, that is for another day. Most of us...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Tom Clonan: ..., should we not have more ambition? Five days is the absolute minimum and under any ethical test, whether Platonic or Aristotelian, that lacks courage, temperance and does not serve a wider justice. Should we not have more ambition? Rather than taking a minimum of five days, should we not take a more ambitious approach based on the evidence and the knowledge we have? We should not be...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland - Public Policy, Economic Opportunities and Challenges: Discussion (7 Oct 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...That is just a little sample and there must be broader areas of research. However, in the context of what might happen next on the island, is research being carried out into the administration of justice, policing, security, intelligence, defence and neutrality in the context of an all-island entity that may be coming down the tracks very quickly? I believe it will be in less than ten or...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Voices of All Communities on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (30 Sep 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...and grandchildren, will have to live these next steps and navigate them. It behoves us within this committee and as a community of elders - I hope that term does not offend anybody - to begin the conversations. How will policing, justice, defence, security, intelligence, social protection, education, and health be accommodated? I have a disabled child and I would much prefer the...

Seanad: Europe Day 2022: Statements (11 May 2022)

Tom Clonan: ...like "police service Ireland" or "land forces Ireland". Who knows? We must plan for this as Europeans. Who is preparing for and thinking about all the architecture and infrastructure around the administration of justice, policing, security and defence, as well as public expenditure and reform, social protection, education and health? If we do not plan for those on this island, if we do...