Results 1-20 of 561 for speaker:John Dolan

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

John Dolan: I am pleased to have an opportunity on a day such as this to make a few remarks, to show appreciation and to make one or two points. Much correct and worthy appreciation and thanks have been expressed by other Senators to colleagues here and in the other House and to staff, etc., so I will not go through that in any detail. Many people with disabilities and other marginalised groups, whom...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

John Dolan: These four years were my noviciate, we hope. The Cathaoirleach is making an interesting point. That was called a vocational experience but politics in a democracy is a vocation. We need to be skilled and professional but actually, at its deepest, it is a vocation. I clearly see that. I thank my Civil Engagement colleagues who were very tolerant towards me, not because of my gender, it...

Seanad: Imminent Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday Resort: Statements (27 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State. I thank Senator Leyden for ensuring that the matter is being discussed at this stage. I will not parse and analyse every turn in the road that has led us here. Last Thursday at a special meeting of the Joint Committee on Health, we had an opportunity to turn a corner and move away from the hurt, concerns and heat that naturally come into the issues such as...

Seanad: Imminent Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday Resort: Statements (27 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: I acknowledged that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: I thank the committee for having this meeting focused on this issue. I have a special grá for Cuisle. I was involved when it was a musty old seminary that had not been used for two decades. It brought back other memories for me but those are not the business of this meeting. I will tell Mr. Cunningham that the building has mass concrete walls internally, for the en suites, which was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: The other issue is that 40 jobs are on the line. I do not know anyone currently working at Cuisle but I knew people who were there at the start. Cuisle's success has been partly, albeit significantly, helped by the attitude, orientation and approach of the people working there. Over the years, the people of Roscommon have come to know about Cuisle and it is an important issue. I will not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: Rooms for reflection.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: I have a comment. I do not want to ask any more questions. While sitting here, I have heard that J.P. McManus has roots that go back to Roscommon. That is not a joke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: The Deputy should bow to my knowledge. I have to bow to the knowledge of Deputy Martin Kenny, who informed me of that. If Cuisle were located in Limerick, the matte would be solved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Proposed Closure of Cuisle Accessible Holiday and Respite Care Resort: Discussion (21 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: Let me move on. We now have the transcript. I stated earlier that there was clearly a sense that people were upset and sour. The taste takes a while to get out of one’s mouth but many people here have started asking very specific questions about how we should try to dig ourselves out of a hole. I have heard the IWA state that if the funding issue did not exist, it would be carrying...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: I apologise for not being here to hear all the tributes. I knew of Rory Kiely. I never met the man but I knew him to see. I am speaking on behalf of the Civil Engagement Group, members of whom probably knew less about the man than I did. Having said that, I want to focus on two things, namely, a lifetime of service to the common good and to the public good. Having listened to the...

Seanad: Transport and Sport: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: I welcome the Minister to the House to discuss rail transport in Dublin and sports. It would be wrong not to acknowledge the deep interest he has taken in people with disabilities in his multiple briefs. He has engaged directly with people with disabilities and the representative organisations. At the end of last year, the Joint Committee on Transport Tourism and Sport produced an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Grant Aid to Rural Towns and Villages: Discussion (6 Nov 2019)

John Dolan: I have enjoyed listening to the presentations, even though some of it has related to the challenges we face and so on. I come from the town of Tipperary. It is a small town which has been ruined, primarily by the N24. There is massively heavy traffic. One could nearly walk across the tops of the trucks parked along the main street. I say this to point out that I have a sense of the...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

John Dolan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D’Arcy. Were disabled people and their families naive to have expected something more from this budget and to have understood that the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, would be treated as a whole-of-Government plan, with year-on-year progress towards their eventual liberation? Were they naive...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

John Dolan: It is all relative.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

John Dolan: In July, as we commenced the summer recess, the HSE informed organisations providing rehabilitation programmes that an allowance that had been paid to those starting on the programme was being abolished. There was no consultation or review of effectiveness; it was simply a diktat. The response among students who were getting the allowance was very strong. They know the value and are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

John Dolan: I understand that. Thank you.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2019)

John Dolan: I acknowledge that

Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)

John Dolan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Chathaoirleach. I welcome the Minister of State. The more I hear people say they are all in favour of Seanad reform, the more it reminds me of something Pierrepoint, our hangman, is supposed to have said to one of the subjects, which was: "Son, I am here to help". I do not believe people when they say that 13 or 14 reports later. We could do things in...

Seanad: Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (24 Sep 2019)

John Dolan: -----when little or nothing is happening. As a nominating body, we had a process in 2007 and 2011. We had a different process in 2016. When candidates telephoned us, we said we had a process and criteria. We had a committee and we nominated someone in 2007 and 2011. We had a different process the last time which was based on the nominating bodies working collectively, and not...