Results 1-11 of 11 for revert speaker:Rónán Mullen

Seanad: Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Rónán Mullen: ...to ensure co-operation by a board in circumstances where the only power it has to ensure such compliance is to sack the board, with the approval of the Minister. Is that the scenario envisaged? I revert to my questions. Is the Minister of State happy with the way patrons are currently complying with these procedures in legislation and are they doing their best? Is the situation as I...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: ...because he asked a very reasonable and very important question about what is legal and what is advisory. I want to ensure he gets a precise answer to that question. I will ensure that the Department reverts to him with exactly that. Two months later, I have received no such response in writing or otherwise, despite his express commitment to me as a public representative in this House....

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

Rónán Mullen: If there were serious efforts from the Government or other sources to try to find the resources to save the Cuisle facility, will Ms Keogh confirm that the IWA would not revert with arguments to the effect that given it has entered engagements with new providers, it would be in breach of contractual commitments, or anything like that?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Autism Support Services (4 Jul 2019)

Rónán Mullen: ..., donations from members of the public and corporate sponsorship. I hope that can change. The Minister of State will not have the information to hand but I would be grateful if I could be reverted to on this issue. I raise this point because it highlights in another way the gap between the rhetoric of the State regarding autism supports and the reality on the ground. I accept that...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: ...that the procedure can only occur prior to viability. What would happen post-viability? In contradiction to what the Minister has said about creating a more restrictive situation, we would revert to current normal medical practice, which is early delivery. There is nothing in this legislation or in this section that protects or requires early delivery. This is why the point I made...

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2015)

Rónán Mullen: ...form of ceremony which does not include a declaration about accepting the other as "a husband, a wife or a spouse, as the case may be" might be invalid for the purposes of solemnising marriage. I revert to my point that when one states "a husband, a wife or a spouse," each of those things must mean something different. Religious organisations do not use the word "spouse" in their marriage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Rónán Mullen: Will the Chairman revert to us on the issue after lunch?

Seanad: Effects of Recession on Mental Health: Statements (10 Nov 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...were his statement of how it was particularly important that we watch out for one another. We must get to a new point in society at which we not just reflect on our problems as individuals but also revert to thinking as a community about the challenges we face and our responsibilities to one another. I am encouraged by the work of the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, ASIST,...

Seanad: Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Feb 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...clothing from flax to cotton. The use of crops to power our transport systems is not new. The horse and humble donkey were powered by crops grown in Ireland for centuries. In this sense, we are reverting to a pre-fossil fuel age. We all know that Ireland's current fuel use is unsustainable in the long term and highly risky in the short to medium term. We import almost €6 billion...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (3 Mar 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...Members will know I had a Private Members' Bill prohibiting embryo-destructive research up for debate in this House in November. The good news is that scientists have managed to get adult cells to revert to an embryonic-like state so that it will, hopefully, be possible to have a limitless supply of stem cells while avoiding the ethical dilemma of destroying embryos.

Seanad: Defamation Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...proposed section 24, but also that the disquiet is shared by the Minister and the Fine Gael party. I will recall Senator Regan's comments on Committee Stage in a moment but, first, I will briefly revert to what the Minister said. He noted that the proposed section 24 would extend the occasion of qualified privilege to the world at large. He said that defamations can, on occasions of...