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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I am referring to the ongoing correspondence Dr. Sullivan had with the four people I named earlier on. Is he saying that his contact with them post-dated the setting in stone of this document?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: That is the question answered. I thank Dr. Sullivan for answering but the issue of whether a mistake was made then arises because he gave the content of the Equal Status Act as the reason.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Dr. Sullivan told us it drew on the Act. It is not in the Equal Status Act. Why is something completely different in here? Why is he referring to the Equal Status Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: It is a matter of public interest that has come to my notice in the last few minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: We do not get that many chances so I would be grateful if Dr. Sullivan could be given the opportunity to answer on the record. It is a serious issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: What possible relevance has a reference to sexual orientation in the Equal Status Act to the rationale Dr. Sullivan gave me here today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Yes, but no censorship, a Chathaoirligh Gníomhach. I have been following the discussion and am delighted to hear the emphasis on the outdoors. I have one question. Is it fake news or is it true that at one point there was an NCCA committee that had all women and no man on it in the context of curriculum development?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Is that fake news or did it occur? How would that sit with equity obligations and commitments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Would you regard that as unfortunate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: You would not get a European Commission through no matter who and what different countries were nominating them. I would just ask that it be addressed. There is an issue that I want to go out strongly here today. I am sorry that I have to ask hard questions here today but this is what we are here to do, to hold good people like you to account.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I think the NCCA is falling down by not being seen to consult widely with parents. If Ms Forster cannot tell me today, for example, how many parents the NCCA has met face-to-face or online, it suggests that parents are not really being respected as the primary educators. I hope I am back after the next election but neither Deputy Ó Cathasaigh nor I can take that for granted. However,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I just heard about one focus group. It seems they are not at the top of the tree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Integration of Early Years Learning into Primary Level: Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Rónán Mullen: No, you do not get to ask. This is my time, not yours. You do not get to ask. I am entitled to ask what question I want.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I join in welcoming our American guest from New York. We are always delighted to have our American friends over, and we have a great interest in New York. To be honest, we do not find them nearly as interesting at the moment as the people of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Nevada, North Carolina and Georgia. Many of us do not anticipate getting much sleep on the night of 5...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I echo that tribute to the late John Naughten. Like everyone else, I was deeply saddened by the news. I have known the family and his wife, Breda, since our schooldays.I join in expressing sympathy to Mrs. Breda Naughten, Mrs. Kitty Finnerty, to John's children and all the family. May he enjoy an eternal rest now. I am sorry that I have to oppose today's Order of Business. Here we are...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister to the House and I thank her for taking on board, in part at least, the criticisms of the Bill that were made in this House. It is fair to say that if it was not for the Seanad, we would not be in the place we are in today. The Government has taken on board, at least temporarily, the serious concerns people had about this legislation in its original form, as passed by...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Let me sum it up. The Minister has spoken about what she is taking out. She has said we should be satisfied with what she is leaving in. The definition of "gender" confuses gender, which is objective and has to deal with the male-female binary, and gender identity and expression, which you might also see fit to include as a basis for protecting a group. Confusing them and redefining them...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Rónán Mullen: Of course. I always take a point from the Senator, though I might not agree with it.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Rónán Mullen: That is a classic tactical point that Government Senators repeatedly make. What I have noticed in the past here is that other Senators might come in and set out. I have not repeated myself hardly once in the context of what I have set out. I cannot believe that my colleague and friend, Senator Ward, said what he said. Here we are for the first time in more than year since we last...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Rónán Mullen: That I accept. Using the Government's majority.