Results 2,221-2,240 of 7,641 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: Colleagues have referred to the tragic story that emerged overnight about what happened in Galway University Hospital. Out of respect for Standing Orders, I will not mention the names of the persons involved. We agree that what happened to this unfortunate woman is tragic. Our first thoughts must be with her and her loved ones, in particular her bereaved husband. We must be fair to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: Yes. I greatly respect my colleague, Senator Crown. I think what I was saying was quite clear. We need to be very careful because of the potential panoply of different issues. I am in no sense asserting there was medical negligence. I am inviting people to be very careful about drawing any conclusion. I address that to all Members, with the greatest of respect. I think that is what I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: Yes. It is a matter for sensitivity and honesty. The test is a woman's best interest in health care, to which she is entitled to under Irish law and medical guidelines. The existence of the foetal heartbeat is a secondary issue in that instance.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: We need to proceed with caution. I note what my distinguished colleague, Senator Crown, has said but I think I am right to point to the fact that there are various different possibilities here and I am right to warn people against jumping to any particular conclusion. The Senator is obviously right to look out for his colleagues and I would seek to do so too and I do so because I am not...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, I do not think I said "I am right."
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (14 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, it is unfair when we are all trying to deal with the issue sensitively for Senator Landy to turn this into a personal attack.
- Seanad: Measures to Address Bullying: Motion (14 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his characteristic courtesy in facilitating other contributions by cutting short his speech. We will obviously read it with great interest but I appreciate that gesture very much. A lot of good work is being done and I compliment those who have tabled the motion before us. Resources such as websites and booklets are often insufficient to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: The points made by Senator Crown and others today must be taken very seriously. The principle that justice must not just be done, but be seen to be done, applies to any kind of inquiry in the public interest. Today I wonder whether the reset button will have to be pressed on this inquiry. It is not just about the Galway membership of the inquiry team but from the chairperson down, anyone...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: There are some really troubling issues here and for that reason ---
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: We must proceed with great calm and caution. I ask the Leader to ensure that we hear from the Minister because we need to get the right inquiry into what happened. We must await the findings of that inquiry before we can resume a calm and coherent debate about where we go from here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: It is imperative that we hear from the Minister for Health on the inquiry into the death of the late Savita Halappanavar. I have been extremely careful in my utterances in recent days but there are two core principles that we need to discuss with the Minister. The first is the need for independence. Whether the inquiry is public or sworn, the HSE will be seen to have a horse in the race...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: There is a serious-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: Yes, I do.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: I never use my contributions on the Order of Business to do anything except raise issues that are seriously in the public interest.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: I am quoting writings by a person and entitled to draw a conclusion-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: Yes. If an academic talks about taking the life of a foetus, whether alive or dead, after a late-term pregnancy-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: -----that feeds in to a serious problem. The Standing Orders of this House are not being applied properly. If urgent matters in the public interest cannot be raised-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: Yes and the Order of Business request which I have made is that we need to-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: I do not think the Cathaoirleach should protect the Minister in this way.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)
Rónán Mullen: This inquiry must be seen-----