Results 2,761-2,780 of 7,642 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: It is comparable to this extent, namely, it is much easier to prove the existence of a mental health situation than it is to prove the reality that a threat of suicide might actually lead to the act of suicide.
- Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: It is no argument for Senator Gilroy to say we are not respecting mental health. This is all sham argumentation and bogus blustering by Senator Gilroy. We had in the House Professor Kevin Malone, a leading suicide prevention expert, perhaps the leading one. He warned about the possible impact of this legislation in terms of negative attitudes around suicide in the country, in terms of it...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I would also like to join in wishing all colleagues well for what is a well-earned summer break. We have a good deal of work to do in the autumn. I obviously could not agree with what Senator Bacik said about the passage of the Government's abortion legislation. Many people - more than those who voted against it in the Seanad - realise that this is a tragic moment for Ireland. What...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Yes, I agree. One issue on which we could all unite in the autumn, and I ask the Leader if he would agree with me on this, is that we need a debate on how we can work together to prevent abortions from happening. We have to look out for women and children in that respect. In recent days we have had the tragic story - the detail of which I will not go into - of a woman who died in England...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I ask the Leader if he would agree with me that it was wrong of it to use this tragic case to make the case for legalising abortion in Ireland when in fact there are serious questions-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I am asking the Leader about the serious questions that this organisation may have to face because we know-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Here is a brief quote from a counsellor in the IFPA counselling headquarters in Dublin to illustrate why this is important: Now there is one clinic that I would not advise you to go to ... is Marie Stopes. Don't go near them, okay? So I am not saying they are dirty or anything but we've got a lot of complaints about them, okay? I don't send anyone there, and I wouldn't. So if Abortion...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: I am concluding. That was said by a counsellor in the IFPA counselling headquarters in Dublin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: We know that at the time this unfortunate woman died, the IFPA and other-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Yes. This is my question. The IFPA and other State-funded counsellors were advising women not to go to Marie Stopes but did they blow the whistle publicly? Did they tell the crisis pregnancy programme, did they tell the HSE or did they tell the Minister for Health?
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: It seems that if they did not do that not only are they guilty of hypocrisy-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: -----and not only may they be indirectly responsible for botched abortions that endanger women's health and lives-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: -----but they may very well be in the criminal zone as well and be liable for gross negligence. Instead of Senator Bacik trying to-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: We need a debate about this in the autumn because how can we serious about preventing abortions if State-funded crisis pregnancy counselling agencies are not putting the word out that there are concerns about Marie Stopes and other abortion providers? It is not enough to be whispering to women who come to their clinics that they should not go to Marie Stopes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: There is a very serious human dignity issue here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: One would think Senator Bacik was on some kind of-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: The description is well deserved.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: Particularly in sunny east Galway.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jul 2013)
Rónán Mullen: There was no comprehensive debate on the pregnancy counselling agencies.