Results 3,021-3,040 of 7,642 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: In terms of manners, it falls to you, Chairman, to consider whether you were mannerly in making that assertion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: I was one of only two people in attendance yesterday. Deputy Mac Lochlainn was not there. I will make no comment about Senator Zappone because her work record is impeccable in the area, but I was one of only two Members who met Ms Myria Vassiliadou, the EU anti-trafficking co-ordinator, so please do not make any such references. I will be here when there is business on which I wish to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: Sorry, Chairman, I am responding to what you said, which was inappropriate, and you should acknowledge that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: Senator, you are here as a "Yes" man. I am here to stand up for the issues-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: You are a "Yes" man.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: You do not speak for yourself. Somebody else writes your speech.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: I write my own.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: And when I come in to do the business of the committee, and what I raised was sufficiently general to be acceptable, you try to close down the debate. That is why our parliamentary system is weak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: If you were a stronger Chairman, you-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: -----would not be afraid of my-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: I was being sufficiently respectful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: No. I am giving you as good as you gave-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: -----and you cannot take it, and Deputy Mac Lochlainn, the "Yes" man, cannot take it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: I am talking about a culture of human rights and how we understand it. If we cannot discuss that issue at this committee without getting defensive, we have no future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: I was not being overly specific in what I raised. This is not about fairness to the commissioner. Ms Logan is eminently competent and was comfortable with every aspect of my exchange with her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: It is the Chairman's fear and the discomfort of Deputy Mac Lochlainn. I am sure that Senator Zappone would have made a riveting response to some of the issues I raised. While I might not agree with all aspects of it, I would have huge respect for her contribution because it would come from a well reasoned and respectful place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: I am sorry about that. I apologise for my colleagues and for myself.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: Yes, I agree.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: Yes. For the avoidance of doubt, I hope Ms Logan did not feel in anyway discomfited or drawn into unnecessary detail by any aspect of my questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission: Commissioner Designate (8 Oct 2014)
Rónán Mullen: I did not think she did.