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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Craoltóireacht in Éirinn trí mheán na Gaeilge: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (26 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Is chuimhin liom fear a bhí aithne agam air amuigh san Airgintín. Rinne mé obair dheonach leis tráth. Ní mhaireann sé anois. An tAthair Liam Ó hAodha an t-ainm a bhí air. Bhí obair iontach ar siúl aige ansin. Bhí dhá Cheshire Homes aige san Airgintín. Bhí dinnéar i dTeach Laighin againn ag céiliúradh...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Craoltóireacht in Éirinn trí mheán na Gaeilge: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (26 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Bhuail me le Páidí agus Breandán san Applegreen inniu agus iad ar a mbealach go Béal Feirste. Caithfidh mé breathnú orthu anocht.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: We should all welcome the decision by Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive. We could see it as a small step for man, perhaps, but a giant leap for womenkind. We should not speak too soon, however. I recall the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, when he arrived in Italy some years ago, seeing himself as a self-styled emancipator of women, with an all-female bodyguard. He asked to meet...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: He is blunt but he is right.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: The contradiction is both bizarre and disturbing.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: There has been very little in the media about it. Ms Zappone's views on this issue, while she is a fine politician in many respects-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Dr. Zappone's views are much more serious and disturbing than anything said by George Hook in recent times, but got much less commentary. We should have a debate on it even while we are discussing this issue at the committee. Such a default by a member of the Executive in the area of authentic human rights and the protection of all people in our society should not go unremarked on in these...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, I am sorry to interrupt the Leader but I want to make it clear that I have no opposition to the broadening of the franchise. I may have appeared to the Leader to have winced but that was something else entirely.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: It is important.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Is the Leader promising a debate on that because I raised an important point about the inappropriateness of a member of the Executive having those views given that she is responsible for children? It is a simple point.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: That is just a rhetorical device. It is a serious point about human rights and human rights.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister has very radical views.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: In other ways, yes, but in this way, sadly, it is a disgrace.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: I just want to recall what the Chairman said at the outset about seeking evidence and information without moving into the realm of opinion as much as possible. In that context, I cannot fault a word of what Dr. Kenny had to say. It was a very accurate survey of the issues. However, I would suggest that instead of talking about the "risk" of judicial intervention, one might talk about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: I would also like to welcome the family connection in the Gallery. I second and thank Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill for what he said this morning. I met the very fine people that are in a group, Unbroken, this morning. All of them have a personal story to tell that connects in with the horror of rape and the very difficult subject of abortion. To think that people who generously give of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: I repeat my apologies. As a result of a family bereavement, I was unable to be here earlier. Professor Binchy is very welcome. I congratulate him on being a voice of sanity and compassion over the years in an increasingly uncaring world. His activity on behalf of people with disabilities, his great work promoting the rule of law and helping the rule of law in Africa stands in perfect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Second, in terms of figures, there appears to have been an attempt to put in issue the idea that Ireland's abortion rates are lower than those in other countries. Let us take Deputy Coppinger's figures in terms of the proportion of drug-induced abortions, and there was reference to at least three others – compared with ten women travelling. That is a tragic situation. Everybody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: That is as I understood it to be. Those issues are important because rather than being so fast and loose about facts in respect of an issue that is life-and-death in nature, it is really important that we strive for clarity. That means telling the full story. Going back to the question of abortions having been prevented, it is the case is it not that in Northern Ireland it was claimed that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: On the question of human rights, I have heard the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe say human rights do not apply before birth. Professor Binchy was a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission at one point. I note with concern that the Convention on the Rights of the Child refers, in its preamble, to the right of the child before as well as after birth but this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: I apologise for using the term "not give a damn". That phrase does not normally attract censure in these Houses but I accept Professor Binchy's correction.