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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy, seems to have added another referendum to this list. Last week, he made a direct threat against the Judiciary when he warned that the Government might hold a referendum to curb its discretion in respect of personal injury awards and, specifically, whiplash awards. This raises a number of issues. As we know well in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: We cannot afford to make any changes in this area which might affect those who suffer as a result of genuine injuries. The best way to deal with false insurance claims is to encourage and assist insurance companies to probe and defend rigorously those claims they believe to be suspect.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: A recent High Court case pertaining to a serious attempt at insurance fraud, which involved a number of individuals, was successfully defended by the insurance company through rigorous investigation and strong legal defence. That is the way to go. The courts system can work. We need to find ways of assisting it, rather than resorting to draconian and populist measures, which is a mania at...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Would the Senator describe that as a populist referendum?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I asked would the Senator describe it as a populist referendum.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I was making a correction.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The high moral ground suits the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I would like to raise two separate but somewhat interconnected issues. In recent years, we have all become used to the hype around the so-called Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.This practice is the latest in a long line of fads that have been imported into Ireland from America, although not all of them are negative. As recent reporting indicates, it tends to be more focused on online...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I congratulate Senator Feighan. Speaking for myself, I have no problem being mugged on a Sunday coming out of mass by a church gate collection. However, any organisations, including political parties, that have shown scant regard for fundamental ideas shared by Christians, among others, about the protection of innocent human life have some neck to be collecting in such places, although they...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: -----have examined the buildings and found original features which have miraculously survived, such as original wooden beams, masonry, and chimney stacks. They say nothing like this is known to survive in Dublin and there is very little that is comparable elsewhere in the country. What does it say of our notion of heritage that a building which experts tell us has survived since the reign...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator has every right; he just has a brass neck for doing it.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: That is a different point, the Senator is confusing his issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: He is coming back.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: In the Minister's 15-minute speech in the Dáil when introducing the Bill on 4 October, it was telling that the words "baby", "child", "unborn" and "mother" were not used even once - not once. That tells us how much concern this legislation has for children in the womb, or for any concept of motherhood or family. I firmly believe the referendum decision and the introduction of this...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, lines 17 and 18, to delete “without extraordinary life-sustaining measures” and substitute “if given all practicable treatment and assistance for the purpose of ensuring her or his survival”. By way of a prefacing remark, which will hopefully help to save a lot of time later, this is a very difficult and tragic situation for...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I have absolutely no objection at all to what the Cathaoirleach said. I thank him for that. As I said, it was to say something that would avoid something being unnecessarily repeated ad nauseamlater on. I had not actually spoken to amendment No. 15. I know the Minister gave his reply already, but I must disagree with him very strongly on this one. We need to read this amendment to section...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Higgins is correct.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Higgins was quite correct in referring to "immediately necessary". The key questions, however, are who forms that view and in what context? We need to be clear.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: We are in a new constitutional situation where the constitutional right to life of the unborn has been removed. That means that any obligation on treating doctors to take the unborn child's life into account in making clinical decisions regarding the women's care has changed.That obligation is now lessened under the Constitution, which means, if we are sincere about protecting unborn...