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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ——presuming to tell one of her countrymen what he should be doing or saying on behalf of the church. However, this is not the place or the forum to explain to the ignorant what has gone on here. I would encourage the ignorant to inform themselves before they deliver themselves irresponsibly of certain comments.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: It has always been there. It is to prevent tyranny from people like Senator Bacik.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: We all agree it was appalling. That was not the point.

Seanad: Physical Education Facilities (4 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I thank Senator Healy Eames for sharing time with me. It is a matter of pride to both of us that we are past pupils of Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew. It is a school in a medium-sized town in rural Ireland with approximately 500 students and we are glad that two representatives in the Seanad have come from it. Both Senator Healy Eames and I can and do state that, in a sense, this school...

Seanad: Physical Education Facilities (4 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ——because we are educating people for the future for the sake of our society. I have to hand an extract from the Department of Education and Science's website from April 2005, which lists 124 schools that were to progress through the architectural planning process of the school building and modernisation programme. It states that the schools in question had been assessed as being...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Who is the Senator calling a "little interchange"?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I implied that he was clever.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: He is a natural as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the comments this morning by Senators Norris and O'Toole in regard to the Holocaust. However, I must correct Senator Norris on one point.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: To clarify, I did not compare Senator O'Toole to a clown. He is far from a clown. Rather, I compared him to a clever man who uses the catch cries of the clown. There is an important distinction. I have great respect for both Senator O'Toole and Senator Norris. We are all glad the Vatican has made clear not only that it was unaware of this man's unacceptable views but also that he may hold...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I am pleased Senator Hannigan raised the issue of the proposed cuts in the overseas aid budget. He is absolutely right to cite the observation of Mr. Hans Zomer of Dóchas that those who have not contributed to the financial crisis but are affected most severely by it are the very people whom Irish Aid is designed to reach. It is shameful that while 2% of our budget is allocated to Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: This is moral anarchy. It is extremely disturbing that the State seems to be speaking in this way on a very sensitive issue. I call for a debate on this matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I wish to be associated with Senator O'Donovan's timely call for a debate on the persecution of Christians in other parts of the world. Sometimes there is a reluctance to focus on the persecution of Christian people, lest we be seen to be selective in our concerns. It is wrong to be selective in our concerns. It does not really matter what are the beliefs of the people in question. There...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: We politicians need to look at our roles and the travel in which we engage, for example.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: We need to ask if we are engaging in the necessary frugality with respect to the public purse.

Seanad: Education Matters: Statements (10 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I wish to share time with Senator Quinn. I welcome the Minister of State. The contribution by the Minister for Education and Science was interesting. I compliment his speech writer as I was taken by the statement: "The creation of a strong research, innovation and commercialisation ecosystem will be a crucial driver of future economic growth." That is a good example of green thinking in...

Seanad: Exhibition Ethics (11 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: This matter relates to the Bodies exhibition currently taking place in Dublin of which, no doubt, the Minister of State is aware. I want the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to outline the rules, regulations and guidelines in place governing exhibitions that take place in Ireland, indicate whether such rules have been breached by the Bodies exhibition, indicate whether such an exhibition...

Seanad: Exhibition Ethics (11 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for, as he predicted, his brief response. I do not hold it against him that the response is so brief and unsatisfactory but I would be grateful if he would take this message back to the Minister. That is a philistine response. It shows absolutely no imagination and it shows even less respect for the process of raising matters on the Adjournment. The Department insults...

Seanad: Exhibition Ethics (11 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. My question is whether the Minister will inform the Department of the unsatisfactory nature of the reply, the completely bogus comparison that lies at the heart of the answer and——

Seanad: Exhibition Ethics (11 Feb 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ——if he will ask on my behalf for a more satisfactory response.