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Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: A twinkle in the eye will always get you further.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: A twinkle in the eye will always get you further.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I did not, actually.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: There is no need to be so cutting.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Gurbh amhlaidh don Chathaoirleach Gníomhach.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: This is such an unclassy way to chair a debate. It is entirely unnecessary.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: If I made a mistake, you could be more gracious about it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I second what Senator Kyne just said. Every word of that is important, but we also need to broaden this to address the terror many of us feel at what may be facing other parts of the world as well as a result of the threat to the grain supply coming out of Ukraine. We think of the populations of countries in the Middle East, such as Egypt, south-east Asia and north Africa. The populations...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: He will be remembered from town to town.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by US Congressman Richard Neal (24 May 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte is fiche roimh Richard Neal. Is ócáid iontach é i gcónaí nuair a thagann teachtaí ó na Stáit Aontaithe chuig an tír seo. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil siad anseo inniu agus cuirim fáilte rompu uilig. Gabhaim buíochas leo as an méid atá á dhéanamh acu ar son na tíre seo. I am very happy to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: It is telling no secrets to say that many Catholics are concerned not to say terrified by the implications of the 2018 secret agreement between China and the Vatican about the recognition of bishops and the status of the Catholic Church in China. The issue is whether the agreement is leading to more repression of Catholics and more restrictions on their priests and the practice of their...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh maith agat. I will stay within my time, yes, yes, I will, yes, yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: On a more serious note, the recent horrific attack and mass murder of people in St. Francis Catholic Church in the Owo district of Ondo in Nigeria should horrify us all. We must have a debate in this House about the persecution of people for their faith worldwide, in particular the horrifying attacks that are going on against Christians in Nigeria. I took part in a very interesting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I understand that. The Cathaoirleach might stop the clock for a moment as I want to make a point of order on that. I have no intention of criticising the President and I have no intention of seeking to hold the President to account, but it must be possible to say in this House on occasion “agree with this” or “don't agree with that”. If we lose the power to do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I understand. I will bí cúramach. However, we probably need to get the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, CPPO, to decide how we interpret Standing Orders in a way that is rational so we do not have unnecessary obstacles here to reasonable context giving.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I will work on that from my side. To return to my point, part of the President's comment was very welcome and part of his comment the bishop described as far-fetched and unhelpful. When I spoke to the bishop, he was very generous about President Higgins and said “I do not really blame him.” However, the Nigerian Government is pushing an analysis that seeks to portray these...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I am glad to see that the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media where it was proposed to bring in representatives from RTÉ on foot of the discussion of transgender-related issues on "Liveline" is not now going ahead. Though I have often criticised RTÉ over the waste of public money and often raised questions about issues of fairness...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Does the Senator fancy his chances?

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I want to kind of cut to a particular issue in relation to this Bill, which is the question of donations made for political purposes. The Bill proposes to make no change in terms of definition. As the Minister knows, a campaign is under way by some NGOs for the definition of “political purposes” to be loosened to ensure that their huge sources of private funding –...