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Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator should beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Seanad: Order of Business. (5 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Did the Leader mention asylum and trafficking?

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: It worked for President Obama.

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I speak as someone who entered the Oireachtas at a time when considerable reforms had already been introduced in regard to pensions payable to former Members on leaving office. I never knew about nor inquired into the pension entitlements that would accrue to me in the event that I ceased to be a Senator. I will receive some sort of pension at the normal retirement age rather than any...

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: -----in which politics can receive its proper due and people can learn to differentiate between politicians who are on the take and politicians who are genuinely selfless and seek to contribute to the common good. If we are to debate ministerial salaries, we should have a much more honest debate about anyone who is in receipt of a public sector pension and in a position to earn in other ways...

Seanad: Ministerial Pensions: Motion (5 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: -----that will be seen to be fair, commonly taken and suffered by all.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: He is on autopilot.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: People will be familiar with the old phrase, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts". In recent times, we have come to realise the importance of being beware of Greeks seeking gifts. One gift from Greece, however, is that its experience is concentrating many people's minds in this country about the impact of unrealistic public expenditure. That is reflected in the trade unions coming to see the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Will the Leader give a date for a debate on trafficking and asylum which I requested yesterday?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Is that before the end of term?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Please do, but could we get the Minister in to enlighten us about what the Government is going to do?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I am surprised the Leader has not given a date.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I want to echo some of the comments made by colleagues on Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's very fine speech, which I read in full and which I encourage people to read. It deserves a very wide readership as he touches on many highly important issues. I welcome the interventions of Senators Twomey and Fitzgerald asking him to go further and to clarify some of what he stated on people in denial...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: We should have a discussion on this and I would welcome the Minister for Education and Skills to the House. I hope she joins us very soon.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: However, the Senator does not agree with everything they say.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Many of us commented yesterday on what Archbishop Diarmuid Martin had to say but why is it that when the church fails people, it is people who are to blame, but when agencies of the State such as the HSE, the Garda or Departments fail people, it is the system that is to blame? Why is it that we reach different levels of outrage depending on which group is culpable? Senator Alex White is...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Leader.

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (12 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Wild and windy air.