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- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Regretfully, I disagree with thee amendments. However, I would like to join Senator Norris in commending Mr. John Waters for his excellent work in drawing attention to the rights of non-married fathers. He has done public debate a great service in his writings on this and other issues. Senator Norris has raised the issue in the context of the recent decision in the case of Schalk and Kopf...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: We need to take a closer look at the issues raised in the amendments. Amendment No. 5 proposes that "the surviving partner shall be regarded in law as a guardian of the child" in a case in which the deceased partner was the adopting parent. Amendment No. 37 is similar. It seems we are getting very close to the boundaries of the Constitution. I recall my earlier comment that, although we...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Do not upset the apple cart.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: It is difficult when listening to the various contributions not to reflect on how increasingly complicated children's lives are becoming and it is not, it seems to me, in the direction of their well-being. I listened to what Senator Feeney said earlier. She spoke eloquently about a situation that can arise. I draw her attention to something that was said earlier about the existing...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: We need a free vote for that.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: One cannot but comment on these amendments.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: We will not detain the Minister with any comments on section 7.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: I will take a lecture from Senator Norris on restraint at some future point when we have both undergone Operation Transformation.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: The Senator might need to have the operation, full stop. The maxim here is that those who join the army wear the boots. The Icelandic Prime Minister and her consort would be most welcome to settle in Ireland. However, if we are to have any sense, sanity or coherence in our laws, I am afraid we would have to insist that we define marriage according to our own laws.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: We have had complicated situations in the past about prime ministerial consorts which need not detain the House at this hour of night. It would make a mockery of our laws on marriage if they were to be subjected to the lowest common denominator of marriage laws internationally. It would also mean that to redefine marriage in Ireland all that would be needed would be for a same-sex couple to...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: We have had this debate in the context of the divorce regime. We went to considerable trouble to define in what circumstances our Constitution and our laws would permit the dissolution of a marriage. We have had debates about the impact of change in European law on our ability to maintain coherence in our marriage laws. I would certainly disagree with that. Amendment No. 9 seems to be the...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Feicim go bhfuil Ceannaire an tSeanaid tagtha isteach inár measc. NÃl a fhios agam an bhfuil sé chun an fheadóg a shéideadh. Más ea, bheadh an-bhrón orm. D'fhéadfainn a rá leis nÃos luaithe go bhféadfaimÃs roinnt den dÃospóireacht a chur ar ceal agus bua na Spáinne a fheiscint. Nà mar sin a tharla.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: I compliment Senators Walsh, à Murchú and Hanafin on tabling their amendment. Senator Quinn and I have tabled an amendment along similar lines. It appears for the first time at the definition stage. We propose that on page 16, line 37, we delete the words "civil status" and substitute them with the phrase "marital or civil status" which would encompass the range of possibilities,...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Whose speech was Senator Buttimer listening to? Had he headphones on?
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer must not have been listening to what I said.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Norris did make that point earlier.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Here we go all over again.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: I am sorry to have been interjecting, because I know Senator Norris never, ever does it. I should be ashamed of myself.
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Is that irony? Senator Feargal Quinn has the esteem and affection of almost everyone in the House. Insensitive is the last word any of us would use about him. It comes down to this. People have a profound difficulty with aspects of this Bill. What would one expect from them but substantial and numerous attempts to change it. It is not about being obstructive in some blind illogical...
- Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer was right to defend my colleague's honour but he did something many people have done in the House today. He has argued against points that were not made. I heard people making arguments about the Catholic Church's teaching, for example, as though people opposing the Bill wanted to enshrine the Catholic Church's teaching in the law. It is a fact that marriage under our...