Results 1,681-1,700 of 7,640 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Bacik knows him very well. What I believe is appropriate is that the relevant managers of RTE be invited to come before the all-party Oireachtas committee dealing with communications to explain how the decision to broadcast the Fr. Reynolds allegation came to be made, why it was decided not to await the outcome of the paternity test offered, what disciplinary actions will be taken...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: -----and what structures may need to be put in place to examine whether an inappropriate bias has crept into RTE's treatment of-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: The public service broadcaster has rightly named and shamed people in the past, in particular where they have failed to exercise their responsibility. It is not sufficient for people who have done wrong-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: -----and taken inappropriate decisions to hide behind an institution. That is what is going on here.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: The public service broadcaster has rightly named names in the past and it needs to come forward to explain precisely how the most damaging and humiliating allegation-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: -----came to be made in circumstances where a person had offered it the means to establish-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: -----whether the allegation was true or false.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: I refer to the seriousness of this issue. If one is accused of the most serious thing imaginable, one should be given every opportunity to protect one's name.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, this is a completely unacceptable ruling for the following reason. Making a ruling like that simply means that all any party to a dispute needs to do is to prolong a court dispute so as to prevent the Houses of the Oireachtas commenting on facts that are in the public domain. That is quite probably either as-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: It is advice.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: So many times in the past the problem has been-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: -----that people have been too differential to legal advice.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: It is advice. We have a decision and a judgment call to make.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: I am sure Senator Bacik will agree with that.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, as Senator Paul Coghlan has raised the issue, apart from the merits of the issue that was raised by several people on the Order of Business, it would be appropriate if the Cathaoirleach would circulate to everyone the-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: ----- relevant Standing Order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: ----- and also the legal advice.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: I intend to raise the issue at the Committee on Procedure and Privilege.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)
Rónán Mullen: It is important that we do not tie the hands of this House.