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Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion (10 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I will if it is brief.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion (10 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I am suspicious of claims of privilege these days because there tends to be an underlying ideology that is exclusive of the search for truth on a range of issues.

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion (10 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I took the Senator's point. When I heard the rhetoric of Ms Martina Anderson's statement last week talking about the struggle, her forced retirement and how throughout her life as a republican she had always put the struggle first, it made me realise how far we had to go because I wondered what struggle she was talking about. Do people here believe that kind of language will assist in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his kind words. I will start by thanking colleagues here for the very kind words of sympathy they expressed in this House last Friday after the death of my father. Our family appreciates that very much indeed. Thank you. Today I would like to say a little bit about the Government's proposed hate speech legislation, the criminal justice (hate crime) Bill 2021,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I would like to second that.

Seanad: Education (Leaving Certificate Examinations) (Accredited Grades) Bill 2021: Second Stage (7 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I echo some of what Senator O'Loughlin said in terms of welcoming the clarity that this Bill brings to the learnings from last year. We can all recall the various issues that arose last year at a very difficult time for people.Many people will have been somewhat discombobulated as they grew to learn more about the element of sausage making in the processing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome and thank all the speakers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Is that better?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I want to raise some issues and I am happy enough for people to decide among themselves how to answer them as much ground has been covered. On what the evidence shows, is it easier to build resilience in a child to help them push back against bullying in appropriate ways or to develop a culture of upstanding, which is a good word? If one were sitting around a bar, one would often hear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the witnesses for their responses. I was struck by the closeness of the figures on the long-term effects of bullying. Some 20% of bullies need some kind of assistance; of those who had been bullied, 23% need assistance. How great is the overlap? Have people any handle on what percentage of those who have bullied people have experienced bullying themselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Model Reform: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh ár n-aíonna. I wish to spend the few minutes I have asking the witnesses about three issues, namely, the shortage of skills we have to deal and contend with, the question of how we build the prestige around apprenticeship, and the issue of gender. On the question of the shortage of skills, I am getting a picture that it is about trying to get people who...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Well done.

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit.I support this motion, but it is unambitious and it needs the amendment proposed by Senators Boyhan, Craughwell, Norris, McDowell and I, and the Sinn Féin amendments as well. It seems there is little point in us debating the generalities of the problems facing post offices in our rural communities unless we are going to promote concrete action...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2021)

Rónán Mullen: On 29 March, three weeks ago today, I asked the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, about the precise legal situation relating to the restrictions on public worship, either at the level of organising public worship or at the level of leaving one's house to attend such worship. It was a difficult enough session but the Minister said clearly he would get the Department to respond to...

Seanad: Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Second Stage (19 Apr 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I also support this Bill and I agree with much of what Senator Ward just said. This Bill implements one of the many welcome recommendations of the O'Malley report published last August. However, I question why this one issue has been carved out of the report and introduced in a stand-alone Bill, and whether it would not have been better for more of the...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Rónán Mullen: As of last Thursday, 25 March, just over 211,000 people, about 4% of the population, have been fully vaccinated. Most of these are older people over the age of 80 years, and front-line health workers. I want to discuss what this means for ordinary people who have been fully vaccinated but first I want to address events which occurred yesterday near Our Lady of Lourdes church in Mullahoran,...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I am just making the offer.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Rónán Mullen: We are allowed to do it under the Standing Orders.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Rónán Mullen: It frequently happens that Members give way here. I have made the offer. He is not forced to take it up but I just want to make the offer.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Rónán Mullen: What would be so wrong with that? Is this not about getting clarity?