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Seanad: Safe Reopening of Tertiary Sector and Key Priorities for Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister and thank the Government for what it has been doing to ensure the continuation of education, not just at third level but at all levels, during this time of crisis. We are fire-fighting at the moment and to some degree we have put aside consideration of many of the things we would aspire to see happen while we deal with the immediate challenges but there are lessons in...

Seanad: Safe Reopening of Tertiary Sector and Key Priorities for Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: I would love to know if the Minister took time to discuss that with the people in NUIG yesterday because it seems very reasonable to have a mandatory requirement of signing up to a code of behaviour in the current circumstances.

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus tá súil agam go n-éireoidh go geal léi ina ról nua. I welcome the Bill in general terms. It addresses what has grown into a serious problem in recent years. With the very broad right of appeal that exists against the issuing of licences in this area, and felling licences, virtually anybody can challenge a decision....

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: The Cathaoirleach has already disposed of Senator Mullen.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: I have listened with concern from my office to what is going on here this morning. There are two issues on which I would like the Cathaoirleach to comment. There is ongoing concern among Members, myself included, about the rushing of legislation and the taking of all Stages in one day is clearly within the Cathaoirleach's understanding of what the Order of Business discussion today may...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: I have a specific question for the Cathaoirleach about the order and the basis for it. Mr. Martin Groves's letter to each member of the Seanad, which I only saw this morning, states that the Cathaoirleach asked him to remind Senators that this is a special sitting and that the purpose, therefore, of the Order of Business is simply to decide the arrangements. What is the Cathaoirleach's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: I do not see any basis in the letter we received this morning for saying that the fact that this is a special sitting should somehow curtail our discretion as to what issues to raise on the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: Where is that-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: This is merely a request of us on the part of the Cathaoirleach. It has no basis in Standing Orders, proper procedure or anything of that nature.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: On which Standing Order is the Cathaoirleach relying?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: The Cathaoirleach is telling us that it is the advice of the Clerk that the regulations provide that where there is a special sitting, the Order of Business debate must be confined to the items that are ordered for that day, regardless of whether the items ordered are unanimously agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: If I have a problem with the actual business that is ordered, it is open to me during that business to raise a point of order about that business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: The only possible logical reason for having an Order of Business debate prior to the taking of the proposed business of that day is to allow for the possibility that there might be disagreement about what business is being taken on that day or how.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: The Cathaoirleach is telling us, without citing any particular authority, that the Order of Business on this particular occasion, namely, arising on foot of a special sitting, precludes us from discussing whether this is the business to be taken today or whether any other business ought to be considered today.To my mind, this is an absurdity. You must do more than merely speak about the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: By proposing to preclude, for example, what Senator Norris and others raised about developments in the British Parliament and with the British Government, you are making a mockery of the notion of an Order of Business. You would therefore be preventing us, where there is something of tremendous and urgent public importance arising, from adverting to it with the very flimsy excuse that this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: That does not fetter us.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: Will the Cathaoirleach read the rules for us so we can discover together-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: You are referring to this in round terms but have not exercised your right - at this point I would say your duty - to point out to us why the rules specifically preclude us from raising important other matters on the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: What is the basis for the distinction? It is like saying, as my mother said to me many times over the years, "That is the why". You are not outlining a basis.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Sep 2020)

Rónán Mullen: Have you the reference?