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Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (16 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: In that case, was the former Minister unfairly treated?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Visa Applications (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I raise two cases which are separate but similar to those I raised on the Order of Business on 2 and 17 April. The issue is the treatment of two Irish families - the Suhinthan and Hyde families - at the hands of the immigration authorities of New Zealand and Australia, respectively. Ms Nilani Suhinthan, an IT consultant, was headhunted for a job in New Zealand and her husband and family...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Visa Applications (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I am disappointed by the response. If the notion that we cannot comment because this is a matter for another state was to be followed in all situations where something so blatantly unjust and cruel was to be disclosed, we would have zero international engagement. The reason we have a Ministry for foreign affairs is to conduct relations with certain states. According to my recollection,...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. It occurs to me that given where we have been as a country, we should probably come up with an alternative word for "landlord". The debate on this issue tends to get skewed and it seems easier to see it in terms of the responsibility of landlords and to forget that tenants also have responsibilities. Perhaps "residential tenancers" or something like that...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----to his response as I know he will be kind enough to engage sooner or later with the issues. On the section relating to short-term lettings, the intention is that this would not catch people who are home sharers, as he has clarified. Is that because it is already provided for in the legislation or is it because he proposes in forthcoming regulations to ensure that such people are not...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: It will be the regulations that will guarantee that there is no unintended catching of such persons.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Through the Chairman, in response to Senator Marie Louise O'Donnell's aside, I said that I would be prepared to accept the answer whenever and however it is given. Snide comments are not helpful. It is also the tradition-----

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----in the Oireachtas and in Parliament, where I am quite happy to give way and to allow-----

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----my time to be taken by way of a response.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Such juvenilia is uncalled for.

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I want to respect the Minister's bona fides in this. The point I wanted to get to was in respect of the 90-day cap, where it would be provided that home sharing and limited short-term letting to an annual cap of 90 days in a person's principal place of residence would be allowed without the need for planning permission. In a situation where a person has property near to a university would...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: There will be tributes to our late friend, Senator Feargal Quinn, at a later date and they will be well deserved. All of us who had the privilege of serving alongside Feargal miss him greatly. He was a model of civility and reasonableness around here. Another great person died yesterday, aged 90. I refer to one of the few truly great people of the 20th and 21st century, Jean Vanier, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Indeed. Finally, I would have put in a Commencement matter tomorrow if Commencement matters were allowed. We are just back after a relatively long break and I do not want an early finish tomorrow. There should be an Order of Business and Commencement matters should be facilitated.When was that decided or when was it decided to propose that we would not have Commencement matters or an Order...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I accept that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I have always been interested in them.

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and everybody involved in the passage of this Bill through the Seanad. I wish the well-being of children was as central to other legislation going through the Houses as it is to this Bill. It is important that any initiative to facilitate the ability of parents to spend time with the children be encouraged. The important word is "facilitate"....

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Children's rights were not necessarily vindicated.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (8 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: He is a busy man.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Feighan asked what we have against Australia and New Zealand. It is only two weeks since I raised the issue of the Suhinthan family who decided to emigrate to New Zealand after being headhunted by employers there. However, one of their three daughters was denied access to the country because she has Down's syndrome. Obviously, this will force the family to abandon its plans. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----and give a shocking impression of the attitude of supposedly liberal and tolerant countries towards people with these conditions?