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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. I thank the Cathaoirleach for the protection he gave me yesterday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I have no issue with the Cathaoirleach's very dignified handling of the matter. The point I want to make is that however we might feel about Nigel Farage, we should be able to criticise those who throw milkshakes at a politician and that however we might feel about President Donald Trump, we should be able to hope that during his visit the protests will be dignified. My point is that, as...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: My feelings do not matter. My point was about the example we set for others.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: No, it is not. There was no passion.

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I commend the Minister of State on taking this measure. It seems Juliet had it wrong when she asked, "What's in a name? ... a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." It is very important that the Royal College of Surgeons, RCSI, would be able to be designated as a university in Ireland, as it is elsewhere, as pointed out by Senator McDowell. The Royal College of Surgeons is very much...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I am coming to that. I note that the RCSI has pointed out that it is not and has not been State funded but that it is a public statutory regulated institution which was established under a charter, as was Trinity College Dublin. Senator McDowell may already have answered the question to his own satisfaction but, if not, he is probably as interested as I am in whether the degrees conferred...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: A happy memory I have is the first election count at which I was elected. It took place in the RCSI. It was not my first time in that institution but it is certainly a place I remember positively. As with all of our universities where there is a faculty of medicine, let us also hope that we are not just producing good doctors for export, as per an earlier debate in this House today. We...

Seanad: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: It has been a while since someone has been elevated directly from the Seanad. I had some vague hopes of elevation myself.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The full facts have yet to come out about what happened to the baby who died in Holles Street. What we can say is that this is something more than a case of a misdiagnosis and all the tragic consequences that followed. It raises the most serious questions about the medical establishment and the establishment of some doctors within our system. I spent a lot of time last year and in the past...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----have experienced less than encouragement-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----and have felt passed over-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: And passed over when it comes to important and, at the very least, relevant information. We have seen in the case of the CervicalCheck scandal some parallels with tests abroad and lack of information and responsibility towards people at home. We need to know more and hopefully we will know more and at that point more can be said by calm people-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----who want people to be properly and respectfully treated. Less of a life and death issue but nonetheless important is dentistry and people's oral and dental health. I was very interested by what Dr. John Marley, dean of the faculty of dentistry in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RCSI, had to be say last week when he came before the Joint Committee on Health. It probably will...

Seanad: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024: Statements (16 May 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I commend the fact that this debate is happening and the work that is going on here. I have read about the priorities of the strategy; the building of skills; the providing of bridges and support into work; the importance of making sure that work is profitable for the persons involved and this is no mere lipservice exercise or question of...

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

Rónán Mullen: Like many others who hail from rural Ireland or represent rural communities, I have mixed feelings about what is going on. On the one hand, after decades of announcements and broken promises, we should just get on with it and start to deliver a quality broadband network to rural Ireland. I believe the majority of the electorate in rural areas feel this way. On the other hand, it is...

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...