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Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I promise I will do that. In certain areas of human life, to stress the benefits of one way of doing things is seen as tantamount to causing a negative judgment of those who do not do things in a particular way. All of this is unfortunate because it is hard to deny that most credible evidence suggests that marriage has always been, for the most part, a social good and that it still is a...

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I accept that.

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: When one considers that this is a big change, that the issue will now go to the people and that I will not be-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I accept that. I will finish shortly.

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Indeed, albeit "fulsome" is not a word I like as it actually has a pejorative meaning which the Leas-Chathaoirleach does not intend in this instance. We need to discuss why the first significant Government policy since the redefinition of marriage in 2015 is about making it easier to bring a marriage to an end. When are we going to discuss what we can to proactively as a society to promote...

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: That would be an evidence-based situation. In conclusion, I look forward to a debate when we can consider how marriage has been impacted since the last divorce referendum, for example. Reference was made earlier to the idea that people said the floodgates would open. That was not a significant part of the debate in 1995. People were talking then about the impact of divorce on children and...

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I understand and the Chair has to do that. I hope, in conclusion, that if the referendum passes, which I suspect it will, although I will certainly not campaign against the proposal, of which I am sceptical, all the more so since I have not seen the energy around promoting stable marriage, we will have a sincere discussion-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----about what we can do as a society to promote marriage, not just as one choice among many, but as a social good that serves the welfare and well-being of children. It is something this Government and other Governments have ignored for far too long.

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister only got part of it.

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The issue here is with the concluding remarks. I do not know where it is defined in Standing Orders, but for the reassurance of the House, I am certainly not-----

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----playing silly buggers when I get up here and make a few sincere points.

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister will be generous enough to acknowledge a distinction. I do not play procedural games to draw debates out. I never do. What causes me regret is the fact that there is not enough seriousness in this place sometimes to have a full debate on important issues. The Minister then digressed into contradicting a point I never made. I did not make any claim about the content of the...

Seanad: An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (11 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I look forward to the Minister's support for my amendments on positive things the Government might do.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna (9 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh na hionadaithe uilig. Tá cúpla ceist agam. Maidir leis na scéimeanna Gaeilge agus an scéim Gaeilge atá le teacht, céard a bheidh sa scéim is nuaí, atá le teacht, nach raibh sa scéimeanna go dtí seo? Gabh mo leithscéal má tá an cheist sin freagartha cheana. Dé réir mar a fheicim é,...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna (9 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Ós rud é gurb é an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna atá i gceist, agus glacaim leis na hiarrachtaí agus an obair atá á ndéanamh agus na cuspóirí agus mar sin de, an bhfeictear do na hionadaithe go bhfuil dualgas ar leith ar an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna a bheith mar acmhainn do Ranna eile an Stáit? Táimid ag caint de shíor...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (Atógáil): An Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna (9 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Céard faoi NEPS, an SNSO? Ní chuirtear so-and-sos orthu anois.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator makes it sound almost bucolic.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I do not know if it is possible to judge between different horrors but if there is anything worse than young people being shot and killed in conflict zones, it is perhaps the use of rape and sexual violence against women and children, which is part of the human story and seems never to have gone away as something that happens in a systematic fashion as a weapon of war. It has been a common...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Rónán Mullen: We are currently campaigning for a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2021-22 term. It seems to me that this is an issue that Ireland should be loudly raising with other UN member states as part of our campaign and it is an issue that we should stress if we are successful in getting membership of the Security Council. Go raibh míle maith agat.