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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Is that a nightmare?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Rónán Mullen: It sounds like a nightmare.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I am intrigued.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I would welcome an invitation.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I do not get out much.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I agree with what Senator Kieran O'Donnell has said. It should also be pointed out that Irish agriculture is extremely sustainable and clean by international standards, which is a point that is not highlighted regularly enough. Like many Senators, I am contacted frequently by people who are in need of life saving drugs. I welcome the availability of the Pembro drug to women undergoing...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I will conclude shortly; this will not be a Second Stage speech. I believe I heard Professor Michael Barry, the head of the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, say on "Morning Ireland" yesterday that the decision was made at ministerial level in what he hoped was a one-off process. He said that he would ideally like to see the drugs coming on-stream via the normal process. At the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am happy to keep listening. I have some questions but I am continuing to formulate them in the light of what I am hearing from the various participants-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am happy to begin when the Chairman wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the witnesses for attending, for their presentations and for answering questions. It is probably not unjust to characterise our two guests on the left as fundamentally opposed to much of what is in the Bill because they see it as fundamentally in breach of a child's rights in principle, given that a child is losing a genetic connection by being separated from at least one of his or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: In that case, is Professor Hayes generally persuaded by what our two friends from the National Infertility Support and Information Group are saying, that is, that there is a fundamental breach of child welfare when this practice happens at all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Is Dr. Rose conflating two issues? I have problems with it from an ethical point of view. If I understand it correctly, however, nobody is being deprived of the opportunity to pass on his or her genes. The question is whether one is to be allowed to know the person whose genes have been passed on? Are they not two different matters? If what Dr. Rose is talking about is a provision that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Deputy Harty is the Chair but I am conscious that our two friends on the right, Ms Barnard and Ms Keegan, might WISH to contribute as well. I have other questions but I am happy to wait.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I will not tell the Chairman how to do his job, but I believe Dr. Rose wanted to respond on the research. If he is happy to allow her to do so, I am happy to give way to her on that issue as I have something to say about research.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I do not know if Dr. Rose was going to say what I am about to say. It is clear from this session how complex and varied are the issues we must consider. I certainly suggest it could be a good idea to devote some time to looking at research and what it states as a key aspect that should be considered discretely. That said, we must be conscious that research is not everything because it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I apologise for that. Ought public policy instruments be used, or could they be used, to discourage the practice of surrogacy separately from the question of whether one regulates the practice the way proposed or otherwise? Dr. Madden mentioned the real reason people go abroad is that legal regimes abroad are more favourable. Is that really the case? Is not a big aspect of this the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: May I ask two supplementary questions arising from Professor Madden's response?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: It might be useful for us to tease out at a future meeting the reasons people are travelling and whether it is for legal reasons or the financial disadvantage issue that I proposed. Far from that being a statement, it was a question. My first question is regarding Professor Madden's response to what I asked about Sweden. Is it her understanding also that they are moving in a more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Deputy O'Connell picked up on some of what I said about research. It is important that we take a very honest look at whatever the research shows. That is the principle that must always guide us. We have to be conscious of issues of objectivity and test for it, understand what research is capable of showing us and its limitations because research does not always cover all of reality. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: General Scheme of Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: There is a presumption of truthfulness, which is a very different issue with the greatest respect.