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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: People in the House earn less than people like Bobby Ewing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. We have every reason to be thinking these days, with the events of Brexit, about our vulnerabilities as a nation but also about our strengths. I agree with what my colleague, Senator McDowell, has said about the importance of Ministers travelling abroad in these days, representing Ireland and our interests and keeping them to the forefront....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: It invites the possibility of discussing the historical dimensions and the question as to whether it is militaristic in its language, whether that then subtracts from its wider important symbolism and whether it is possible to accommodate both.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: This is a language lesson as well. This is a very serious point. We have been talking about God save the Queen. What would we think of a French person who did not know the words of La Marseillaise? We should cherish our national anthem more and encourage its teaching as part of the curriculum. One does not have to admire every aspect of the lyrics to take a deeper and broader view of its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: It is about seeing how language, music and song have the capacity to bring people together. Ceapaim féin gur chóir go mbeadh sé mar chuid den churaclam agus gur chóir don Rialtas gníomhú dá réir. Tá súil agam go mbeidh suirbhéanna amach anseo a léireoidh go mbeidh cur amach ar na focail ag i bhfad níos mó páistí...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Béarla does not work so well. It is a bad translation.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister may see this debate as an opportunity to update the Seanad on the "new children's hospital", to use his words. I see this debate as an opportunity to ask him certain questions that he has not satisfactorily answered. This comes down to two core issues. The first issue, which I asked him about at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health, is whether the massive cost overrun...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I do not hear fundamental concern for the best option, having regard to children's welfare.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: As soon as I think of a better phrase, I will offer it to the House. The question strikes at the heart of the Government in view of the political damage caused by the abandonment of the previous Mater site. Surely any examination of the cost overruns must address whether the choice of the St. James's site is part of what caused the problem.It is certainly possible, if not likely, that the...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I think I am entitled, in view of interruptions.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I am drawing a line between what I regard as the Minister's position on one issue and the cynical dressing up of Government choices as being about protecting the best interests of children in this case, when many experts, people at the coalface of children's medicine, are tearing their hair out at the choice this Government has made. The most cynical thing of all, and I have heard the...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: -----a significant financial cost but the Government has already exposed us to that anyway. I put my questions and I stand over my points. My core questions were whether the financial overrun is connected with the complexity of the site the Government chose, whether in persisting with the site it chose, it is endangering children's welfare into the future, as many medical experts claim, and...

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: It is not grandstanding, it is medical experts-----

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I am only returning the compliment to Senator Humphreys.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator does not care about the children.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator has no credibility on children.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: We cannot do so.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: That is pie in the sky.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Professor Chris Fitzpatrick calls it pie in the sky and he knows more about it than the Minister and I do.

Seanad: National Children's Hospital: Statements (7 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I agree. They are all in this together. That is why they are getting away so lightly. The parties cannot point a finger at the Minister without pointing it at themselves as well.