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Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I will not hold up the House. Before we move on to a final vote, it is important that we would remember that this is an important piece of legislation. Senator Leyden is to be commended for his persistence in bringing forward this legislation. This legislation has a long back story. I hope Senator Leyden's persistence will be rewarded with a landmark development this evening with its...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Forgive the digression. Apologies. The Government's line on the Bill is pathetically thin. It contends that voluntary registration would offer no proof regarding the existence of a subsequent will or codicil, and is correct in that regard. Indeed, compulsory registration would not offer such proof either. The Minister also made the point that voluntary registration would not be proof of...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2019)

Rónán Mullen: It is the same kind of argument presented when we are told that certain proposals might have unforeseen consequences. If there is a system for the voluntary registration of wills, the public will be informed of what that means and what it does not. As I understand it, it will not mean that there may not be some other will or codicil in existence. A registered will would not necessarily not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I echo what Senator Conway-Walsh said. Tá plé ar na stáisiúin raidió neamhspleácha sa Dáil inniu. Tá plé ar a luach don phobal, ar an t-eolas áitiúil, ar na fadbhanna atá ag cuid den tír, agus ar thábhacht an raidió neamhspleách chun cabhrú leis na limistéir éagsúla sin agus leis na daoine...

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus tréaslaím le mo chomhghleacaithe anseo as an gceist tábhachtach seo a chur os ár gcomhair anocht. I read recently that apparently the earliest surviving evidence of gambling in human society dates from 2300 BC when wooden boards were used in China for rudimentary games of chance. There is no reason to suspect there has not...

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I am not sure that is the case. I am quoting and criticising. I am certainly not attacking the man's character.

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I even included a little praise for him where it was due.

Seanad: Gambling Legislation: Motion (27 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I understand. I will pass on from the matter, but I warn all of us, myself included, against making blasé comments that could be seen to be irresponsible and symptomatic of a too casual attitude to gambling in Ireland. I commend the motion to the Seanad. I pay tribute also to the people who are tackling the problem, even as big businesses profit, sometimes in a cynical way, as we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Teastaíonn uaim ceist a ardú ar luaigh mé ar an Ord Gnó sa Teach seo ar 6 Feabhra. I raise an issue which I mentioned briefly during the Order of Business on 6 February. It is estimated that approximately 25% of students have special educational needs of one kind or another. Legislation envisages the provision of individual...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I reassure her that in talking about the potential downstream consequences of mismanagement I do not suggest mismanagement of the existing budgetary allocation to the area of special needs in education, I am talking about the wider mismanagement of public money in the economy and, therefore, the lack of necessary extra and additional...

Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I am mindful of the fact that this is Committee Stage. I hope the Leas-Chathaoirleach will allow me the opportunity to commend Senators Gavan and Warfield and former Senator Ó Clochartaigh on this Bill. It can be summed up in three words: transparency, trust and fairness. The priority is not merely justice for service sector employees, but also confidence for the customer that his or...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: An Ghaeilge sa Chóras Oideachais: Díospóireacht (12 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: An féidir liom ceist amháin a chur? Glacaim leis go bhfuil deacrachtaí ag gach eagraíocht maidir leis na rudaí seo. Luaigh an tUasal Ó Súilleabháin nach bhfuil an t-éileamh ann i gcás eagraíochtaí atá ag plé le cúrsaí oideachais. Glacaim gur fíor é sin amanta. Ní bhíonn na daoine a...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: An Ghaeilge sa Chóras Oideachais: Díospóireacht (12 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: Nach bhfuil dualgas ar an lucht oideachais ach go háirithe cultúr na Gaeilge agus, mar sin, an t-éileamh a chothú?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Leas-Chathaoirleach will not be in the Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is neither uninterested nor disinterested in what Senator Leyden has just said. No doubt he will give a very good account of himself in due course if the debate takes place. I pay tribute to local radio, including Radio Kerry, which does so much good work. It does cover issues in a way that mainstream Dublin-based media fail to do. In a schoolroom setting,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: There is no maternity hospital co-located beside the children's hospital. It is a disgrace.

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I come from County Galway and I know many people in Tuam. A friend of mine is a local historian there. People have been following the Tuam story very closely and taking the temperature on the ground. One major issue survivors have is with the fact that despite their pleas to the Minister when she met them in Tuam during the summer, they are still getting news of reports and important...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (5 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for attending to address this important topic. I am sure he will agree with me that the crisis unfolding in Venezuela over recent weeks has shocked many people with news reports of people rooting through bins to feed their children, a crisis in the availability, as well as a lack of, basic medical care and supplies, along with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (5 Feb 2019)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I want to reiterate something I said in this House last week. While I welcome the general thrust of the Government's approach to this issue, it would be good if we did not just wait for the EU line on these issues. It is important we give strong moral leadership as a small country that has been known to do that in the past and is recognised and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Rónán Mullen: The situation in Venezuela is going from bad to worse. The leader of that Parliament has had his bank accounts frozen and he has been banned from foreign travel. We are seeing Mr. Maduro putting on the heavy hand to shore up his highly discredited regime. Venezuela is facing a humanitarian crisis and it is endangering the lives of Venezuelans due to severe food and medical shortages as we...