Results 261-280 of 7,581 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: We are at 4 o'clock and the Minister still has not got to the contingency.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Most of the time we cannot even get one.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I wish everybody here well. Senator Keogan and I have sought to make the case that there is another side to this issue. The happiness of people here today will make other people sad as a result of the denial of human rights, the exploitation of surrogate women and the denial of certain children of their rights. Every child is welcome and nobody should ever be stigmatised. However, I...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: We have to respect each other's sincerity and the sincerity of each other's aspirations. When I used the term "those people", I always said it, as the Senator knows, with the deepest of respect for people, even when I disagreed with what they were doing or had done. Everybody deserves to be loved and cherished at the end of the day.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I dtosach báire, déanaim comhbhrón le muintir Mhíchíl Uí Mhuircheartaigh. Tá laoch ar lár inniu. Fear mór Gaelach, galánta, a bhí ann agus ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. I think the first time I met Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh was when I was a student of journalism.He was very kind to me when I was doing a project on the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: -----and then let them talk about protests.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I am not aware of that rule. He is not accountable to us in the Chamber. I am not aware of a rule that he is not to be referred to.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: He is often right, but when he is wrong, he is badly wrong and he should call himself aside on this issue.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I look forward to seeing that rule in writing, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: If I may say so, as I understand it, there is a separation of powers and we respect the separate legitimacy of other roles. However, to say that in the national Parliament nobody can be the subject of critical comment, respectfully delivered, is not a rule that-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: We would not and should not comment-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: We would not comment on matters that are sub judice, but-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: If the President gets it wrong, above all, and equal to all citizens and especially in our national Parliament, we are entitled to comment.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Could you give me the precise rule?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Would you quote it in this House, please, a Leas-Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: There is no point saying it is very well established. If we cannot criticise something that Uachtarán na hÉireann has said, this is not a democracy. When he gets it wrong, he gets it badly wrong. He is admirable in many respects, but-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: -----his head is in the wrong place on this issue. He is campaigning and he needs to be-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Child protection comes before the dignity of the Presidency in my book and in many people's books.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I am aware of the rules and I am very respectful about how I speak about the President, but if he is wrong, he is wrong and he needs to be called out.