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Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 24:In page 9, lines 38 and 39, to delete all words from and including “that” in line 38 down to and including line 39 and substitute the following:"that— (a) the pregnancy concerned has not exceeded 12 weeks of pregnancy, and (b) a termination of the pregnancy concerned is not being sought because of the sex or race of the foetus concerned or...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am right on that.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I know that. Going back to the question of truthfulness, which drew some comment, if we are to be truthful and if we say we have specifically excluded disability and if we have not specifically done so then there is a truthfulness deficit. The Minister, referring to the committee I sat on myself, stated it looked at the area of disability and specifically excluded it as grounds for a...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: In the Minister's 15-minute speech in the Dáil when introducing the Bill on 4 October, it was telling that the words "baby", "child", "unborn" and "mother" were not used even once - not once. That tells us how much concern this legislation has for children in the womb, or for any concept of motherhood or family. I firmly believe the referendum decision and the introduction of this...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I congratulate Senator Feighan. Speaking for myself, I have no problem being mugged on a Sunday coming out of mass by a church gate collection. However, any organisations, including political parties, that have shown scant regard for fundamental ideas shared by Christians, among others, about the protection of innocent human life have some neck to be collecting in such places, although they...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: -----have examined the buildings and found original features which have miraculously survived, such as original wooden beams, masonry, and chimney stacks. They say nothing like this is known to survive in Dublin and there is very little that is comparable elsewhere in the country. What does it say of our notion of heritage that a building which experts tell us has survived since the reign...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator has every right; he just has a brass neck for doing it.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: That is a different point, the Senator is confusing his issues.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Rónán Mullen: He is coming back.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I would like to raise two separate but somewhat interconnected issues. In recent years, we have all become used to the hype around the so-called Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.This practice is the latest in a long line of fads that have been imported into Ireland from America, although not all of them are negative. As recent reporting indicates, it tends to be more focused on online...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I have spoken numerous times recently on the use and abuse of the referendum process, particularly by this Government. It is now the weapon of choice for all kinds of populist proposals, or for providing cover or distraction from other controversies or Government failures. Apart from the recent abortion and blasphemy referendums, there is talk of the constitutional protection of women who...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: It has been suggested that there could be a third referendum on divorce. There is a proposal for Irish people living abroad to be allowed to vote in presidential elections. The idea that we should have a referendum on public ownership of water is a nonsense populist proposal that has been acceded to by the Government to dampen the flames of the Irish Water fiasco.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The list seems to go on and on.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy, seems to have added another referendum to this list. Last week, he made a direct threat against the Judiciary when he warned that the Government might hold a referendum to curb its discretion in respect of personal injury awards and, specifically, whiplash awards. This raises a number of issues. As we know well in this...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: We cannot afford to make any changes in this area which might affect those who suffer as a result of genuine injuries. The best way to deal with false insurance claims is to encourage and assist insurance companies to probe and defend rigorously those claims they believe to be suspect.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: A recent High Court case pertaining to a serious attempt at insurance fraud, which involved a number of individuals, was successfully defended by the insurance company through rigorous investigation and strong legal defence. That is the way to go. The courts system can work. We need to find ways of assisting it, rather than resorting to draconian and populist measures, which is a mania at...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Would the Senator describe that as a populist referendum?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I asked would the Senator describe it as a populist referendum.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I was making a correction.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The high moral ground suits the Senator.