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Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I will be supporting the Labour Party amendment in respect of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. As I said to Senator Humphreys just now, just because it is a Labour Party motion does not mean it is a bad motion. In fact, it is a very important motion.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The problems with the process being used to advance this Bill have been well rehearsed by my colleagues in this House. There are also problems with the content of the Bill. Given that we rely on retired judges and lawyers in many spheres - they are involved in chairing referendum commissions and various other activities - I find it very troubling that they are disqualified from being...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: He is a spare wheel rather than a wheel under the car.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I just heard the Minister say we should not be worried because, in the end, the Government-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Well, the Minister sought to reassure us that-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Let us put it this way. The Minister sought to allay fears on the basis the Government acts in line with the Constitution, and that nothing in the GRECO report or otherwise will interfere with that. This is not the point. The point is there is a very significant change in public policy going on with this legislation. In the belief of Senators here, a very important body issued very...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. It happened during the bail-out process that certain Green Party members were woken up and there were all sorts of events in trying to get hold of some Cabinet members. Gardaí had to be sent around to knock on doors and people were ringing them and trying to find mobile phones. They were shouting down the chimney at them. We must do whatever it takes. All we are asking is for...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: So we cannot proceed until then.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order,-----

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am sorry to interrupt. An bhfuil cóip dá óráid ar fáil dúinn?

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Yes, please.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: No, but it is a normal courtesy for us to have it so that we can refer back to the Minister's important words.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister is not underendowed with staff.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: It is helpful for debates.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: It should be common practice. Copies of statements are always requested.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: We would not be asking the Minister for a script if he was not using one. I just want to make that clear.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (13 Jun 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. The Minister is very welcome. I am sorry for being awkward earlier on the subject of scripts, but everything that the Minister had to say was very interesting and there were points in his speech that I would have liked to have been able to refer to, word for word, but cannot. I would make the point again that it is very useful to have Ministers' scripts....

Seanad: Report on Children's Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I join other colleagues in congratulating Senators Freeman and Coghlan and all those involved in the creation and bringing about of this thorough and thought provoking report on child and adolescent mental health services. It has been said many times in this House, and is restated in Senator Coghlan's introduction to the report, that mental illness should be treated no differently from...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am not the only person in this Chamber to have been saddened by the result of this referendum. I must say, on behalf of the one third of the voting population who voted "No" on Friday, that I am very sorry for all of those children who will lose their lives in the future as a result of this decision and for the many women who will be hurt by the decision to have an abortion, as often...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I thought I misheard the last time. Last week at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health, I welcomed the commitment to going down the route of mandatory disclosure. It is an idea whose time is long overdue. Any more information on the when and the how of that will be welcome. I know there is legislation planned in that area. I am concerned about those women who have not been diagnosed...