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

Rónán Mullen: Here we go again with the points of order, a Chathaoirligh.

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

Rónán Mullen: Dr. Boylan got a mention but I think Ms Maria Steen did not.

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

Rónán Mullen: She mentioned Dr. Boylan in particular but she did not mention Ms Maria Steen. I bring that up because a very eminent person not aligned to either side, Dr. Mary Holohan-----

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

Rónán Mullen: -----is a former dean of professional-----

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

Rónán Mullen: Oh dear.

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

Rónán Mullen: Thank you. I was thinking of Dr. Holohan, a former dean of professional competence and a current practising obstetrician in the Rotunda, who says "the medical needs of the mother do not require the removal of the Eighth Amendment". It is a really strong statement from somebody in her position, as she regrets that "there appears to be a campaign strategy" to suggest otherwise. That is very...

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

Rónán Mullen: I have no interest in calling the man a liar but he has serious questions to answer at this stage.

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

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: In the Sunday IndependentI saw the Minister stress the point that the entirety of this scandal concerned people who had already been diagnosed with cancer. That has been the entire focus of our discussion. However, it prompts my thinking about the many women who have had cervical checks and are wondering whether there is information which, because of a lack of test accuracy or human error,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: What is the breakdown of those three categories among the almost 12,000 calls?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I wish to return to the CervicalCheck scandal and then I have two questions on abortion prompted by the Minister's comments. To go back to the issue of mandatory disclosure first, I was particularly impressed by an article by Pat Leahy in The Irish Timeslast week, which the Minister may have seen, in which Mr. Leahy gives some deserved criticism of us all as a political class about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I do not know. The jury is out on this one. We have not heard from the Minister yet. It is not just broadcasters who decide, by the way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Government solicits coverage for issues, sometimes at taxpayers' expense, as we all know from the recent debate. It is not just broadcasters who decide.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: No. The spending of money would be illegal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: There could well be a Government campaign, and there certainly is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister is wrong on facts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: It is respectful challenge. That is all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I will tell the Minister what I said. I have always disapproved of such posters but I am asking him if there is a disconnect between disapproving of the posters and being in favour of the killing of children in that way.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Is that not what happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Rónán Mullen: With respect, Chairman, I would have thought it is part of the Minister's brief to give an account of his stewardship, including the Government's participation in campaigns to change the law. However, I am happy to leave it at that. I would like an answer to the question about the precise debates that will happen, and also to my question about mandatory disclosure. I am conscious that...