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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Clinical Guidelines for the Introduction of Abortion Services: Discussion (19 Sep 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Sorry, that was not my question. The question, if I may, and if the Chairman is seeking to facilitate me, was whether the Medical Council could theoretically depart from the approach being taken by the Legislature and, as a matter of ethics, consider what was due to the unborn child, including but not confined to the question of a three-day waiting period. As a matter of fairness, I do not...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: May I ask the Senator why he wants a sos?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Seanad is scheduled to debate the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill for more than 18 hours over the next two days but as we spend our time debating what really results from a pet topic and a petty grievance of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, life is going on in the real world. If we were to consider the necessary reforms around the appointments of...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am sure that thought will sustain him.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Leader is bordering on something himself now.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The sos is for sustenance.

Seanad: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Ross. I support and welcome this legislation. The Minister has presented the rationale for it well. This is a human life and human dignity issue. It is one of those issues where we see the law must sometimes act in a way to deter behaviours, even behaviours which can be understandable in certain...

Seanad: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The penalty I paid was that certain penalty points I had on my licence continued. The expiration of the three-year period was frozen for the period I did not have a licence, naturally and logically enough. I was looking forward to penalty points going off my licence at a certain date, only to realise that date was delayed by a considerable period because, without knowing it, I did not have...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: It is poetic.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: As dogs' dinners go, this section would get the Michelin star for canine catering. One might say that it takes the dog biscuit. Senator Craughwell put his finger on it when he identified part of what is going on here, which is the increasing trend of farming out, postponing and creating barriers to responsibility for mistakes or bad choices made, or worse. There is a sense that we cannot...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: If people had to pay for things such as facilitating the Minister, Deputy Ross's, great plan out of their own pocket, they would not be half as quick to dream up complicated schemes which always end up involving expense on the public. This provides for a doubling of the lack of transparency. There is a process here where the Commission for Public Service Appointments will be responsible for...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: What does "to do" mean?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I wish to add something that I forgot to say. It is not that long ago since the Citizens' Assembly was found out to have been faulty in its approach to recruiting some of its members. The organisation that was tasked with recruiting them was found not to have done so properly. That led to a certain amount of controversy in recent months. I do not want to revisit the context of that...

Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018: Second Stage (5 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Dar ndóigh, tacaím leis an reachtaíocht seo. I would also like to welcome the Minister of State. This is welcome legislation. The extension of the GP visit card to these categories of people is a welcome development, and the Minister of State has spoken clearly about the importance of carers to us as a community. I speak from personal...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Ionaid Cúraim Leanaí Lán-Ghaeilge i gCeantair Gaeltachta: Díospóireacht (Atógáil) (4 Jul 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Caithfidh mé éalú go luath mar go bhfuil cruinniú eile agam. Tá brón orm.

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-----