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Seanad: Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018: Second Stage - An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cion a aisghairm arb éard é ní diamhaslach a fhoilsiú nó a aithris) 2018: An Dara Céim (20 Sep 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I will oppose this legislation and the referendum on three grounds. It is entirely unnecessary and it ignores the legal historical context of this constitutional provision. It does nothing to protect or promote free speech, which is the stated the aim of the proposal, and the cost of this referendum is an unnecessary and scandalous waste of taxpayers' money because it will cost at least...

Seanad: Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018: Second Stage - An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cion a aisghairm arb éard é ní diamhaslach a fhoilsiú nó a aithris) 2018: An Dara Céim (20 Sep 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Since Fine Gael entered government in 2011, we have had nine referenda. While it is proposed to hold this referendum on the same day as the presidential election, holding this poll is not without costs all the same. Each additional referendum held on the same day will add approximately €4 million to the overall cost due to additional ballot papers, counting staff and so on. It was...

Seanad: Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018: Second Stage - An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cion a aisghairm arb éard é ní diamhaslach a fhoilsiú nó a aithris) 2018: An Dara Céim (20 Sep 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I think I sought to amend it.

Seanad: Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter) Bill 2018: Second Stage - An Bille um an Seachtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cion a aisghairm arb éard é ní diamhaslach a fhoilsiú nó a aithris) 2018: An Dara Céim (20 Sep 2018)

Rónán Mullen: They would settle for it in Pakistan.

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

Rónán Mullen: No hurry. That is fine.

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

Rónán Mullen: My questions relate to where an abortion is requested by a woman and is not being proposed by doctors in the context of a necessary health treatment, that is, effectively on the 12-week grounds. I do not think any of my questions have been dealt with at any stage during the hearings this morning. Much was said about conscientious objection this morning. I would be grateful for some...

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

Rónán Mullen: To offer.

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

Rónán Mullen: As these are involved issues, can I seek further clarity before we move on to other responders?

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

Rónán Mullen: I thank Dr. O'Brien for his response and I thank the Chairman for facilitating me. Dr. O'Brien said there was no evidence to support a three-day wait. What does he mean by no evidence? What would the evidence look like? Is he thinking about evidence that people might not choose abortion? Is he thinking of evidence that people are happy that they had to wait? I would like him to be...

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

Rónán Mullen: Not necessarily.

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

Rónán Mullen: No. I thank Dr. O'Brien.

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.