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Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: It is agreed.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Second Stage (30 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit agus cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille seo. Táimid ag fanacht leis le tamall fada. I welcome the Minister of State. I too very much welcome this Bill. It has been a long time in the making. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome some of the key stakeholders who are listening to this debate in the Visitors Gallery: Dr. Mary...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I heard what my colleague, Senator Burke, had to say in the context of people needing to get medical treatment abroad. However, a category of people who, by definition, cannot get medical treatment abroad are those in need of intensive care treatment, that is, patients needing critical care support in our hospitals. It is disturbing to learn that 300 people a year may be dying because of a...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I will conclude if I may?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am not here to make party political points.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am finishing.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: In fairness, let us say I am wrong. Let us say I am accidentally wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: To get a defensive attitude from Government suggests that what it is interested in is the prestige of the party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: -----and not the core of the issue. The Leader can correct me courteously if I am wrong. May I conclude on what I was asking for?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: What I want and what I believe is imperative is that whether I am right or wrong it should not cause offence if we really care about human dignity. I would like the Minister for Health to explain to the House how if this situation has been allowed to happen in the ways that I worry about, how many members of the public have lost their lives as a result, if that is true.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: How many people are at risk of missing out on life-saving treatment because of the current crisis? I am not saying anyone is personally to blame but it is a serious crisis which should not be responded to in a party political defensive way, I would suggest.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator will be safely in the Dáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: That is our job.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I asked the Leader about intensive care beds and he has not said one word about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I am asking questions that need to be asked.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Did I say anything that was false?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: Would the Leader give it to us there instead of just defending his party?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: The Leader is not addressing the worries of experts in intensive care.

Seanad: Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (17 Jan 2018)

Rónán Mullen: I have listened to this debate from my office. It is obviously one of the gravest issues that will ever be discussed in these Houses because unlike many other issues which we debate, this involves the lives and deaths of human beings. It is no secret that I was extremely disappointed with the approach taken by the committee, the way its work was managed, and the way the time allowed for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

Rónán Mullen: One of the items of correspondence relates to a letter from Ms Liz McDermott of One Day More. She requested that the same privilege be accorded to her correspondence as was accorded to other witnesses that came before the committee. At our last meeting a letter from the Danish ambassador was read into the record. He took issue with what I believe was Ms McDermott's testimony. She has...