Results 3,361-3,380 of 7,648 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- 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: I understand there is something more important than rushing this through.
- 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: Human life is important.
- 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: That is an outrageous ruling, if members cannot offer any point or raise concerns.
- 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: No, because, as I said, there are some fundamental problems with these amendments. There is no evidence in them of any respect for the rights of parents to be the primary educators, as is the case under the Constitution; nor is there evidence of the rights-----
- 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: I presume the Deputy is speaking through the Chair.
- 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: This is the closing down of debate.
- 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: That is exactly what has happened and I am not referring to the Chairman but to the entire committee.
- 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: No.
- 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: Chairman-----
- 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: No and I will tell you why.
- 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: It is farcical, on the one hand, to say we have had a full discussion of all these issues and then, on the other, to make an arbitrary distinction by saying we have debated these matters and that members have had an opportunity to contribute on certain other recommendations today which touch directly on legalised abortion. We have now got to this stage. I know that we are all tried; I am...
- 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: I was not going to speak for half an hour; I was simply going to make a couple of points.
- 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: Among the remaining proposals there are certainly recommendations such as that related to perinatal hospice services that I support. I have no difficulty with aspects of other motions, but they are far too generalised. The limited discussion we had on them showed no significant degree of consideration of the primary rights of parents. I do not see a reference to them in any of the motions...
- 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: Through the Chair, as a fellow human being I stand by my point. There is nothing in any of these amendments for example to talk about-----
- 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: -----encouraging people not to choose abortion. I mean, the hypocrisy of pretending that this is some kind of-----
- 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: -----agenda for social responsibility-----
- 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: -----when the committee has just voted the way it has on a whole range of issues taking away people's lives.
- 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: I made no insinuations against Senator O'Sullivan-----
- 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: This is an attempt-----
- 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: -----to cloak the fact that-----