Results 3,561-3,580 of 7,582 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: It is because the Chair stated she had relied on the salient rulings of the Chair in advising members that she had formed the view that in certain cases, it could be-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I am not questioning the Chair's authority. I am seeking clarification and following the matter to a conclusion.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: No, I am not. If the Chair regards seeking clarity on the source of her authority and seeking to understand the logical basis of her explanation as undermining her, she does not understand democracy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I am entitled to seek full particulars in this matter because where I am leading is that the Chair has conceded that, on notice, a motion can be tabled to seek to overturn the ruling of the Chair and have letters read into the record. Is that what she said?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: In that case, the Chairman accepts the point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: We do not owe the Chairman any gratitude for doing her job.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: We are entitled to clarification on the source of the Chair's authority. For the Chair to regard as a concession a period devoted to debate on the source is a completely unacceptable approach to her role.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (8 Nov 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Deputy Jonathan O'Brien would not be the first person to lose his temper. We are the only members who do not lose their tempers and who try to maintain logic.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I thank the Chairman. I am very grateful to her for affording me this opportunity and I will be brief.I note that Dr. Peter Boylan sent in an email today just before the Committee met, relating to last week’s proceedings. I also note that you read his email into the record at today’s first session of the Committee. [I have no problem with that] I believe that Dr. Boylan has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Since I have been criticised by two members of the committee-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination in Cases of Foetal Abnormality: Termination for Medical Reasons Ireland (25 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I assumed that Deputy Kelleher was not referring to me, so I thank him for clarifying that. Dr. Boylan's email reached me very shortly before the committee today. It is the Chairman's call to read it into the record so soon. As I have said, I have no issue with that. A longer period of time has elapsed before I got my response in and this is why I am very grateful to the committee for...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I would like to start by asking each of the speakers about their own personal ethical position on abortion. In other words, do they believe that at any stage the unborn baby has a right to be protected, independently of the question of whether his or her continued existence is desired? In what cases do they believe the baby has a right to be protected?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I will take them one by one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I would like to afford Dr. Ní Bhuinneáin an opportunity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Dr. Boylan has been involved in supporting and drafting Labour Party legislation. He attended the launch that would bring in abortion. He also said that he has been involved in London and the United States. Has he ever been involved in the carrying out of an abortion outside of what one would call medical interventions? Up to what stage of pregnancy would it have taken place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I beg to differ on the appropriateness of the question. People will draw their own conclusions about Dr. Boylan's answer. Professor Arulkumaran has written several scholarly articles on the injection of potassium chloride into the heart of an unborn at around 21 or 22 weeks as the most desirable method of terminating a pregnancy. Regardless of what method is used at that stage, does the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: In page 5 of his presentation Professor Arulkumaran says that abortion is not associated with physical or mental health hazards but he only quotes the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Is the professor aware of distinguished research by Fergusson and others that says abortion is associated with adverse mental health sequelae, particularly in women who are young and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Is the professor familiar with Fergusson's literature?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Dr. Boylan claims that the evidence suggests those countries that do not provide abortion tend to have falling or lower rates. The fact is, according to the best available-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Health, Including Physical Health, of Pregnant Women: Professor Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Meabh Ní Bhuinneáin (18 Oct 2017)
Rónán Mullen: I am sorry, I will go back to the document. Did I misquote the doctor?