Results 341-360 of 7,648 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: If the President gets it wrong, above all, and equal to all citizens and especially in our national Parliament, we are entitled to comment.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Could you give me the precise rule?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Would you quote it in this House, please, a Leas-Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: There is no point saying it is very well established. If we cannot criticise something that Uachtarán na hÉireann has said, this is not a democracy. When he gets it wrong, he gets it badly wrong. He is admirable in many respects, but-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: -----his head is in the wrong place on this issue. He is campaigning and he needs to be-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Child protection comes before the dignity of the Presidency in my book and in many people's books.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I am aware of the rules and I am very respectful about how I speak about the President, but if he is wrong, he is wrong and he needs to be called out.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Will I still get something in writing giving the precise wording of the alleged rule?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Will I get in writing the precise wording of the alleged rules?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I apologise; I cannot hear with the interruptions.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: Will you send me something in writing specifying the rules?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: There will be further discussion about this in this House, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I join in welcoming the ambassador of Luxembourg. If she is around next Easter, I will be delighted to sell her some of those knitted chickens with eggs in support of the apostolic works of the Elphin diocese and the wonderful humanitarian work being done by various missionaries from our parishes abroad. I did not hear whether it is a Fabergé egg she is distributing, but if she has any...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I wish to make some general points. Amendment No. 10 amends page 57, between lines 36 and 37. I just want to get it because it relates to what I want to say. The amendment would provide that “The surrogate mother only should be allowed decide on any reduction of embryos and must not be obliged by the commissioning adults or their agents to undergo an abortion.” The Minister...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I understood that the Minister was going to answer the question that I asked at this point. Will the Minister answer the question I asked, which relates to a different amendment? If he does not mind, will he give us his rationale for not accepting amendment No. 10, which is for discussion at this stage? I realise it is difficult because there are many amendments. I just want to be able to...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I feel that because we are in this brave new world, which I and many other people oppose, which involves, frankly, a commodification of children, as many people see it, and a deprivation of the rights of women. I realise we are talking in the context of domestic surrogacy but some of the same principles apply to the dangerous area of international surrogacy. It is important, and we had a...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: I consider it relevant but I am happy to wait. It is a reasonable question and it deserves a careful answer. I suppose I consider it relevant because I am talking about amendment No. 12, which states: “No single man shall be allowed to undertake surrogacy.” I am talking about a situation where a single man, a biological male at least, but who may have availed of the 2015...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: We are not all pro-life.
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: It does, but I would like to respond. I thank the Minister for his response. There are a number of charges in what he said. I am not going to take personally anything the Minister said but he introduced a note of moral judgmentalism vis-à-vis other people in his comments. I will not up the ante other than to say that I think the Minister’s moral and political vision, as...
- Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2024)
Rónán Mullen: You used those words.