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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Ireland's figures show the opposite. I thank Ms Zampas for answering the question she wanted to answer, but could she please answer the other question I asked her?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Is she aware of the figure of 491?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: This is a life and death issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: I will give way to anyone else who has questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: My question is whether Ms Zampas is aware of the figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Is she aware of the 491 from-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: She is Canadian.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Rónán Mullen: If the Deputy had listened carefully, she would know that is a different point from that which I made.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: I would also like to welcome the family connection in the Gallery. I second and thank Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill for what he said this morning. I met the very fine people that are in a group, Unbroken, this morning. All of them have a personal story to tell that connects in with the horror of rape and the very difficult subject of abortion. To think that people who generously give of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: I just want to recall what the Chairman said at the outset about seeking evidence and information without moving into the realm of opinion as much as possible. In that context, I cannot fault a word of what Dr. Kenny had to say. It was a very accurate survey of the issues. However, I would suggest that instead of talking about the "risk" of judicial intervention, one might talk about the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, I am sorry to interrupt the Leader but I want to make it clear that I have no opposition to the broadening of the franchise. I may have appeared to the Leader to have winced but that was something else entirely.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: It is important.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: Is the Leader promising a debate on that because I raised an important point about the inappropriateness of a member of the Executive having those views given that she is responsible for children? It is a simple point.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: That is just a rhetorical device. It is a serious point about human rights and human rights.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister has very radical views.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: In other ways, yes, but in this way, sadly, it is a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: We should all welcome the decision by Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive. We could see it as a small step for man, perhaps, but a giant leap for womenkind. We should not speak too soon, however. I recall the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, when he arrived in Italy some years ago, seeing himself as a self-styled emancipator of women, with an all-female bodyguard. He asked to meet...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: He is blunt but he is right.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: The contradiction is both bizarre and disturbing.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2017)

Rónán Mullen: There has been very little in the media about it. Ms Zappone's views on this issue, while she is a fine politician in many respects-----