Results 3,941-3,960 of 7,648 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Rónán Mullen: Fair play also to Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív, who brought forward legislation on this very point that would make it a requirement that the person appointed to such an important job would have Irish. The Government did not oppose it at that point. It seems to me that a lot of lip service is paid to the Irish language. However, when one considers the amount of goodwill towards NUI...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Rónán Mullen: He will not hear this praise again until his retirement.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Rónán Mullen: The issue is the requirement for the appointment . It is not the person but, rather, the requirement.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Rónán Mullen: He could do what Deputy Eamon Ó Cuív did and introduce legislation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I want to clarify a matter. The Leader and I had a lively exchange yesterday and I want to put it on the record that I have the height of respect for him. Perhaps part of the misunderstanding arose because Pro Life Campaign is a specific organisation. I am certainly in a position to say that the organisation is not - as the Leader said yesterday - well able to get money from abroad and to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: There may be the odd widow or orphan with an Irish passport who does his or her bit from time to time, but there is nothing comparative with the massive influx of resources from foundations to organisations that are pushing for a change in the law. There are real questions to be asked about whether it is good that big foundations can pump massive amounts of money into a small country in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: We should be able to get to the point where we can actually clarify issues on their own merits without getting partisan about it. The Leader is capable of that and I will try to be capable of it also. I need to say that. It has not been the case that there has been any kind of influx of money to roll out a campaign. Would that there had been, particularly in terms of the very good...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: These people used to defend freedom of conscience and now they want to destroy innocent, unborn lives. Consider the Abortion Rights Campaign Ireland or the likes of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties - supposedly a charity - which is getting money to change the law and-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: There is a debate that needs to be had-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: The debate. I want to ask the Leader-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I want the Leader to organise-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I will conclude by asking the Leader to organise a debate, in which we will not have a go at each other-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: -----to discuss the precise circumstances in which it is appropriate for money to come in from abroad for the purposes of influencing the political affairs of this country. There will be different views-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: -----but let us start by ensuring that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: -----organisations are obeying the law.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Poultry Industry (23 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for his confidence. I will certainly try to do that. I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for taking this matter. Last week in the Seanad, I drew attention to reports that a Cavan-based poultry farmer, Alo Mohan, a man who had declined to take part in certain-----
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Poultry Industry (23 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I am only repeating what is already on the record of the House-----
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Poultry Industry (23 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: -----and I am not making any imputation as to any individual nor will I be doing so.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Poultry Industry (23 Nov 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I apologise. The farmer in question declined to take part in certain VAT avoidance arrangements and, as I put it, was forced out of business because he was no longer in a position to deal with local processors. The man in question is a respected farmer in County Cavan. He is a former chairperson of the Irish Farmers Association poultry committee and an FBD Nuffield scholar who completed a...