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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...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Poultry Industry (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: This is all complimentary.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Poultry Industry (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: The gentleman is married with four children and he was producing more than 1 million chickens a year on a family farm as well as cattle and sheep. The issue is that because he declined to take part in certain VAT avoidance arrangements, he is no longer trading, according to the Irish Independent. He is no longer in a position to earn a livelihood from what is a very well-kept and high...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Poultry Industry (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for his response which certainly increased my store of knowledge on many different issues. When he says that it would be a matter of some concern if any supplier suffered adverse consequences solely as a result of drawing attention to alleged wrongdoing, I presume he does not mean that it would not be a matter of some concern if, for example, he were to suffer...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I believe we need to invite the Minister for Health to come before the Seanad to debate the regulation of crisis pregnancy services. The Second Stage of the Labour Party's Private Members' Bill on this issue, which enjoys Government backing, was debated in the Dáil last week. In principle, I wholeheartedly support the idea of regulating counselling services in this area. However, in...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: That is not true.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer has no evidence for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Do not misuse-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order-----

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