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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: We have to drain the swamp.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I cannot remember whether it is scheduled to bring the Minister for Education and Skills before the House during the coming weeks. A serious problem is arising in schools with the vetting of occasional visitors to schools who come to carry out sports coaching or act as guest speakers and so on. I am the chairperson of a primary school board of management and I am in touch with managers and...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: There is a troubling report in this week's edition of the Farming Independent on possible abuses in the poultry sector. Following a complaint by a chicken farmer in County Cavan, Mr. Alo Mohan, Ms Marian Harkin, MEP, raised questions at EU level about possible VAT avoidance schemes in the Irish poultry sector. This appears to have been confirmed by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I am coming to my request to the Minister-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I accept that, but so far I have only named individuals whose affairs are already public. I totally support what has been said and want to know what exactly is happening. Are we talking about an abuse of power? If the man in question and his farm family in County Cavan have done nothing wrong, why do they not have an outlet for their produce? Are they being blackballed by their previous...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Where is the competition in the market for the produce of the man in question?

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I have not made an allegation. I am raising a matter of serious public concern and want to know what is going on. There is a smell and it is more than the smell of rotting chicken.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: We have heard from the Minister for Finance, but now we need to hear from the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There is something going on and I ask the Leader to ensure the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and his Department will look into it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: We may need to take steps to protect the livelihood of an honest broker and prevent or punish any possible abuse of power that may be ongoing or may have occurred in the past. Are the big corporate interests bullying the common man in County Cavan in the same way as they seem to be doing elsewhere in the world?

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I would be very grateful if the Minister for Education and Skills would come into the House to address a particular injustice being inflicted on teachers who are not members of any trade union but who are being subjected to the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation. I have been contacted by one such teacher in a designated community college who is not a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome Ms O'Shea and thank her for her statement. The statement is a troubling one to me because she and those she represents are clearly of great eminence. Ms O'Shea used very forthright language about her concerns, which she stated are shared by eminent professionals in the field. As noted by the Chairman, it is fair to say that there is a lot of concern about the fact that this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: It is not an allegation. If it was being alleged that the clinical directors were acting in bad faith, that would be an allegation. If the opinion is that the clinical directors are equally mistaken in their view as the Government representatives have been, it is a legitimate expression of concern which might point us to the need to invite the clinical directors to ask them whether they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the members of the hospital development board and thank them for coming before the committee today. I feel a particular responsibility to vindicate the right of people, such as those in the group before the committee earlier, to raise questions about public safety, safety of children and public money. That is my sole interest in asking the questions that I believe need to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Will Ms Hardiman please put it in terms of the relative weaknesses of Connolly hospital?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Is Ms Hardiman addressing Senator James Reilly’s comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Excuse me, the former Minister, now Senator Reilly, said it was the primary clinical driver for the decision. Could that have been true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: This is for the rare diseases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Was he correct in saying that the primary clinical driver for the decision was that children with very rare diseases could be treated by St. James's Hospital's adult hospital consultants? The group we met this morning said that was false. I seek an answer to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: No, please do not. Just tell me if, in Ms Hardiman's view, he was correct that it was the primary clinical driver for the decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: National Paediatric Hospital: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I know the great work the witnesses are doing, but does Ms Hardiman think that could have been true?