Results 4,041-4,060 of 7,648 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Was that "Lay Lady Lay"?
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I agree with every word that Senator McDowell has said. It is no wonder people have such little respect for politicians when we show such little respect for ourselves. We are the citizens' assembly. We are the persons who have been given a mandate to tease through all sorts of issues, difficult and less difficult. One of the most serious issues of our time, one of the most difficult and...
- Seanad: Citizens' Assembly: Motion (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: It was pre-emptive.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: What does that mean?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Allowances for Seanad officeholders.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: We are the only ones giving a bit of leadership around here.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Some people already need to be reminded that the citizens' assembly is not being called to consider the repeal of the eighth amendment but to consider the eighth amendment. I presume this will mean equal time will be given to the side that holds the view that we should see how the eighth amendment should be kept, what measures are needed to give proper effect to it - for example, should our...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: The bottom line is - I mention it only in passing - that we should not be in awe of blueprints from bodies which claim to articulate human rights concerns but have in fact a debilitated notion of human rights and would seek to exclude whole sections of the human community from the protection of the law. No detail has been given today about how often people are going to meet and for how long....
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: It was a wasteful process. We need to know, for example, how many secretarial assistants from Leinster House found themselves on the convention as participating members, how many former Labour Party councillors were there and how many people were couples. How the hell could we have 66 people chosen, supposedly representative of the country, and actually have one couple among them? That is...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Bacik's points of orders are never points of order, by the way. I just wanted to alert the Acting Chairman to that because he is relatively new.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: There certainly was not.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Bacik-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Senator Bacik-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: In conclusion,-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Okay. Will the Minister of State provide the answers to the questions I posed about transparency and frequency of meetings?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: One can never have enough of them.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Really?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: A convention with no power.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)
Rónán Mullen: Guarantees will suffice this time.