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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Report on Crime Investigation 2014: Garda Inspectorate (14 Jan 2015)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the witnesses. I am sorry I was not able to be here for the beginning of the presentation. Their report deals with the inconsistent approach to updating victims of crime, and many of the recommendations in the report relate to technology, restructuring and improved decision-making and supervision. An issue I raised with the Minister for Justice and Equality in the Seanad recently...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I am not a supporter of the banking inquiry. I set out my reasons for this on previous occasions. I do not think that engaging in such an inquiry is a job for politicians. I also do not believe that there will be public satisfaction with regard to its outcome. That said, I do not approve of the complete disregard the European Central Bank and others have displayed towards the Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: First, I thank colleagues present, starting with the Cathaoirleach, who attended the awarding of the inaugural Human Life, Human Rights, Human Dignity award by the Ceann Comhairle this morning. Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow and Mary's Meals were worthy recipients of that award and Members nominated them because of the fantastic work they are doing in 13 countries in the developing world. They...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: ----- and it must be provided in a consistent way nationwide.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: The time when one could lump people into a hotel in the middle of nowhere and subject them to sub-standard conditions should be long past.

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: Is that funny ha-ha or funny strange?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Public Service Contracts (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister and understand his frustration, which we all feel, but let it be said it goes on in the other House also. He cannot have spent very much time preparing this answer. I know that he is busy and effective, but this is simply a stonewalling exercise, if not by him, by the officials. He assumes we understand why it is inappropriate for him to comment further, but I do not...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Public Service Contracts (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: There is a clear public interest issue. I do not see how any investigation would have been compromised in any way by giving factual information in answering questions.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Public Service Contracts (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: The HSE has access to certain facts.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Public Service Contracts (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: All I can say is that it is a good thing I did not go for what George W. Bush would call a bathroom break. The Minister knows what this motion is about. Serious concerns have been raised in the media and by others about the award of contracts for the provision of information technology services to the group of hospitals in the HSE north-west region recently. The group has been rebranded...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Public Service Contracts (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I understand. He is due to go on to the north-eastern region. If there has been any issue about tendering either before the then Minister, Deputy Reilly, came to the House last May or since, it raises questions about his ability to transfer to the role in the north-east region. At the least-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Public Service Contracts (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I am no longer referring to him. This is in the public domain.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Public Service Contracts (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: At the very least, it seems that there should be a suspension of any such appointment until we have full clarity and assurance that nothing inappropriate has taken place. I am in the unusual position of having a fair idea of what the Minister is going to say because of what happened yesterday when this matter was due to be taken, unless the script has changed since then. I look forward to...

Seanad: Standards of Care in Residential Care Homes: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I thank my cousin and esteemed colleague for sharing time with me. The Minister of State is welcome. It is difficult to imagine how one can take something positive out of the dire and disturbing set of revelations that has emerged. During a brief period of my life I taught social care on a social care programme in the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, and one of the buzz phrases...

Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: Please.

Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: We want to get in.

Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I missed my Adjournment matter yesterday.

Seanad: Sustainable Agriculture and Dairy Price Outlook: Statements (10 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister and what he has had to say and commend him on his good work. I was very glad to hear him refer to the hidden hunger of nutrient deficiency and the challenge of feeding so many people in the world today. These are people who do not have enough to eat. With 170 million children under the age of five in the world today chronically malnourished, it is appropriate that I...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I second Senator Craughwell's amendment to the Order of Business in exactly the terms he set out. The point that occurred to me in regard to all of this was why the terms of reference were so limited. The Taoiseach was very quick to put a constitutional referendum before the people on this and does not seem to be keen to have another one, even if that is what would be necessary in order to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Dec 2014)

Rónán Mullen: I am already scared about what is going to be on tonight's "Prime Time" documentary, so I do not know what I am going to be like when I have actually seen it. It seems to me it will be necessary to ask the Minister for Health to come before this House but perhaps also the Minister for Justice and Equality. If, despite HIQA reports, assault of any kind has gone on in Áras Attracta or,...