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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: We need Members to be present to vote when they are protesting.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. Does the Leader agree that we need Government parties which follow up on what they state they will do at election time? The disquiet about the quality of politics has to do with two big issues, the first of which is the tyranny of the party Whip system which causes Members to come into the House and either vote against their convictions or abstain-----

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: -----and not to be present to vote on motions with which they disagree. The second issue concerns persons who make promises that they do not intend to keep. Our politics needs to change. It needs to start with listening to communities on matters of major concern to them.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I too would like to express my support for the coffee morning. It is important that we stand in solidarity with the people of the Philippines and that we support charitable giving, which has been the hallmark of Irish life when people are in crisis. Let the message go out from here that a special effort needs to be made across the community for the people affected. Last night I was in...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: No, but the point I want to make is this. We have just had a debate on the retention of the Seanad. There is no point in members of parties jumping up and down at protest meetings around the country if, when the voting starts, they are not here. If the Cathaoirleach will excuse the expression, there is no point in half-bulling the cow. One has to be present to vote when important issues...

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I thank all those who contributed to this very important debate. I also thank the Minister for coming to the House to take it. As he indicated, this is the first opportunity he has had to debate this issue. I would have liked it if the Minister for Finance had come before the House last evening to respond to the Adjournment matter I had raised in respect of credit unions. It has been...

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I will accept an argument from anyone who defends himself or herself from a Vincent Browne twist.

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister is surrounded by people who said one thing when they were seeking votes and who have done quite another since they entered office. One of those individuals was mentioned earlier. People do not trust the Government because they are aware of what has happened to individuals such as 65 year old Teresa Treacy who was jailed for contempt when she refused to obey an order to allow...

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: If they did they might vote for the motion.

Seanad: Electricity Transmission Network: Motion (13 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I move: That Seanad Éireann calls on the Government to introduce legislation to regulate the construction and siting of and associated matters connected with high voltage electricity transmission lines in Ireland, in particular to make provisions for the placing of such high voltage electricity transmission lines underground where physically possible.I welcome the Minister to the House....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Credit Unions (12 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for doing as much as he could but it is not good enough to focus on Newbridge. We did not get the information we sought last week. This response ignores the questions I asked. I repeat that savers and members are being treated with contempt with a lack of information and, in some cases, mixed messages from the Department of Finance. I wonder who will next wake up to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Credit Unions (12 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, ach caithfidh mé a rá nach é a bhí uaim ar an ócáid seo. Nílim ag caitheamh anuas ar an Aire Stáit atáim in aon chor nuair a deirim go raibh mé ag súil le bualadh leis an Aire Noonan.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Credit Unions (12 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: Chuala mé. Tá sin an-mhaith. I welcome the Minister of State but it is the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, who should be here instead.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Credit Unions (12 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I would have liked if there had been a representation from the Department of Finance at the very least, given the issue of tremendous urgency that has arisen with Newbridge Credit Union. The events of recent days are not only a disappointment to the people of Newbridge but also to this House and the High Court. This House, even more so now with the absence of any representative from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh. I am raising very specific questions on the Adjournment. My request to the Leader that the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, come into the House is relevant to the Order of Business. We need to hear from the Minister and a statement on what the Government intends to do. Will there be better consultation with ordinary people, the people who have...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: A number of speakers have expressed solidarity with the people of Newbridge on the loss of their credit union but the events of recent days are disappointing not only to the people of Newbridge but also to this House and the High Court. This House has once again been treated with contempt by the Government in the way the matter has been addressed. This day last week I asked the Minister the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: We might return to this at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: That is how proposals gather momentum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (6 Nov 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister. I wish to bounce something by you, Minister, and it is only because I have the greatest of respect for your mastery of your brief that I am doing so.