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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I support the call by Senator Darragh O'Brien for a debate on perinatal hospices. We were all impressed by the families who addressed us prior to the summer break, but the core question is how to create a society that welcomes families with children who have been diagnosed with disabilities or foetal abnormalities which may be fatal in the short term, and provides the necessary legal and...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I am surprised to hear Senator Bacik defend Marie Stopes, of all organisations. Last year an Irish woman nearly died after a botched abortion by one of its doctors. This doctor did not even have indemnity insurance. He had been responsible for a death ten years earlier while he was working for the British pregnancy advisory service. The Sunday Business Post revealed how Marie Stopes...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Níl sé sin mar pháirt d'obair an tSeanadóra.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (10 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Ba bhreá liom cúpla rud a rá agus ceist nó dhó a chur. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Is léir go bhfuil Bille ciallmhar os ár gcomhair. Cinnteoidh an dea-riarachán seo go mbeidh seirbhís lárnach ar fáil agus nach mbeidh aon easaontas nó amhras faoin gcaighdeán. Tá an ceart ar fad aige gur chóir go mbeadh foinse amháin údarásach ann ó thaobh caighdeán na Gaeilge...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Could the Leader not arrange a debate between Senators Kelly and Bacik, and leave the Minister out?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Ba bhreá liom freisin fáitle a chur roimh fheirmeoirí na hÉireann agus iad tagtha go Baile Átha Cliath inniu. Is léir gur cuid lárnach agus fíor-thábhachtach i saol na tíre é saol na talmhaíochta. Caithfimid a chinntiú go bhfuil ar chumas daoine óga sa talmhaíocht ach go háirithe a ngairm bheatha a leanúint agus nach bealach chun bochtaineachta a bheadh i gceist ann. I add...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Ba bhreá liom freisin tréaslú leis an Aire as an obair mhór atá ar siúl agus déanta aici agus ag a comhghleacaithe. Before making my concluding remarks on the proposed constitutional amendment, I thank and congratulate Senator Aideen Hayden on her very impressive and impassioned intervention. I was particularly admiring of her knowledge of Dáil and Seanad history. I presume it was...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: It is not only because Senator Hayden referred to me in the past few seconds that I chose to intervene, but it brought home to me how little she understands my motivation. When I met the former Minister of State, Barry Andrews, to tease out some of the issues, get answers and make certain proposals, I said I was not a fan of the proposed wording that the State shall cherish all the children...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I will not go back over the ground on which we do not agree-----

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I have just said I will not go back over the ground in regard to the likelihood of that interpretation being placed by the courts, which is completely fanciful. However, what the Minister has said about adoption going beyond the supplying of the place of the parent is an interesting argument. Again, but in a similar way, what is clear from Article 42A.2.1° is that there are different ways...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I forget exactly where we left off. However, I recall noting to the Minister that I had not heard a strong reason not to accept my proposal, namely, the insertion of the words "in particular". This removes a potential area of ambiguity with regard to how the constitutional amendment could be interpreted. It is clear that the insertion of the words "in particular" would in no sense import...

Seanad: Radical Seanad Reform Through Legislative Change: Statements (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: There are a few Dirty Harrys around here.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for her response. I pay my own tribute to her. I enjoy listening to her and it is very clear she is more than in charge of the brief, which is very reassuring. Great credit is due to her, and I hope that does not sound patronising as I have listened with great interest to what she has been saying. However, I cannot buy what I am hearing about her reasons for not...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I am not. I assure you this can only be understood by making the necessary comparisons.

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for her response. With regard to the previous amendment I said that there was a judgment call to be made. Frankly, the Minister and her advisers are very much mistaken in the answer and response that she has given. There is no sense in which the use of the words "in particular" could create, as she has said, the impression that adoption is being proposed, seen or...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. The amendment is designed to link sub-article 2.2° with the test established in sub-article 2.1°. Members cannot understand the purpose of my amendment without clearly examining what sub-article 2.1° states. I cannot put it any other way than that. There is no way under heaven that one could create the impression, by linking these two sub-articles, that the intention is for...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I do not intend to make an extended response. The Minister's response is very helpful and I note the comments of Senators Bacik and Hayden in particular as we attempt to put meat on the concept of prejudicially affecting the welfare and safety of children. This debate will be useful to people as they consider these delicate balances. We are speaking about impairing or harming children in a...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: We are trying to put real life scenarios into play and ask how it would meet the test. These are the scenarios people will consider. At what stage is the State entitled to intervene in people's lives when they fall down? The best answer that the Minister has given is that while it may be the case that the State can intervene even in the event of slight failures, its response must meet the...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Tairgim leasú a 3: I gCuid 1, leathanach 7, líne 16, ?Déanfar? a scriosadh agus ?Go sonrach, déanfar? a chur ina ionad, agus I gCuid 2, leathanach 9, líne 15, ?Provision? a scriosadh agus ?In particular, provision? a chur ina ionad. I move amendment No. 3:In Part 1, page 6, line 16, to delete ?Déanfar? and substitute ?Go sonrach, déanfar? and In Part 2, page 8, line 15, to delete...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: That was an excellent contribution on the section.