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Seanad: European Court Judgment (12 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister for his response, which is legally flawless. I contrast the response of the Minister, Deputy Hogan, with what was said in the Dáil, to the effect that Ireland must introduce legislation in line with the Supreme Court decision. The Minister has not so erred and I take it as reassurance that his contribution is more legally clear and correct than what was said in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I thank those who attended the One Day More briefing yesterday and for their kind comments in the Seanad afterwards. The people who deserve credit are the families who were so generous in telling their stories and sharing the wisdom and insights gathered from their experience of having children with severe disability or fatal foetal abnormality. We were all encouraged by them and some...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: It was very wise of the Senator not to comment on it, well resisted.

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Will there be some added time at the end of this speech?

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: We will have to get Ursula Halligan to ask her.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I join colleagues in expressing concern at what happened in the Phoenix Park at the weekend and the ongoing problem of excessive alcohol consumption in our society. We have had many debates in this House on the need to curtail alcohol advertising, particularly where it is linked with sporting events in the context of sponsorship. There has been a great deal of hand-wringing, but we seem to...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: People who indulge in alcohol in this way seem to be revealing some very tragic neurosis in the Irish psyche. Of course, not everybody behaves in this manner, but it is a sad reflection on those who do. While I agree with Senator MacSharry that it is appropriate to listen to young people, I warn against a kind of timidity whereby we would stand back from declaring to the younger generation...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Bacik adverted today to her sense that there is a difference between censorship and what she might see as regulation of billboard advertising. I wonder whether she is the best person to be putting this case. I would like if we could have a debate, whether it be about lobbyists and registering them, and about how these things can tip over into a censorship mentality that would allow...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: With affection for my colleague-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: -----I would say that we need to be careful that we sometimes have a censorship mentality-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: -----but we might not be ready to admit it.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Trinity students have very long memories and they sometimes write to Senators.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: All local in its politics.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I understand that.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I have come from the same meeting as the Senator and echo her call for a debate. She raised an important issue. One of the central issues emerging on the workings of the new body is the question of what constitutes appropriate independence. There is an understandable fear of excessive Government interference in the appointment and workings of such a body. In some quarters there is a...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Drew Nelson, Grand Secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland (3 Jul 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh mile maith agat. On behalf of the Independent University Senators, I, too, wish to be associated with the welcome to the Grand Secretary, Mr. Nelson, and to all of our distinguished guests here today. I am particularly honoured to speak after Senator McAleese. I do not believe there is anybody in this House who does not feel deep gratitude to our former President Mary McAleese and...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Rónán Mullen: It was a woolly mammoth.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Rónán Mullen: Members have learned today how the Government has breached the official pay level it set last year for the starting salary of the chief executive of VHI and has done so dramatically. They also have learned that very few civil servants have forgone increments and they spoke yesterday about what the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, had had to say on the subject...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Rónán Mullen: There comes a time when a searching public debate is needed. I am a little concerned-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2012)

Rónán Mullen: I will conclude on this point. I am a little concerned that members of the Labour Party believe they have their tails up in respect of the legalisation on abortion in Ireland. Some of them regard the expert group as the ready-up they need to foist it on more unwilling colleagues in government. However, on this issue I can state-----