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Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, this is a completely unacceptable ruling for the following reason. Making a ruling like that simply means that all any party to a dispute needs to do is to prolong a court dispute so as to prevent the Houses of the Oireachtas commenting on facts that are in the public domain. That is quite probably either as-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: It is advice.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: So many times in the past the problem has been-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: -----that people have been too differential to legal advice.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: It is advice. We have a decision and a judgment call to make.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I am sure Senator Bacik will agree with that.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, as Senator Paul Coghlan has raised the issue, apart from the merits of the issue that was raised by several people on the Order of Business, it would be appropriate if the Cathaoirleach would circulate to everyone the-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: ----- relevant Standing Order-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: ----- and also the legal advice.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I intend to raise the issue at the Committee on Procedure and Privilege.

Seanad: Order of Business. (11 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: It is important that we do not tie the hands of this House.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: They gave him a good send-off.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: Tréaslaím le mo chomhghleacaithe ó Shinn Féin as an rún seo a chur faoinár mbráid inniu. Tá sé tábhachtach plé a dhéanamh ar na ceisteanna tábhachtacha seo ag an bpointe seo. I congratulate my colleagues from the Sinn Féin Party for putting this matter forward for discussion. I had some conversations with the party yesterday and, the more I read it, the more I feel it is not...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I concur with the comments of Senators Crown and Walsh about religious freedom and also with the comments of Senator Barrett about the teaching of languages and the RIA report. It is important that we focus on providing opportunities for students to learn foreign languages starting at primary school. We see the problems of an overcrowded curriculum. We now have disparate voices, with some...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: It is all part of my request for a debate on media standards. We must have an opportunity to tease out these issues in a considered way. This does not imply Senators putting forth their own personal gripes against the media; I am talking about a more considered type of debate. For example, one of our colleagues was wrongly accused of making representations in this Chamber on behalf of...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I am asking the Leader for an early debate on standards in the media, not as an opportunity for us to vent personal gripes but in order to discuss the power of the media in this country and to seek to construct a culture where the media operate fairly and as facilitators of truth.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: On a point of order, I find Senator O'Neill's point interesting but it needs to be said, because it can sometimes be forgotten, that there is a convention in this House that we do not refer to the absence of other Members. Does that convention still stand?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: Last week, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs delivered an address on the occasion of the publication of a report by Amnesty International on institutional abuse and she used the word "deference" to describe some of the causes of what went on in our institutions and why people and children, in particular, were not protected. She mentioned deference to the authorities running the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2011)

Rónán Mullen: That is not how I put it.