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Seanad: Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister. This is not the first time this has happened. I ask the Minister to let it be known through his channels to the civil servants that this is a problem that need not happen. I totally understand the Minister's-----

Seanad: Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Rónán Mullen: There are two useful statistics we should note from the 2010 report of the Refugee Applications Commissioner. The first is that the number of applicants granted refugee status has fallen to 1.1%, which equates to 24 persons granted refugee status. The second notable statistic is that approximately €1.2 million has been paid out in legal costs arising from judicial reviews of decisions...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)

Rónán Mullen: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: Today is a significant day because it would appear that we have found the answer to an age-old scriptural riddle concerning whether the sons will actually be made to pay for the sins of their fathers. It would appear that Deputy Michael Healy-Rae has given us the answer to that question: they will, indeed. Leaving aside the jocose aspect of this, the point needs to be reiterated that there...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I was never a student of hers.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I look forward to the good Senator leading by example in that regard. There are many fine journalists. Listening to the debate on "Morning Ireland" earlier today about the Government's plans to reduce the number of TDs, we heard how it started off with a promise by the Fine Gael party to reduce the number of TDs by 20. As we all know, that was diluted in the programme for Government. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I will conclude, mindful of Senator O'Donnell's advice. Like Senator Daly, I, too, would be concerned if I thought that particular bishops were still failing to comply with their own audit. Having read the story in today's newspaper - on which, I presume, Senator Daly is also relying - I got no actual information to help me form a judgment. I simply saw a phrase like "It is believed that...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (30 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: Gabhaim buíochas leis an tSeanadóir Barrett as ucht a chuid ama a roinnt liom. I welcome the Minister. Like Senator Jillian van Turnhout, I am also taken by the diverse and varied nature of the Bill. I was not so much thinking of a lost and found department as a builder's snag list. It is certainly one of those items of legislation in respect of which everyone will find something on...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister is curing the defect in advance.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: We will catch it some evening.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I share Senator O'Brien's concerns about the ordering of business, as I expressed yesterday. This is an issue that can be resolved, once we start to have leaders' meetings, if we work out amicably and in advance the business to be transacted. There will, of course, be occasions on which it will be necessary to bring forward legislation at a fast pace. I am not convinced, however, that this...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: ----- if we were to make the necessary provisions to provide for better and more enlightened parental leave arrangements. It would also be a great tribute to him, because he did so much to tackle prostitution, if we were to hear at an early time from the Government on what it planned to do about the criminalisation of the users of persons involved in prostitution, as has happened very...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I thank all of those who contributed to the debate on this evening's Private Members' motion, my colleagues Senators Quinn, Crown and Norris, and also Senators O'Keeffe, Sheahan, O'Donovan, van Turnout, Gilroy, Colm Burke, Ó Domhnaill, Conway, Ó Clochartaigh and Reilly. I also thank the Ministers who were here this evening, the Minister of States, Deputies Jan O'Sullivan, Ring, Sherlock...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: Indeed. We could have arrived at an agreed wording. It is important that the motion is put to a vote this evening because of what is in the various recitals and for this reason I will oppose the Government's proposed amendment. Gabhaim buíochas ó chroí le gach duine a chuir leis an rún tábhachtach seo. Is ceist an-tábhachtach í a bhaineann le cultúr ár sochaí agus leis an gcaoi...

Seanad: Whistleblower Legislation: Motion (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I move: That Seanad Éireann: noting— that more than one in four cases of fraud and corruption worldwide are exposed by whistleblowers; that potential whistleblowers are often discouraged by the fear of reprisals and the lack of follow-up given to their warnings, to the disadvantage of the public interest; that less than 40% of Irish employers claim they promote whistleblowing in the...

Seanad: Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (29 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: We do not have that kind of imagination these days.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: I have questions on several procedural matters. I have heard Senator John Kelly speak in the House on several occasions and he is always interesting and well informed. However, in this instance, given the scrutiny associated with the issue, I encourage the Cathaoirleach to exercise his right to stand up. It is not in his nature to be too hard on Members on any side of the House, but it...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: What is the Government's attitude on this issue? If the talk in recent days about pay in semi-State companies is to be more than merely symbolic, we must have a clear course of action in terms of the regulation of bonuses for other employees of these companies. I advise Members not directly engaged in Seanad business this afternoon that a briefing will take place at 4 p.m. on tomorrow's...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: Today's newspapers contain reports on the latest developments in the saga around the Rostrevor nursing home. It seems HIQA and its inspectors were rightly praised by the District Court judge when the order for the home's closure was made. An issue, however, arises as to what protection is available for those who blow the whistle on abuses in nursing homes and other such situations. A...