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Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: What about the privilege of the Oireachtas?

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: We will discuss it here, if the Leader will allow us.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Except when the Government does not like what it is hearing.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I wish to be associated with the expressions of sympathy to the people of the Inishowen Peninsula. The parish priest said now is the time for grief and solidarity but that questions will need to be asked and further conversation had in respect of road safety. It is very important that this happen. I support what was said on the HIQA report. We need to reflect on the disconnect that while...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: This is a very important issue because I am not talking about last week's business. I am saying that, before the summer recess, it is important we reflect on this.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: We have taken a wrong turn and we will have an opportunity between now and tomorrow to check the record to see what people did and did not say about the appropriateness of the guillotine.

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator was not standing up for it last week.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I believe there was a dangerous ambiguity.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: There was a dangerous ambiguity in what the Minister said a few moments ago. He said there is no need to point the finger in regard to filibustering. I have already said that I certainly was not filibustering but I make no apologies-----

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: When Senator Regan said that-----

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: We need a free vote for that.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: One cannot but comment on these amendments.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: We will not detain the Minister with any comments on section 7.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I will take a lecture from Senator Norris on restraint at some future point when we have both undergone Operation Transformation.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator might need to have the operation, full stop. The maxim here is that those who join the army wear the boots. The Icelandic Prime Minister and her consort would be most welcome to settle in Ireland. However, if we are to have any sense, sanity or coherence in our laws, I am afraid we would have to insist that we define marriage according to our own laws.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: We have had complicated situations in the past about prime ministerial consorts which need not detain the House at this hour of night. It would make a mockery of our laws on marriage if they were to be subjected to the lowest common denominator of marriage laws internationally. It would also mean that to redefine marriage in Ireland all that would be needed would be for a same-sex couple to...

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: We have had this debate in the context of the divorce regime. We went to considerable trouble to define in what circumstances our Constitution and our laws would permit the dissolution of a marriage. We have had debates about the impact of change in European law on our ability to maintain coherence in our marriage laws. I would certainly disagree with that. Amendment No. 9 seems to be the...

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Feicim go bhfuil Ceannaire an tSeanaid tagtha isteach inár measc. Níl a fhios agam an bhfuil sé chun an fheadóg a shéideadh. Más ea, bheadh an-bhrón orm. D'fhéadfainn a rá leis níos luaithe go bhféadfaimís roinnt den díospóireacht a chur ar ceal agus bua na Spáinne a fheiscint. Ní mar sin a tharla.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: I compliment Senators Walsh, Ó Murchú and Hanafin on tabling their amendment. Senator Quinn and I have tabled an amendment along similar lines. It appears for the first time at the definition stage. We propose that on page 16, line 37, we delete the words "civil status" and substitute them with the phrase "marital or civil status" which would encompass the range of possibilities,...

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Whose speech was Senator Buttimer listening to? Had he headphones on?