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Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I have not heard any intellectual disagreement with any aspect of my amendment and the Minister has not pointed to any specific problem with the proposed wording. He went on to embrace both the spirit of the proposed amendment but he also expressed his intention to achieve, using other powers in other sections of the Bill, what the amendment specifies. It is important to specify this...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I commend Senators Ross, Ó Murchú, Hanafin and others on raising the issue of capital punishment. It is horrendous to think that such punishments can occur in the civilised world. It raises the question as to how Ireland can, as a nation, courteously but insistently disagree with other countries when they abuse human rights in various ways. During the Jubilee year, there was a beautiful...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Resist the temptation.

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (9 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire. Tréaslaím leis mar is léir go bhfuilimid i sáinn. Is léir go bhfuilimid i sáinn sa tír seo ó thóg sé faoin obair san Roinn Airgeadais measaim, fiú na daoine nach n-aontaíonn leis amanna, go mbeadh daoine faoin tuairim go bfhuil an-obair ar siúl ag an Aire, agus gur mhór an tuiscint atá aige ar na rudaí a bhaineann le cúrsaí na...

Seanad: Education and Training Responses to the Economic Downturn: Statements (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Ba bhreá liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. Tacaím leis an mBille seo. Creidim go féidir linn leasuithe a dhéanamh a bheadh ar leas an phobail ó thaobh riaracháin agus costais a sparáil de. The Bill makes provision for the following three matters: a custody facility at the new criminal courts of justice complex in the Phoenix Park to be managed by the Irish Prison Service and...

Seanad: Education and Training Responses to the Economic Downturn: Statements (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I do not intend to use all of my time.

Seanad: Education and Training Responses to the Economic Downturn: Statements (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire. Is ábhar an-tábhachtach é seo, go háirithe i gcomhthéacs na géarchéime eacnamaíochta. The economy has entered the worst recession in 80 years, sparked by the global credit crunch and collapse of the Irish property bubble. The scale of the economic collapse is staggering. In 2006, at the height of the boom, the private sector was a net...

Seanad: Education and Training Responses to the Economic Downturn: Statements (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: However, there is a new breed of unemployed professionals, namely, those who worked in financial services or for developers who need to re-skill for new areas of employment and sectors of industry. It is clear that we need to develop a much more flexible education system which does not just train young people but which provides an education when and where people need it. In short, we need...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that before No. 1, we take No. 34, motion No. 26. This motion, which was seconded by Senator Quinn, calls for a debate on the proposed day of action and the proposed strike. From time to time as we meet different groups, we speak about the needs of the most vulnerable members of society. We cannot have it both ways. We cannot have sectoral...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I sent the Leader and e-mail.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: It is not even in the Leader's pigeon hole. It is on his computer.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Tá sé.

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I thank Senator O'Toole for sharing time. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I compliment the Fine Gael Senators on bringing forward this comprehensive motion. The Government could have been more positively disposed to incorporating it in the response. Without taking from the welcome figures the Government brought to our attention, I agree with the thrust of Senator Twomey's...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Yesterday I spoke of our need to deplore collectively the effects a strike or protest action would have, particularly if such action was in favour of sectoral interests, and the effects that would have on the most vulnerable members of our society. There will be a motion on tomorrow's Order Paper on which I will ask for a debate and which request I will push to a vote if necessary. Perhaps...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: "Nationwide".

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: We could introduce an amendment to the broadcasting legislation.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I was also glad to hear about Deputy Sherlock's comments. I view with concern the move towards strikes and protests. I am thinking of the day of protest on Friday and the day of action on 24 November. An all-party motion in which we would express our concern about this wrong approach to the crisis is necessary. In our statement, we should deplore the effects that the pursuit of selfish or...

Seanad: Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (3 Nov 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus tréaslaím leis as ucht an dea-obair a rinne sé, go háirithe i gcás saorú na hoibrithe deonacha le Goal le déanaí. Táimid uilig ag iarraidh agus ag súil go mbeidh toradh chomh dearfach le fáil i gcás an Athair Sinnott. Tá áthas orm faoin méid adúirt an Aire maidir leis an Ghaeilge. Aontaím go huile agus go hiomlán leis chomh fada agus a...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Oct 2009)

Rónán Mullen: If I were a hotelier and refused to serve alcohol to someone because they were of a different sexual orientation from myself, it would make me a bigot and, as things stand, I would deserve to be targeted by equal status legislation. However, if I were a photographer and felt in conscience that I did not want to be involved in providing a service at, for example, a reception after a civil...