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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: The question is whether they were as placated as he said they were.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Is it a turf war?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: How do we know?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: What about interrogating the advice?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: The coconut shy will be next.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: That is certainly the philosophy at the moment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: The quote "Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble" comes to mind. The Minister of State did not indicate that if no combat technique or training was involved in the IPSC, it would escape-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: In general terms, mens rea , or the guilty mind, is one of the requirements before one is reached by the criminal law. As the Minister of State said, there are exceptions where one can have strict liability and so on, but in general terms, disregard to the intention of the party carrying out a certain action is not a great basis for establishing a criminal offence. That is certainly the...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I will not press amendments Nos. 1 and 2 as I will be supporting Senator Regan's amendment.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Yes. I move amendment No. 4: In page 24, between lines 40 and 41, to insert the following: "(5) For the purposes of this section, an activity shall not be designated 'practical or dynamic shooting' by reason alone that it entails the use of specified firearms and/or that it entails aiming and firinig at particular targets in rapid succession where the said targets are not designed to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I second Senator Fitzgerald's proposal as I share her concern about the manner in which the business of the Seanad is being ordered. We saw the Seanad at its best last week during the debate on the Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009 on which Senators, particularly on the Fine Gael side, raised relevant points and proposed amendments. We are today seeing the Seanad at its worst, with a...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (7 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: This takes away the best argument for the relevance of the Seanad to our national life. I would have no difficulty in the Seanad meeting for a couple of extra weeks to allow us to consider properly legislation that is put before us, in particular legislation in respect of criminal justice which impacts on people's civil rights, while attempting to respond to the very justified concerns of...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I was very glad to hear on the radio this morning the voices of some of my Seanad colleagues, Senators Doherty and Cannon, whose concerns about the Local Government (Charges) Bill were very well aired, particularly on whether people living in granny flats or self-contained units would have to pay the €200 tax. It was a relevant question on the legislation and we await the Minister's...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I encourage the Government to listen very carefully to the concerns raised by Opposition and Independent Seanadóirí about legislation. Senator Norris and I had some success last week in the discussion on the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Bill, although we would have liked more substantial success. The Government will encourage people to understand the virtue of our bicameral system if it...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: It was not flooded.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: That is excellent.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: We do not have a guillotine but we have a cutting edge.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I was very taken with the last few contributions and the very pertinent issues raised by Senator Bradford. Senator Norris's Proustian flashbacks give us all a moment of joy as we work into the evening. The smell of mown grass is not unknown in east Galway and Senator Norris is welcome to visit any time. There is good sense in the Fine Gael amendment. I accept the principle of the Bill and...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an tAire Stáit. The issue I raise is of great sensitivity. It is an issue many politicians and others would prefer not to receive in their in-tray because of the seriousness of the allegations involved in the case, the passage of time and the fact there are several interconnected issues. There is the question of whether a crime took place which should have been...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Jul 2009)

Rónán Mullen: I accept that fully and while I wish to act with complete sensitivity in that matter, where that matter has been raised with me I have to make a judgment call-----