Results 7,541-7,560 of 7,583 for speaker:Rónán Mullen
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)
Rónán Mullen: How would our other European partners react?
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Let us hear the advantages for saying "Yes" as well. Please can we have an end to this and can the debate start here in the Seanad, the place with the reputation for stimulating debate?
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Please can we have an end to anti-intellectual argumentââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)
Rónán Mullen: ââsuch as that we will be the laughing stock of Europe if we do not vote "Yes" or "No" or whatever it is. I am sorry for going on, a Chathaoirligh. I appreciate your indulgence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)
Rónán Mullen: I am opposing it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Very often matters raised on the Order of Business involve a degree of criticism and negativity and, in that context, I was very pleased to hear the contributions of Senator Quinn and others on the heroic example of active citizenship shown during the night. I am pleased to raise another good news story. Reports in yesterday's newspapers outlined the great progress being made in stem cell...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Lord Norris of North Great George's Street.
- Seanad: Education Policy: Statements (22 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Can we all come?
- Seanad: Education Policy: Statements (22 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Famous last words.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Given that she is the patron saint of music the Senator may wish to sing her contribution.
- Seanad: Education Policy: Statements (22 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Ba bhreá liom i dtosach báire fáilte a chuir roimh an Aire. Ba léir ó bheith ag éisteacht léi go bhfuil barr-feabhas bainte amach aici. Tá máistreacht aici ar gach rud a bhaineann le cúrsaà oideachais sa tÃr. Nà ionann é sin agus a rá go bhfuil an ceart aici an t-am ar fad, nó ag an Rialtas. Glacaim leis go ndúirt sà an-chuid atá thar a bheith ciallmhar. Ba bhreá liom...
- Seanad: Education Policy: Statements (22 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: He may not have said "gun" but that is the word I prefer to use in this House. There has been more than a whiff of that strategy in the air as certain politicians tried to up the ante in the debate about school patronage and the governance of primary schools. I am concerned by the language from experienced elected representatives and from other quarters. The shortage of school places in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: The Health Service Executive is seeking a 10% rise in the excise duty on alcohol. We know now Irish adults are the third-highest consumers of alcohol in the European Union and people such as Archbishop Seán Brady are calling for a break in the link between alcohol advertising and sporting events. Three years on from the report of the strategic task force on alcohol in 2004, which was...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: I hope it will be a discussion that does not confine itself to platitudes about how terrible alcohol abuse is. It is time for us to recognise mixed messages, such as talking down alcohol abuse but simultaneously taking no serious and adventurous measures against it. Such measures could include forcing people who make much money from the sale of alcohol to fund some of the public health...
- Seanad: Pension Provision: Motion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: That is an ageist comment
- Seanad: Pension Provision: Motion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Solidarity between generations is what this debate is all about and it is essential for our well-being as a society. Eamon de Valera, who received some less than flattering comment in the last few minutes, had a vision of Ireland where he spoke of our firesides being forums for the wisdom of old age. That vision has not just been undermined by the disappearance of firesides but also by the...
- Seanad: Government's Irish Aid Strategy: Statements (13 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: The Minister of State made an impressive presentation but I was struck by the fact that we are sixth in the world in terms of per capita donation. We can be proud of this but we can attempt to improve on it. We should aim to be the best in the world in per capita contribution to overseas aid. Let us cast our minds back to that summer evening in 1985 when Bob Geldof told everyone not to go...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: A great deal is said, and rightly so, about the importance of education and of investment therein, particularly in the context of the future of the economy and the well-being of citizens. People will, therefore, welcome the emergence of the new post-primary education forum, part of the brief of which is to lobby for increased funding for second level education. I am seeking a debate on this...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: And funding thereof.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2007)
Rónán Mullen: Press freedom is, rightly, a cherished principle in any civilised society. In light of Senator O'Donovan's comments, with which I heartily concur, there is a need for this House to appraise the balance we must strike between press freedom and the need to bring about a greater culture of responsibility among media practitioners. There is the provision for the award of aggravated damages in...