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Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Rónán Mullen: We will not mess with your tutu.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I hope it is okay to say something like that. It is a question of academic freedom perhaps.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Rónán Mullen: The Senator has never been better than he is now. I thank the Minister for his considered and, indeed, considerate response to my amendment. He raised two points. The first recognised the validity of the question posed, namely, whether an equality statement should be in the legislation or if it should be an option of an t-údarás to produce a code, policy or guideline on the...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Rónán Mullen: It is all we have left.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Rónán Mullen: If we are going to have citizens’ assemblies, let us ensure that this democratically elected Assembly is allowed to do its work in full. I wish to speak to my own amendments. Again, I must start with a mea culpabecause they are in the wrong place. The moral of the story is perhaps not to burn the midnight oil. The amendments I am proposing here relate to the issue of consultation...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh méara Phort Láirge agus a bhean chéile freisin. When the American Supreme Court ruled last Friday in the Dobbs v. Jackson case, overturning Roe v. Wade and related court decisions, I thought of a famous campaign slogan from American politics in the 1980s: "It's morning again in America." Following the darkness of almost 50 years of federally mandated...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: It might reduce the number of abortions.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. My colleague, Senator McDowell, has already adverted to the strange situation where we get five minutes in which to make Second Stage contributions in respect of a Bill of this importance. It is in keeping with a pattern in recent years of less and less respect for the deliberative process in these Houses, in particular the Seanad. I regret that. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage may well be licking his wounds this morning after Independent Deputy, Carol Nolan, effectively went through him for a shortcut yesterday in the Dáil because of the way he answered her question about social cohesion issues that might arise from the combined challenges of the housing crisis, immigration and asylum issues and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: That is not what is being said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I heard what Senator Moynihan had to say about the latest British abortion statistics and the number of women giving Irish addresses. What she did not mention, of course, is that the vast majority of abortions are now taking place in Ireland and that the figures for abortions taking place have vastly increased since abortion was legalised. Thousands more innocent lives have been lost. This...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I will try to stay within the allocated time as well. Having listened to Senator O'Reilly and the Minister of State, I was struck by their eloquence and the importance of what they have said, particularly what the former said about the most vulnerable people in the world. I empathise deeply with what they have said but I find myself feeling that there are things that I must say here because...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I am glad to see that the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media where it was proposed to bring in representatives from RTÉ on foot of the discussion of transgender-related issues on "Liveline" is not now going ahead. Though I have often criticised RTÉ over the waste of public money and often raised questions about issues of fairness...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Does the Senator fancy his chances?

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I want to kind of cut to a particular issue in relation to this Bill, which is the question of donations made for political purposes. The Bill proposes to make no change in terms of definition. As the Minister knows, a campaign is under way by some NGOs for the definition of “political purposes” to be loosened to ensure that their huge sources of private funding –...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: -----at any stage. Close the loophole.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Go raibh maith agat. I will stay within my time, yes, yes, I will, yes, yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: On a more serious note, the recent horrific attack and mass murder of people in St. Francis Catholic Church in the Owo district of Ondo in Nigeria should horrify us all. We must have a debate in this House about the persecution of people for their faith worldwide, in particular the horrifying attacks that are going on against Christians in Nigeria. I took part in a very interesting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I understand that. The Cathaoirleach might stop the clock for a moment as I want to make a point of order on that. I have no intention of criticising the President and I have no intention of seeking to hold the President to account, but it must be possible to say in this House on occasion “agree with this” or “don't agree with that”. If we lose the power to do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I understand. I will bí cúramach. However, we probably need to get the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, CPPO, to decide how we interpret Standing Orders in a way that is rational so we do not have unnecessary obstacles here to reasonable context giving.