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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I was intrigued by the exchange between my colleagues, Senators Gavan and Malcolm Byrne, on the subject of education. It should not be a matter of either pride or shame to have not gone or sent one's children to a fee-paying school. It seems that the difference between fee-paying schools and non-fee-paying schools is that fee paying schools get less of a subvention from the State because...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: For giving us a mental image none of us wanted to have.

Seanad: Brain Health and Dementia: Statements (9 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The Minister of State is very welcome. I apologise in advance for the fact that I will not be able to stay to hear her response, but I will certainly read it later, because this is an important debate. I compliment all who have been responsible for bringing it to the floor today, including Senator O'Loughlin and her committee, which I commend...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (9 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus an Aire Stáit. Tá áthas orainn go bhfuil an bheirt acu anseo. Mar a dúirt siad féin, léiríonn sé sin an meas atá acu ar an teanga agus ar thábhacht a ról maidir le cur chun cinn agus caomhnú na teanga. Is seachtain an-tábhachtach í Seachtain na Gaeilge. Ní hamháin...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Linda Ervine to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge (3 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: An bhfuil cead agam mo chuid ama a roinnt le mo chomhghleacaí, an Seanadóir McDowell?

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Linda Ervine to mark Seachtain na Gaeilge (3 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte ó chroí romhat agus gabhaim buíochas leat, Linda, thar ceann gach duine, as ucht na ceannaireachta cultúrtha atá tú ag tabhairt dúinn ar fad. I thank you for the cultural leadership you give that is so important, at this time. When I think about the Irish language, I think about something that is very fragile in many ways, especially in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Because of the still constrained nature of the various groups in the Seanad making contributions I did not have a chance yesterday to pay tribute to the former Independent NUI Senator, John A. Murphy. I look forward to the tributes to him in the full course of time. He was a man who was unafraid of telling the truth as he saw it, challenging orthodoxies to enlighten minds. His...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: There was mention of QQI qualifications in the context of academic integrity. In regard to academic integrity, the proposal around funding to help prevent contract cheating, which is a phrase I had not heard before, what type of measures can be taken that would attract such funding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I often wonder whether it is possible to stay ahead of the technology, considering the availability of resources of information in so many different forms and sources. It is easy to see how people would try to get around the system and have access to ideas and thoughts. By the same token, it is also possible to search and try to detect where words, phrases, sentences or whole paragraphs or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I thank Dr. Murphy for her answer. Not to make light of a serious subject but in my college debating days, I was fond of putting around the line that 70% of student debaters make up their own statistics on the spot. It was not an original line of mine, it was going around at the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Is what is allowed built in across college courses now? I refer to the ground rules, various things around note-taking and research; is it mandatory or universal that students encounter the concept of plagiarism, the rules around plagiarism, obviously the ban on it, and various ways it can happen, the consequences both immediate and wider social and community consequences? There are major...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Artists' Remuneration (16 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: He can take my matter if he wishes. On past performance it does not matter who does. It is not the Minister of State's fault.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Artists' Remuneration (16 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: There should be a penalty for bad art as well. With rights go responsibilities.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Consumer Rights (16 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister of State. He has just missed a very interesting Commencement matter on the subject of a basic income for artists. I was going to say that I hoped that the proposal I had not too long ago, that the loophole or the abuse of the artist's tax exemption, might help pay for such a basic income. However, that is not my matter here today.There should also be penalties for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Consumer Rights (16 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. It is very comprehensive except to the extent that it does not specify what the Government's view is on what is happening. It is quite clear that non-acceptance of cash should only be in exceptional circumstances if the retailer has no change available. It cannot be the case that one could be in compliance with the recommendation if one never...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Consumer Rights (16 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Would the Minister of State take a suggestion back to the Government that it might use its ample amount of Government time to legislate in this area?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Consumer Rights (16 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for that.

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

Rónán Mullen: Please do.

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

Rónán Mullen: I too welcome the Lithuanian ambassador and commend his country on its stand in allowing Taiwan to establish an embassy. Many of us support Lithuania in its dealings with China. It has set an example for other small countries. As we say around here, "keep her lit". Last week, I highlighted the Sinn Féin legislation on so-called safe access zones and how it would ludicrously...

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

Rónán Mullen: I will be extremely careful. The claims made by the Together for Safety group were suggestive of the fact that Ms Fitzgibbon and her group had knowledge and intent in relation to when abortions would be taking place in Limerick. That was not true and the Irish Independenthas since corrected the article online. It seems to me that the Together for Safety group, the Irish Independentand the...