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Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Check against delivery. I am not faulting the Minister of State personally-----

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: The Government has a case to answer-----

Seanad: Uyghur Tribunal: Motion (9 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I will have it checked.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I very much enjoyed the time he and I spent together on the parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe. I understand he is not opposing this Bill. I commend him on his own proposal to introduce legislation on the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB. If the Government is minded in...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I am just a humble small-time plumber.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive reply to my Bill and my proposal on this matter along with all my Seanad colleagues for their contributions. The Minister of State deserves great credit for the work he has been doing to date. I certainly look forward to his wider set of PIAB-related proposals in the legislation he promised to bring forward this evening. I also...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: The acquittal of the “golfgate” four may not have been satisfactory to the majority of those whose opinions on the subject were canvassed in the newspapers, but anybody who followed closely the events of August 2020 and who is concerned about the rule of law and the idea that convictions should come about only where there has been a clear breach of criminal law will be relieved....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Reviews (2 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh mo chomhghleacaí ó Ghaillimh, an tAire Stáit. This matter relates to the commitment given to tender publicly for what was supposed to be an independent chair for the three-year review of the abortion legislation. On 8 December, prior to the launch of the three-year review, the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, confirmed publicly, as he had on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Reviews (2 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for her response but, as predicted, she has been mistreated as well as the rest of us by being given what a rather duplicitous text to read because the import of it is that they acknowledge that they knew they had to tender. I have read the transcript of the health committee meeting and they were committing to openly tendering. Now what they are trying to do is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 15 be taken before No. 1 today, to introduce and advance the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill, which I am bringing before the Seanad for debate next Tuesday. It is a remarkable fact that whereas it is an offence knowingly to provide false information if, for example, someone is applying for nursing home support or...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: It was only bemusement. There was nothing hostile about it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: We will prompt the Acting Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: It is a miracle achieved through the intercession of St. Brigid.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I move: That leave be given to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Bill 2022: First Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Last week I called on the Minister to honour the commitment he gave to tender openly for the position of independent chair for the review of the abortion legislation and I did so because it had by then emerged, by way of a reply to a parliamentary question, that the Department had not fulfilled the commitment but had contacted a small number of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2022)

Rónán Mullen: I am not referring to perfection but perceived independence.

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. The context and background for today's debate is clear. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Murphy family in Tullamore. We grieve the outrageous attack on and murder of their beloved Ashling. We double down and commit to doubling down on our determination as politicians and members of Irish society to do everything in our power to tackle and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2022)

Rónán Mullen: The Government has a large enough majority.