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Seanad: Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019: Céim an Choiste - Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Tacaím leis an leasú seo ó Shinn Féin. Nuair a smaoinítear air, tá sé dochreidte nach mbeadh dualgas ar dhuine atá ag obair i ról chomh tábhachtach le garda i gceantar Gaeltachta a gcuid gnó a dhéanamh agus déileáil le daoine eile trí Ghaeilge más gá agus nuair is gá. Is é sin an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: An Ghaeilge agus Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge: Plé (23 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe agus gabhaim mo leithscéal nach raibh mé anseo ag an tús. Is mór liom a saineolas agus a gcuid ama anseo inniu. Níl ach dhá nó trí cheist agam. Ar an gcéad dul síos, táimid ag bailiú le chéile anseo mar chuid de bhreathnú iomlán ar athchóiriú ar an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: An Ghaeilge agus Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge: Plé (23 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Tá ceist eile agam atá ag díriú isteach ar an bhfocal seo "cúiteamh". Caithfidh mé a admháil gur fearr liom an focal "spreagadh" ná cúiteamh agus b’fhéidir go bhfuil sé níos dearfaí. Tá an ceart ar fad ag ár n-aíonna. Cad chuige go mbeadh duine ag déanamh níos mó oibre agus ag obair ar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: An Ghaeilge agus Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge: Plé (23 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Feicim láidreachtaí-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I support everything that my colleague, Senator McDowell, has just said. I was going to bring the matter up. In our debate on the Northern Ireland protocol yesterday, I mentioned that there had been very little public consideration of the role of the Court of Justice of the European Union, its relevance to costs and the element of delay that it brings into the consideration of legal matters...

Seanad: Report on Victim’s Testimony in cases of rape and sexual assault: Motion (17 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I compliment everybody involved with this report. Its recommendations are all reasonable and important. Many would say more is needed and there are areas where the report has not gone and perhaps it should have gone. This is an evolving process as we become more aware of the trauma those who report sexual violence suffer and we are all aware we must always work to ensure people are not...

Seanad: Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I will exercise the old Seanad privilege of saying things that people might not necessarily want to hear. I see myself as a cultural nationalist and I want to add my voice to those paying tribute to the late Austin Currie for all the good work and good things he did. When we have these discussions we should be aware of groupthink. Dealing with the British authorities is particularly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I am grateful to all the witnesses for their presentations and insights. There are many questions I could ask. Before I start, however, I looked up "Promethean" and it is probably no bad thing, because it refers to "being rebelliously creative and innovative". Maybe it was the end that Prometheus came to that was on my mind earlier. However, there is possibly something rebellious,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I imagine there was nothing about interviews either.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I will start by thanking witnesses again. This has been entertaining, as well as informative and educational. As the lads said to St. Paul at the Areopagus, "We must have you back some time to tell us some more". Perhaps a good context for that would be the NCCA report, when we see it. One word we have not used very much today is "competitiveness". In other times and places when we talk...

Seanad: Forestry Licensing: Statements (11 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister of State and compliment her on the good work being done. I know that there are many challenges and that there is road to go. I also compliment Senator Garvey on reminding us of the importance of trees. They are indeed wonderful and we should think a lot about them. I would like to see that furniture. I do not know how rough it is but it would certainly be better...

Seanad: Safe Access to Termination of Pregnancy Services Bill 2021: Second Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I welcome the Minister to the House and I will pay attention to his response and to the other speakers after me, although unfortunately I cannot be here for the remainder of the debate because of another commitment. I am not just here to defend the right to protest in a range of circumstances but I am also here to defend decent people who want to save lives. Listening to Senator Seery...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Nov 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I support Senator Buttimer's request for a debate on the media and broadcasting. That would certainly be timely. There are two issues I would like to raise with the Leader. The first concerns the leaving certificate. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills is currently looking at the issue of leaving certificate reform. The development of syllabi is ongoing by the National...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Oct 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I agree with what Senator Kyne has said. Perhaps Passport Express should be renamed "Passport stopping at all stations". I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for mentioning the mass for the late Sir David Amess today, to which people of all faiths and none are welcome. It is no harm at this point to thank all those who made this possible, including the British ambassador, who will address the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (20 Oct 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This is a simple, one-issue Bill which deserves support from any Senator who has a genuine interest in solving the student accommodation crisis. It would prohibit, for 15 years, any application for the change of use of student accommodation to either residential accommodation or to a hostel, hotel or any other kind of tourist or short-let...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Codail, a laoich dar thugas grá, codail go sámh i m'bhánbhaclainn, tusa mo rogha fear Fáil, thatr rí na bhFiann is a chóir fairis - Codail, codail, a chúl na lúb, le faobhar na hoíche, codail, a rún. As Senator Ned O'Sullivan said, Máire Mhac an tSaoi - and Brendan Kennelly - represented the best of our tradition, writing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Cuirim fáilte roimh ár n-aíonna agus gabhaim buíochas leo as a bheith linn. On that last point, I agree with Professor Hegarty there is certainly much more we can all be doing to try to generate a love of our first language in the country. We all understand incentives as well. Perhaps if a certain mastery of Irish were a requirement for progress within academic...