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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: There is considerable irony in the fact that in recent days there were fears about the future of the national maternity hospital expressed by people whose main concern seems to be that it might not actually provide abortion. I find it perfectly understandable, however, given the dominant cultural attitude in the State, that people would want a national maternity hospital that provides...

Seanad: Offences against the State Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (22 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister is very welcome. I support the motion before us today as I have done on each previous occasion on which it has been before us. On the whole, the Special Criminal Court has been an effective tool against subversive elements and in recent years, organised criminal gangs and for this reason, it is worth retaining. However, the case for its retention is far from unanswerable. I am...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I, too, welcome Dutch "The Giver" O'Brien to the House. This Bill is technical as it allows for various amendments to the Planning and Development Act 2000, and extends time limits for the formulation of development plans among other things. All of this is very relevant and necessary, given how important it is that there is leeway and grieving space in view of the Covid-19 situation and the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Can I make a quick contribution?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: The Minister is absolutely right; it is not always possible to go through the full pre-legislative scrutiny process.That is exactly why we need a full deliberation when it went through the various Stages of legislation.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Seconded.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Seconded.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I move amendment No. 33: In page 44, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "Amendment to Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 45.The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 is amended— (a) in section 5(1), by the insertion of the following paragraph: "(a) the site has, under its present ownership, been the subject of a grant of permission by the planning...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: As the son of a recently deceased builder, I feel the need to speak up for builders from time to time although I recall that it is not just in this House that there can be suspicion about builders. In "The Naked Gun", Jane asks a guy called Vincent Ludwig how he could have done something so vicious. Ludwig says: "It was easy, my dear. You forget I spent two years as a building contractor."...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Nobody could have any objection to his taking this matter into wider consideration in the context of looking more comprehensively at the vacant site levy how it is working or perhaps not working. That said, tempus fugitand people are waiting. My concern is that when things are being looked at, it can take a long time to look at them. People...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (15 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: Having listened to the contribution made by Senator Eugene Murphy, with which I agree, and the response made by the Minister of State, I was reminded of a line that may have been incorrectly attributed to the late Dr. Garret FitzGerald. He was reputed to have objected, on one occasion, to a policy measure on the basis that while it was all very well in practice that it would not work in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (15 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Nobody ever said PIAB was a court. I accept that the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, is just a messenger for another Minister of State but, on a previous occasion, when Deputy Michael McGrath asked a parliamentary question on the same matter, the then Minister, Deputy Humphreys, at least stated baldly there were no penalties involved where...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (15 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: No, we would not.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (15 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: No, it would not. If there are lies-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Rónán Mullen: I am doing something unusual this morning; I am opposing the Order of Business. I do so because I object to the Government's disgusting habit of constantly proposing, and implementing, the guillotining of legislation in this House. It happened again on Committee Stage of the Affordable Housing Bill on Friday, 4 June. Many amendments were not discussed, including one of mine. We have been...