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Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Rónán Mullen: ...other opponents of this legislation of being on board with other forms of oppression that have existed down through the years and which were undoubtedly to be condemned. He managed to bring up the Magdalen laundries, for example, and that is a strategy. How ironic. He talked about the women and babies who disappeared from our country. How ironic that the Minister should regret the...

Seanad: Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (27 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...to be associated with the tributes paid to her for the great personal interest that she has taken in the issue over the years and for her genuine hard work in seeking to bring the stories of the Magdalen women to light. She also sought to ensure that whatever measure of justice is possible at this late stage in their lives, and in the life of the story, could be done. The Minister of...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...councils as to what will happen. I want to be associated with the general message, response and welcome to what the Taoiseach and other members of the Government said yesterday evening on the Magdalen laundries. The Taoiseach's response went a long way towards addressing any discontent that there might have been over a perceived delay in a Government response. What was said could have...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ...councils as to what will happen. I want to be associated with the general message, response and welcome to what the Taoiseach and other members of the Government said yesterday evening on the Magdalen laundries. The Taoiseach's response went a long way towards addressing any discontent that there might have been over a perceived delay in a Government response. What was said could have...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

Rónán Mullen: I ask for a date when we will have a debate on the excellent report on the Magdalen laundries by the former Senator, Martin McAleese. As well as discussing the report, we will want to record our thanks to former Senator McAleese for a report that is characterised by fairness and truthfulness. We should have a further discussion on this matter very soon. I know the Government has given a...

Seanad: Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (2 Oct 2012)

Rónán Mullen: ...at all stages. Otherwise, what we are talking about is absolute nonsense and hypocrisy. Therefore the point must be made in the same way that Senator Hayden was right to raise the point about the Magdalene laundries. I would not be doing my duty if I did not seek to look at the wording of the amendment and ask particular questions. I have tabled some amendments which we can debate...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2011)

Rónán Mullen: It would be wrong for Members not to welcome the Government's announcement of an interdepartmental committee in response to the initiative of the Justice for Magdalenes group and to examine bringing about what has been well described by the Government as a restorative and reconciliation process. My hope for the work of the aforementioned committee is, first, that it will be given the time it...