Seanad to debate legislation on restricting salaries at RTÉ
Seanad to debate legislation on restricting salaries at RTÉ Kielty deal “at the borderline” of what should be permissible – Mullen The salary to be received by the incoming host of The Late Late Show is at the borderline of what should be permissible in a public service broadcaster, Independent Senator Rónán Mullen said this […]
Government ‘smuggling’ radical new definition of gender into Irish law with the ‘Hate Speech’ Bill
Government ‘smuggling’ radical new definition of gender into Irish law with the ‘Hate Speech’ Bill “at odds with all previous definitions and with no basis in reality” Independent Senator Rónán Mullen has criticised the Minister for Justice for ‘smuggling’ a radical new definition of ‘gender’ into “an already controversial hate speech law’. Speaking today, Senator […]
Senator Mullen seeks assurances on ‘Assisted Dying’ Committee scope
Senator Mullen seeks assurances on ‘Assisted Dying’ Committee scope Committee can recommend for or against changing policy on euthanasia/assisted dying Independent Senator Rónán Mullen this evening welcomed clarification from the ‘Committee on Assisted Dying’, of which he is a member, that the Committee has full freedom to recommend against the introduction of assisted suicide if […]
Civil Liabilities (Schools) Bill
Mullen introduces legislation to shield schools and teachers from ‘schoolyard accident’ litigation New legislation to give legal reassurance to schools and teachers assisting after schoolyard accidents will be debated in the Seanad tomorrow. Independent NUI Senator Rónán Mullen has brought forward the Civil Liability (Schools) Bill 2023 to give explicit legal protection to schools operating […]
Mullen not attending Biden address to Dáil and Seanad
Senator Rónán Mullen and Gino Kenny TD discuss Assisted Suicide
Welcome immigrants – but don’t shut down the debate
Welcome immigrants – but don’t shut down the debate By Senator Rónán Mullen For a long time, an Irish and Christian tradition of welcome informed our personal and public attitudes. There was majority goodwill towards the stranger at home and abroad, helped by the fact that many of our own people emigrated and were outsiders […]
Benedict offered great wisdom to those in public life
Benedict offered great wisdom to those in public life By Senator Rónán Mullen In Christmas 2007, a few months after I was first elected to the Seanad, I bought two copies of Pope Benedict XVI’s book, Values in a Time of Upheaval. One was for myself. The other was for another first-time senator […]
Senator Mullen says Disinformation Working Group must operate openly
“No ‘Ministry of Truth’ please, Minister” Independent Senator Rónán Mullen today called on the Minister for Culture and Media, Catherine Martin, to ensure full transparency on all the operations of the newly appointed Working Group on Media misinformation. Speaking in the Seanad this morning, Senator Mullen warned against the Government and media vested interests undermining […]
Essay deadline extended! Register by 30 November for Oireachtas Essay Competition
DEADLINE EXTENDED! Register by 30th November for Oireachtas Essay Competition ‘Parliamentary Politics Matters’ is the theme – aiming to help young people engage with the democratic process It wouldn’t happen in the Leaving Cert Exam Hall! But a surge in interest in the inaugural Oireachtas Essay Competition has led organisers to extend the deadline for […]