• Independent Senator (National University of Ireland)
• Entered the Seanad on 13 September 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Rónán Mullen speaks (no more than once per day)

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Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2025)

“I have some sympathy with the complaint being made by fellow Members to the extent that there appears to be an inconsistency in terms of what normally happens, but I think from what the Leas-Chathaoirleach has said and quoted from Standing Orders, while there might be a certain inconsistency, which Senators have very validly brought to our attention today, what has happened is not out of...”

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2025)

“I have to disagree.”

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Dec 2025)

“That is not what I said. I am saying that nothing out of order-----”

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• Has spoken in 29 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — below average among Senators.
• People have made 5 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average among Senators.
• 33 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks — email me whenever Rónán Mullen speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1629 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
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