Results 101-120 of 239 for going forward speaker:David Cullinane

European Communities (Brexit) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: The Bill seeks to amend the European Communities Act 1972 and requires the Government to update the Oireachtas formally on Brexit developments and negotiations and on preserving the rights of Irish citizens in the North. As Teachta Adams said, we acknowledge the Government has in recent times agreed and followed through on its commitment to update the House on a regular basis. The...

Public Accounts Committee: Implications of CervicalCheck Revelations (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the State Claims Agency (Resumed)
2016 Financial Statements of the HSE (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

David Cullinane: ...which we talked earlier, in September 2017 that clinicians had a concern that they were being asked to do it. We know only one in four women was told. We then know that of those women who came forward that they were asked to sign confidentiality agreements and if they did not, it would be dragged out through the courts. That was the strategy. That is what was known within the...

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: ...in Ireland since the foundation of the State has lived under Governments led by either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael. That is the reality. As long as we have Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael-led governments, we are not going to have a resolution of these issues. While Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are in government and are being propped up by people such as the Minister of State, we can...

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: ...events are very rare. Weather events such as Storm Ophelia and the snow we witnessed recently are not everyday occurrences. They are rare and that is their nature. It is why Met Éireann and the Government, to be fair, take all this seriously. It is the reason we have different categories of warning, with the highest being a status red alert. The Bill does three simple things....

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: ...interests of the people in Britain and in the best interests of the island of Ireland. We then had the legal text that gives effect to the backstop agreement and the joint report agreed a number of months ago between the British Government and the European Union. That speech was rejected out of hand by Downing Street and Theresa May. She said no British Prime Minister could countenance...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: It is welcome that we are at least having a discussion on the Bill that will go some way towards addressing the issues arising from low hour contracts and low paid jobs. As Teachta John Brady said, I sat where he is sitting almost a year ago and proposed a Bill that would have gone much further and dealt in a more substantial way with low hour contracts. That legislation sought to implement...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Feb 2018)

David Cullinane: ...about the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement. It provided a democratic and peaceful means of achieving Irish unity. If we want Irish unity, however, we must put bones on exactly how that is going to be brought about. Sinn Féin put forward a practical proposal to have an all-party committee in the House to examine how that could be done. We are aware that recent population...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: This motion is designed to say to the Government that we need to do an awful lot more in terms of providing affordable housing. Nobody in the Chamber would disagree with that but the problem is that we do not have anything like the action we need. It galls me to listen to Fianna Fáil Deputies sometimes. Deputy Casey spoke about Fine Gael as the party for the rich and for developers...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: Are members happy with the process? My understanding is that Dr. Thorn is continuing with his work. Previous correspondence from councillors and members of the board has been forwarded to him and there is more information today, which will be sent on. We are not going to meet him until after his report has been completed. One of the areas of concern we have is over his interaction with...

Public Accounts Committee: Comptroller and Auditor General 2016 Report
Chapter 20: Corporation Tax Receipts (30 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...the wherewithal to be able to do that. The State, whether it is through the Revenue Commissioners or the Department, deals with tens of billions of euro every year, so it is not credible to put forward a defence that the money simply cannot be transferred at one time. I am putting this question as an observation. Some people might ask whether this is a stalling tactic. I cannot see how...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...is a practical Bill. No one on the side of those who proposed the Bill - I heard them speak earlier - presented it as a panacea for the housing crisis. Of course it is not. Everyone in the House has put forward practical proposals to Government. In fact, I said to the Minister the last time we spoke on housing in the Chamber that not a week goes by when we are not in the Chamber...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 Report: Motion (16 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...party, which does not have the team of civil servants Ministers enjoy, will have flaws. Not only did Fine Gael disagree with the Bill, however, it lambasted it and my party for bringing it forward. Others supported it, however, and it went to the joint committee for scrutiny. The Minister of State is whistling a different tune today, but at the time it was first moved, he and some of...

Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Second Stage (15 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: ...the inaction of this and many other Governments over the years, along with a level of tolerance and ambivalence towards white-collar crime, even if I attempted to commend the Minister on bringing forward the Bill, he would be quite rightly embarrassed and red-faced. I will not embarrass him because the Government's track record in dealing with white-collar crime is quite frankly...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (26 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: ...verifies the job creation numbers it presented to this committee. There was some discussion on how the IDA calculates what jobs are created from its clients and how ConnectIreland does it. I have forwarded two notes or forms to the secretariat. It is extraordinary, because what the IDA said when it was before the committee was that 14,000 jobs were created last year. The IDA verifies...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Jul 2017)

David Cullinane: The only media coverage that I have seen in relation to this issue, is that we are going to publish a report, which is not the third secret of Fátima. We have said that will be the case. My view of the letter is that it is a very defensive, in that I hope this will not be an excuse that there was unfair process. We need to make it very clear that the process was fair. It was the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 18 - Shared Services
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Chapter 3 - Vote Accounting and Budget Management
Comptroller and Auditor General Special Report 95: Financial Reporting in the Public Sector (6 Jul 2017)

David Cullinane: I will come to public sector pay shortly. I have a slight concern that, outside the Committee of Public Accounts, there is an ongoing live and necessary debate on the application of the fiscal rules and their fairness, and whether they are fit for purpose. In a Dáil committee this morning, the Minister expressed the view that they were not but I do not get a sense of urgency from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

David Cullinane: I have gone through all the transcripts of all the hours of hearings and I do not believe anyone raised a concern on the issue of the bands that are in the Bill. My concern with the Government proposals is that the bands are too broad. What we do not want is a Bill that on balance would negate the value of it and would make it almost irrelevant. I have a concern that we could be presenting...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

David Cullinane: ...it is very illuminating to hear all the parties, which were the cheerleaders for the fiscal rules, berating Sinn Féin for getting it right and for saying that the one-size-fits-all rules were not going to work, that they were too rigid and inflexible and would have a negative impact on the economy, on our ability to borrow and on our ability to invest in public services. Thankfully,...

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: ...to the contributions of the Minister, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and an Teachta Collins and the first thing I said was "Roll on the day when Sinn Féin is in government and the day we have Sinn Féin Ministers sitting where they are sitting now". For all the talk we hear from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael about not wanting to talk to Sinn...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: ...has been found to be in breach of non-procurement rules for 30% of what was captured in an audit in one year and 47% in another year, how then are SMEs or other businesses which this Bill wants to include going to get a fair crack of the whip? That is the point. There is a much bigger problem here which must be addressed. My party will table amendments to this Bill to deal with a lot of...