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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I support the call for a debate on child care and will gladly second the amendment to the Order of Business if it has not already been seconded. Yesterday, there was a protest on the matter outside Leinster House. A number of issues are at play. Child care provision is a major issue for many families and the lack of State-provided child care services means that a large number of low-paid...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 11: In page 9, line 32, after "relations" to insert the following:"and protect, as a right, access for adopted persons to their birth family’s relevant medical history".This is my first contribution on the Bill, as Senator Ó Clochartaigh took the earlier Stages, but I wanted to commend the Senators who have introduced it. I will speak to the amendment. The...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I will withdraw the amendment and may bring it forward on Report Stage.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Senator Norris raised the issue of there being no sanction in this. This was done deliberately because what we are trying to do is to get the Minister to agree to the principle of an "offence". If that is agreed we can come back on Report Stage and consider an agreed sanction. We deliberately left out a sanction on the basis that we would ask the Minister to look at the issue as a...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: That was my point, and Senator Norris already articulated this point. Hypothetically, somebody might divulge sensitive information on somebody who was seeking a certificate of transition from officials and that information might then be leaked to the media or somebody else. However the individual who made the transition might have wanted that information kept confidential as it is their...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 29: In page 15, to delete lines 20 to 28.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 30: In page 18, lines 28 to 30, to delete all words from and including “so” in line 28 down to and including “woman” in line 30.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 34: In page 29, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following: “Offence of disclosing information contained in a Gender Recognition Certificate 36. (1) It shall be an offence for a person who has acquired protected information concerning a person’s gender in an official capacity to disclose the information to any other person. (2) “Protected...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I will come back to that.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 26: In page 12, to delete line 25 and substitute the following:"(c) an indication of the person's gender using the abbreviations M (male), F (female) or X (indeterminate/unspecified/intersex).". This amendment seeks to allow a facility for those who do not identify with being male or female. In Australia there is a provision to allow inclusion in a passport as male or...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I can understand the concerns about amendment No. 32 but not about amendment No. 26 which seeks to provide a facility in the case of documentation, including passports and so on. It seeks to delete line 25 and substitute an indication of a person's gender using the abbreviations M for male, F for female, or X for indeterminate, unspecified or intersex. When the Minister of State mentioned...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: No; I might resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I gave way to the Minister of State who very kindly responded to some of the amendments. I am speaking on amendments Nos. 12 and 19, which were tabled by Sinn Féin. They deal with two separate issues. I am not sure why they were grouped because one refers to under-16s. The purpose of amendment No. 12 is to delete the requirement for a medical input into the Bill. The proposed...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I second Senator Paschal Mooney's proposed amendment to the Order of Business. I appeal to the Deputy Leader to arrange for a debate in the House on the debt burden and the debt conference for which many people are calling, not just in Ireland but across Europe. In his responses in the past two weeks, the Leader has given the Government's policy position on this, which is fair enough...

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: In the first paragraph, to delete “acknowledges the Government's commitment”.I did not intend to speak on the Private Members' motion, because Senator Ó Clochartaigh will speak on behalf of Sinn Féin, but there are a number of amendments and therefore he needs someone to propose them. He will second the amendments, which were tabled to enhance...

Seanad: Mediation Services: Motion (4 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: Several times over recent weeks, members of Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil and some Independent Senators have called for a debate on the need for a debt conference. This has gained currency in Europe following the Greek election result. Time and again the Government and the Taoiseach have ruled out the notion of a debt conference which at the very least would be an opportunity for...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

David Cullinane: It is not wrong. The Senator should listen to what the Taoiseach said today. The Minister for Finance said that we will not be getting any money from-----