Results 23,061-23,080 of 26,795 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Are we not allowed to ask questions? Is this Committee Stage of the Water Services Bill?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Can I put the questions or not? Am I allowed to put questions to the Minister? It is not the Opposition's fault that it is the Friday before Christmas and this is being rushed through. That is not our fault.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: They want to get home but that is not my fault that we are forced into a situation where we must take this so close to Christmas when people want to get home. I asked the Minister of State about this being a regressive versus a progressive tax and why the Government is introducing this as a water charge that does not have an ability to pay element to it as opposed to progressive taxation. I...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Well then I am asking the question. I am allowed to ask a question until I get an answer.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Why does Senator Norris not leave the Chamber if he is not happy with the contributions that are being made?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Then he should keep his mouth shut and let us ask questions.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: He is the one who is interrupting. My questions are direct questions to the Minister of State. We are paid to come in here and ask questions of the Minister and this is what I will do because I know people out there want me to do it. They are not interested in interruptions. How is it fair? Why has indirect rather than progressive taxation been used? Why are none of these policies...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: It is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear. It should be fixed.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: The Minister of State has had nothing to say.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: We will see in the next election.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: It is the only way. We will see then.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: There will be a seat kept safe here for the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Senator Ó Clochartaigh and I contributed earlier and raised a number of genuine concerns about water charges, expressing our opposition and detailing why we opposed them. We indicated how they were unfair and I spoke about progressive taxation versus indirect taxes. There were a number of specific questions and we raised genuine concerns but none of these was addressed in the response....
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: The Sinn Féin website.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: That document has been mentioned five times today but I have not seen it at all. Does the Senator have it?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Where is it?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: This famous document was mentioned five times but I have not seen it at all.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: That is political point-scoring and has nothing to do with the section at all.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.