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- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospitals Policy (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: I was not.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospitals Policy (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: I am interested in the provision of cardiology services on a 24 hour, seven days a week basis.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospitals Policy (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: I am talking about 24 hours a day, seven days a week cardiology services.
- Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospitals Policy (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: We have had several discussions on the Adjournment in the House and on a number of occasions when the Minister appeared before us to discuss the Higgins report and its implications for the Waterford Regional Hospital and the Waterford region. I was against the grouping for the south and the break-up of the south-east region. Having said that, once the Government made its decision we need to...
- Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: I commend Senator Crown for bringing this Bill before us and using Private Members' time to raise again the issue of smoking and the tobacco industry generally. He has been a pioneer in this area since his election to Seanad Éireann. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Reilly, to the House. On the Order of Business in recent months, much has been said - not all of it good - about his...
- Seanad: Protection of the Public Interest from Tobacco Lobbying Bill 2013: Second Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 46: In page 15, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“(5) Irish Water will be subject to the Freedom of Information Acts.”.This is one of the amendments that we withdrew on Committee Stage and said that we would submit again on Report Stage in the hope that the Minister of State might be able to support it. If I remember correctly, the Minister...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: Unless there is new legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 45: In page 14, to delete lines 26 to 34.This is one of those peculiar amendments Sinn Féin has drafted to enable Members to restate their opposition to the establishment of Irish Water. In essence, the amendment seeks to eliminate completely from the Bill the memorandum and articles of association of Irish Water. The more one hears from the Minister of State and...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: Yes.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: To be fair to the Minister of State, he has on every occasion dismissed the €750 figure. The problem is, however, that we do not know what the figure will be. That is the argument on which we have gone round in circles for the last 17 hours. Unfortunately, I do not think any of us can give a figure.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: The Senator will be happy to know that there are no water charges in the North. The question was asked as to how we can practically introduce an inability to pay clause. How would it work? If somebody rents a house from a local authority, we have systems in place whereby we can calculate the rent based on income. It is not difficult to do but it depends on whether or not the political...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: That is the impression that was given. I would hate the House to be misled by accident. If it is the case that the water charges plan, which will determine the charge, will not form part of legislation to come before us, then we will not have an opportunity to vote on the criteria for charges in the water charges plan itself. It is a simple question. I have gone though the relevant...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: So there will not be further legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: With respect, that is not what was said earlier.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: Legislation is different to a debate.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: It is not. We are giving the power to the commission.
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 42: In page 13, line 27, after "customer," to insert the following:"and will provide exemptions for customers who can demonstrate an inability to pay based on criteria set down by the Minister".This amendment is a bit watery, pardon the pun. We only tabled it in this manner because it was the only way we could table a Report Stage amendment that sought to include some...
- Seanad: Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Dec 2013)
David Cullinane: It is not agreed.