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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: That is what I hope will happen. People living in rural Ireland have a fear that while this might be the case now, there is a real danger that at some point the European Union may force the Government to change the standards again. The Minister will then come back, wash his hands of the matter and say it is not his fault but that of the Europeand Union that the standards have to be changed...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Hundreds of people are turning up at the public meetings being organised in small towns and villages up and down the country because they are concerned about the implications of the Bill and do not want people living in rural Ireland to be criminalised.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: The Minister made a statement that two political parties are in favour of contaminating ground water.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: That is absolutely inaccurate. We made our position perfectly clear.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: We support registration and inspection. I am sorry but the Minister made an accusation levelled against two parties which he should withdraw. He was talking about scaremongering but he is scaremongering today.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: We do - registration and inspection.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: We want registration and inspection.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: We were proven right.

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I am sure the Minister of State's speech was written by a civil servant. The information it contains was obviously obtained by the HSE. On each occasion we ask questions about what is going to happen at Waterford Regional Hospital, all we get from the HSE is spin. We are informed about new appointments which might happen at some point in the future. However, we are not being given details...

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: They are different states. I do not stand over the cuts in the North. As the Minister of State said-----

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: -----the cuts are because of the cuts in the block grant from the British Government as the Minister of State well knows.

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to respond to this important issue for people in Waterford and the south east, namely, the impact of health funding cuts on acute hospital services in Waterford and for patients throughout the south east. As I understand it, there is to be a cut of approximately €6.5 million this year in the budget of Waterford Regional Hospital, which is to be...

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister back to the House. He mentioned good hurling earlier. I believe he has a chance to score a goal and not, as previous Ministers have done, take the point or, worse, put the sliotar wide.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I ask the Minister to be radical and bold in terms of genuine reform. I welcome much of the Minister's speech but, as previous speakers have said, we have been talking about local government reform for up to 30 years, and there have been many fine speeches. There was, for example, a White Paper on directly elected mayors from the previous Government. Where will that fit in with the...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for tabling the amendment as it is something which we sought. I support the Minister's change in that ten days notice will be given. We called for that on Second Stage and we tabled a number of amendments on the issue. It is important to acknowledge that the Minister has changed his position and taken on board a number of the practical suggestions made by the...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: We have no difficulty whatsoever. We are as clear as the water that I hope will come from all of the septic tanks across the country. We have been absolutely crystal clear on this issue right from the start. We have been crystal clear on this issue right from the start. Rewind to the start of the debate and listen to our comments. It is great that the Minister is finally getting closer...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: If the Minister publishes the standards and tells us what the grant support will be, he might even end up on our side of the argument. We would welcome that.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Not on every issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2012)

David Cullinane: I call on the Leader to provide time for a debate on balanced regional development. I do so in the context of figures published a number of weeks ago by the IDA and printed in a number of today's national newspapers. These figures, which are a breakdown of the number of IDA companies located in each county, the number of IDA supported jobs in each county and the amount of grant-aid paid to...