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Seanad: Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I must put to the Minister again the question of the 850 staff. I accept that when there is a transfer of assets to NAMA some staff may be re-employed by NAMA but in normal circumstances where a company takes over the workforce of an existing company, even in a liquidation situation, the transfer of undertakings applies for 12 months and their terms and conditions of employment are...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: The facts are very clear and are on the table for the people of this State. As many people went to bed last night they were worried about the emergency legislation being rushed through the Dáil and this House and its impact on them and their families. Yesterday was a day of high drama. It was also a day of chaos and farce because public representatives learned from Twitter and social...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Yesterday all stages of legislation was rushed through the House in two hours and without an amendment being tabled by a Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: It was done so that ¤31 billion of toxic banking debt would become sovereign debt and it is now to become the debt of the people of this country. When Senator Hayden says that we cannot say that the debt will be a burden on our children. What happened here last night was akin to somebody taking out a mortgage to pay their credit card. That is what happened.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: We are asking not just this generation but the next generation of young people here to pay back that debt.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: What we needed, and what we should have got, is what the Tánaiste said we had when he returned last June, namely a complete separation of banking debt from sovereign debt. Anything short of that is absolute fudge.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: It should not and cannot be accepted or celebrated by the people of the State.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: That is a weak argument and the Senator is on shaky ground.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: It is not our debt. The debt does not come from the people of this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Does it all make perfect sense?

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: We make perfect sense.

Seanad: Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (7 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I welcome the opportunity to discuss the role of research in contributing to knowledge in the economy. Even though it has a number of concerns, my party will not oppose the Bill. The Minister of State will see the concerns as genuine and may be able to address them in his response. I recognise that the Government has safeguarded, to an...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I remind the Deputy Leader that this year is the centenary of the 1913 Lock-out. A number of weeks ago I asked the Leader whether the Oireachtas would consider marking the centenary in its own way. I put forward a proposal that this House could invite a senior trade union leader from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions to address it on the subject of workers' rights and employment rights....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I have one caveat. I seek a briefing on the findings of the EU committee on social rights which found, or judged, that Ireland was in breach of the European Social Charter and of European employment law. That committee is an independent legal body tasked with judging whether the State is in compliance with the charter and existing EU employment law. If it has found us to be in breach it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: One could argue that it is not separate if it deals with the issuing of EU-wide guidelines on employment rights. We will not be pedantic about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Notwithstanding any concerns I have on the Government's action plan for jobs and the Minister's plan for putting people first, I welcome the establishment of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, CEDRA. I hope it will be able to examine failures in the system and also to consider how we can tweak the action plan for jobs and build on some of its successes as well. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I accept that. The final point I wish to make in order to reinforce what I said is that last year we had 341 IDA-sponsored visits across the State. A total of 212 of those were to Dublin and Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Areas such as Wexford, Kilkenny and places in the south east did not get the level of support they required. It is important that we re-evaluate what is being done. I accept the work of CEDRA will be important for rural development but we must acknowledge the regional disparities that exist. More must be done to ensure that where we have high levels of unemployment above the national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: It might surprise the Minister to learn that the committee gave me the opportunity to be a special rapporteur to develop a jobs action plan for the south east. I am most interested in the south east.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: There is a big difference between that and bumping up capital projects for one’s own benefit.