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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 want to ensure we have proper, balanced regional development.

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: Is the Minister present to talk about jobs or about his own constituency?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Yesterday was a bitter-sweet day for job creation in the State, including Waterford, my home city and that of the Leader. It was a good day in that Genzyme announced a welcome and significant capital investment in its Waterford plant, cementing hundreds of jobs in the city and south east. However, it was a bad day in that a large number of job losses were announced in B&Q stores across...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, and I welcome the Minister back to the House to debate this important issue. I will be supporting the Bill because it is important that we continue to improve areas of child protection. Although the Bill is largely technical, it does tidy up some areas of child care policy, which I support. The Bill which amends the 1991 Child Care Act seeks to allow for...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: A wealth tax would help.

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: The Minister is embracing it now.

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I also welcome the Minister to the House. It is important that he came here for this debate. We are all rightly concerned about the future of the national lottery. The motion that has been tabled, and I fully support its thrust and logic, gives us an important chance to debate the future of the national lottery. It strikes me that there is nothing the Government will not privatise, there...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Time will tell. Trees are to be privatised. Now the national lottery is to be privatised. It comes as no surprise to me but it comes as a surprise to many of those who voted for the Labour Party and perhaps that is one of the reasons why the party is now so low in the polls. I strongly support the core principle of the motion is that the national lottery licence must remain fully within...

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: This is unacceptable.

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: The Minister has been shaking his head a great deal but it is sometimes wiser to listen. He has had an opportunity to speak and will have a further opportunity to respond.

Seanad: National Lottery: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: When introducing the 1986 legislation, the Minister of the day spoke of the need for public trust and confidence in the operation of a State lottery. In that respect, we have been served well by An Post. The Minister referred to EU competition law. In extending the term of the current contract by 18 months, did he breach EU competition law and, if not, why can the contract not be extended...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Further Education and Training Programmes (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State back to the house. He is taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. He will be aware of the cuts announced in the last budget in regard to teaching posts for colleges of further education. For the information of the Minister of State and to do justice to the people who sent me correspondence, I want to read into the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Further Education and Training Programmes (13 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and acknowledge the fact that he has conceded that four teaching posts will be lost. The figure is actually 4.6. That will have a significant impact on the ability of the college to provide its courses. The Minister of State spoke about savings of ¤12 million in a full year and ¤4 million in 2013, which is not a huge amount of money in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Not a chance.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: On eight separate occasions in this House I have called for a debate on poverty. As Senator Zappone says, we should have a constructive debate on the causes of poverty in the State. I made those calls as someone who sees when doing constituency work the increasing numbers of people living in poverty. There have been two reports, a study and an analysis of the CSO figures from last year,...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Those people live in poverty in this State, and I know Senators on the Government side might find that uncomfortable. I will not be changing my tune because it remains exactly the same.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I am sure people who are living in poverty and suffering will find some of the comments by Senators on the other side highly offensive given that they will have to repay debts which are not theirs.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: What Senator Cummins and his colleagues in the Labour Party simply cannot comprehend is that not one single cent of the ¤32 billion belongs to the people of the State. It was not spent nor borrowed by them.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I am making the point that I will not be lectured by Senators on the other side. I will not change my tune and I will continue to stand up for those who are living in poverty and will continue to live in poverty unless we make different policy decisions.