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Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: This is about the section and the powers being given to the Minister. If a different Government brought forward a Bill such as this which gave the powers to a different Minister and a different Government, included provision to cut the pay of people on €65,000 and €100,000 and involved cuts to people's overtime rates and increments, the Minister would not support it. I do not...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: The Minister talked about consequences for people who are in trade unions who may vote against the Haddington Road agreement. The membership of the CPSU, for example, is mainly composed of clerical workers, many of whom would be in the low to middle income brackets to which I referred earlier and will not be in the over €65,000 bracket. The reason those workers will say "No" to this...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I will let them vote. The leadership-----

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: The leadership of the CPSU is recommending a "No" vote.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: We will see what the outcome of the vote is but a "No" vote has been recommended, to put the point differently, because of the impact the agreement will have on those in the lower and middle income brackets not just in terms of pay cuts, but also the increment freezes, additional working hours and so forth. That is why the CPSU is recommending a "No" vote. I do not want to get into a Punch...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: If the Minister is allowed to make a charge, then I must be allowed to respond to it.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I will finish on this point. He talked about-----

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: The Minister spoke about sending the troika packing. It was not so long ago that it was Frankfurt's way or Labour's way.

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 May 2013)

David Cullinane: What about that for a soundbite?

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: The failure of the Constitutional Convention to discuss the Seanad is not the fault of convention members. We should not call into question the value of the Constitutional Convention on the basis of the remit set down for it by the Oireachtas. We must make clear that the fault lies with the Government. As a previous speaker noted, the Government was afraid to allow the convention discuss...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I supported and commended the Government on the publication of the national carers' strategy. It is very important we take a holistic approach to caring and ensure people have access to training and have proper income and respite supports. There is a package of measures which are necessary to ensure those people who do a tremendous, difficult and demanding job in looking after people in...

Seanad: European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House. Sinn Féin supports the Bill and has consistently supported Croatia's accession to the European Union and EU enlargement generally. As the Minister will be aware, however, my party has difficulties with the political, social and economic direction Europe has taken in the past 20 years and the democratic deficit in the Union. Notwithstanding these...

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I commend the youngest Oireachtas Member, Senator Reilly, for bringing forward this important motion and for her excellent articulation of the issues affecting young people. It was a very strong performance. I read an article in one of the national newspapers today and it mentioned an exchange yesterday in the Seanad, which was unfortunate. The same article referred to the fact that the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I join previous speakers in expressing deep regret at the drowning of Shane, Paul and Kenny Bolger from Passage East in a terrible tragedy off the coast of County Waterford. I extend my condolences to the men's mother, Margaret, two brothers, Michael and Anthony, and two sisters, Linda and Paula. The men belonged to a large family of seven which has been fishing for generations. The death...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I have raised the issue of long outpatient waiting times at Waterford Regional Hospital a number of times in the House. My party health spokesperson, Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, sought from the HSE a full breakdown of the figures on all of the departments and specialties at the hospital in respect of outpatient waiting times to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his response. I share his view that hospital management has responded impressively. He has acknowledged that the figures for opthalmology, orthopaedics and ENT are very high. I welcome the announcement of the new and replacement consultant posts. If the new posts do not allow the hospital to reduce its waiting times and numbers, is the Minister in a position to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: South-East Economic Development Strategy Report: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I will be as brief as I can, to be helpful. I welcome the witnesses and thank them for coming here today. I met some of them already as part of the consultation process and there are some I have not met. Mr. Michael Walsh clearly set out the challenges the south east faces. Any of the research we carried out into examining the south east economically, and the Forfás report was the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Sector: Discussion with Waterford IT and IT Carlow (18 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I thank the witnesses who have travelled from Waterford and Carlow. The common thread that has emerged from the presentations is the need for an integrated strategy from national to local level across a number of different areas. Dr. Donnelly was strong during the consultations in Waterford on the need for an integrated economic development strategy for the south east, which would examine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Agriculture Sector: Discussion (18 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I apologise to the visitors as we probably tried to cram too much into one day and, unfortunately, we are victims of that. As the Vice Chairman said, we have the presentations and they will be factored into our report. I do not know if the visitors heard the session with the Kilkenny county manager. The whole area of agriculture and Food Harvest 2020 was raised. The visitors have...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (19 Jun 2013)

David Cullinane: I would like to speak briefly to this section. I know the amendments were ruled out of order. I will outline, in the context of this section, the broad thrust of the reasons we tabled these amendments. One of the issues relates to what happens when a person who has been dismissed by an employer takes a case to the appropriate employment rights body, under the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to...