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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation (9 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I tabled this motion last week and, unfortunately, since then we had bad news in Waterford city of 74 job losses at Honeywell. I am sure the Minister of State joins me in offering support to the families of the people who lost their jobs. It is always a difficult time. A sour taste was left in the mouths of the workers due to the way in which...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation (9 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: This detailed report was published by the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following a year-long series of consultations with enterprise agencies, education and training providers, local authorities and community and voluntary groups. Its recommendations are practical, credible, realistic and can be delivered on. I refer also to the report published by Waterford city and...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: I appeal to the Leader to extend the time allotted to discuss the budget today. If he is not in a position to extend the time today then I ask that he agrees to roll over the debate until tomorrow or Thursday. I want the debate extended because it is important that every Senator in the House, from all sides, who wishes to contribute has an opportunity to do so. I do not believe that will...

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: I genuinely believe that many families were expecting something different or to be given a break. The families who have borne the brunt of the past six austerity budgets had hoped that the Government would put more money back in their pockets, thereby giving them a break and enabling them to pay their mortgages and bills and provide for their children. Unfortunately, not only have the vast...

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: I did not interrupt any Senator. Senator Gilroy continues to act like a Jack in the box when other Senators are speaking. He is not prepared to listen. He should sit and listen to the truth.

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: The Senator should listen to what was in the budget.

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: This is what is contained in the budget. The drugs funding initiative has been cut by 7%.

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: Labour Party Members engaged in the same type of heckling in the Dáil. Are they not prepared to listen to people? Can they not sit and listen and show some respect for speakers? Do they have to continually interrupt? I understand the Labour Party is on the floor and that in terms of this tough budget it has again sold out to Fine Gael. Please listen and do not continue to interrupt...

Seanad: Budget 2014: Statements (15 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: While I do not wish to interrupt the Minister of State, that is not the truth. He is blatantly misinforming the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: When Governments and Ministers frame budgets, the first thing they should do is to put safety nets in place for the most vulnerable in society and for the different groups and sectors which must be protected. The budget introduced yesterday removed the safety net relating to young people under the age of 26 whose dole is to be reduced. The Government is sending a clear signal to these...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (22 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House. I have no objection in principle to the new Grid Link project for the south east and the necessary enhancement of supply and expansion of the electricity grid in the region. As the Minister knows, the project will involve identifying a number of feasible 1 km wide route corridor options for a new 400 kV overhead power line linking Leinster and Munster....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (22 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: There have been many public meetings in counties Waterford and Kilkenny and elsewhere about the proposed route. Does the Minister agree that tourism could be curtailed if the landscape is blighted with these pylons, especially in the Comeragh area in County Waterford? Does he further agree that householders and landowners could experience a reduction in the value of their properties if...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (22 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: This is about communities, not Sinn Féin. The Minister should address their concerns. Will he address the communities?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (22 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: I did not get party political.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (22 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: Are the communities scaremongering then?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Electricity Transmission Network (22 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: We are addressing concerns and we are asking the Minister to address them and consider the alternatives, which he has not mentioned once.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2013)

David Cullinane: I join my colleagues in offering condolences to the family of the late councillor, Gary Wyse, who was a friend of mine. I served on Waterford City Council for a number of years with Gary, sitting beside him for two of them. I was devastated yesterday when I received a telephone call from the city manager in Waterford informing me that Gary had passed away suddenly. He was one of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2013)

David Cullinane: I second the call made by Senator O'Neill for a debate on the Grid Link project that affects the south east, west, midlands and north east with the North-South interconnector. We need a constructive debate. The Adjournment debate on the matter, which was taken by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, was anything but productive. He was very party-political and...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2013)

David Cullinane: Were the Minister and her party in opposition, they would undoubtedly be opposing the Bill. I have no doubt about this because this again is an Fine Gael budget that is being supported by the Labour Party. As the Labour Party spokesperson for finance in 2010 and in response to the budget then introduced by Fianna Fáil, the Minister accused that party of introducing measures that...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

David Cullinane: This is one of the few sections we support and we will oppose the Fianna Fáil amendments for good reason. I welcome that more income is being subjected to PRSI, which will help build up the Social Insurance Fund. The logic is to have enough money to pay the benefits people obviously need and get, as a consequence of paying into the Social Insurance Fund. I believe all income should be...