Results 3,441-3,460 of 26,396 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
David Cullinane: I will not be withdrawing any remark-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
David Cullinane: Senator O'Brien is the individual who said he was disgusted with a Deputy in the Lower House who quite rightly said on the national airwaves that the way to deal with these issues is not trial by media or trial by politicians such as Senator O'Brien-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
David Cullinane: -----but in a compassionate way and in the appropriate way, which is through the criminal justice system. The point I wanted to raise was actually something I raised yesterday, which is the situation in Waterford and Carlow in respect of the proposed merger of the institutes of technology and the issue of university status. When I asked the question yesterday, the Leader was not aware that...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)
David Cullinane: There is a court case in that regard, in case the Leader missed it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: The Government side ignored the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: Senator Zappone hit the nail on the head when she referred to the myriad reasons people protested on Saturday. It is clear that the vast majority were protesting against water charges, Irish Water and the privatisation or potential privatisation of water services, as people see it. However, they also protested at seven years of austerity and all of the cuts that have been foisted on them....
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister. It will be interesting to see how he will be judged at the end of his term of office. His predecessors have not been judged very kindly because they did not make the correct policy decisions. It has been continually stated that the Department of Health is a poison chalice. That will only prove to be the case if the Minister makes the wrong policy choices. If,...
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: That policy excluded consultants.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: It excludes consultants.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: I have been helpful in not allowing the Minister to fall into that trap.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: The Minister should have another look.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: Attention to detail is not the Minister's strong point.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: That is not our policy.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: I will send the Minister a note on our policy so that he will have a clearer understanding of it.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: The Minister should stop talking about Sinn Féin policy. I asked him about his policies but he is avoiding the questions put to him in that regard.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: I asked the Minister about his vision but he is talking about Sinn Féin.
- Seanad: Health Services: Statements (4 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: It is not about that, Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: We are looking for clarity.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2014)
David Cullinane: You might want to sell it off tomorrow.