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Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: Senator Landy is right. What is happening here is a disgrace. Senator MacSharry should hang his head in shame. He is a disgrace to the Chamber-----

Seanad: Irish Water: Statements (5 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: -----and a disgrace to his party.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Technological Universities (5 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House to take this Adjournment matter and thank her for taking it because I am sure she knows it is a very important issue for the people of Waterford and the entire south east. I am an enthusiastic supporter of a multi-campus technological university for the south east. I want to say that at the outset. I have always fully supported the process. I fully...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Technological Universities (5 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I have a number of brief supplementary questions. Why is there a need for a new consultation process? We have had consultation after consultation on this issue for decades. We have an institute of technology in Waterford which is operating almost as a university and that has been recognised. The reason for a new consultation process is because the process has developed into a mess. It is...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: On four occasions since we returned from the summer recess, I have asked for a debate on water services. The Leader was kind enough to arrange the debate yesterday and the Minister came to the House to take what was to have been a two and a half hour debate. Many of us had developed a series of questions and put time and effort into preparing for yesterday's important debate. Those of us...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: -----and prevented us having the debate we should have had.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I do not intend to draw upon the Seanad a response from the Senator in question so I will leave it at that. We need to reconvene the debate. I accept the Minister came to the House, spent time with us and made an open statement, but we did not have an opportunity to question him. It is not the fault of the Leader and it is not my fault, but we need to have another debate. Everybody accepts...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (6 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I support the thrust of the Bill. As previous Senators have said, there are a number of technical concerns that we have and that various organisations have raised with us. I will raise them again and will try to correct some of them on Committee Stage. This is largely a technical Bill, but it contains some important elements that need to be examined as they will have a significant effect...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: Last week there were a number of calls in the House for a debate on technological universities, not only in the south east but across the State. I support this fundamental change to the provision of university education in the State and on the island. The merger of institutions and applications in that regard, some of which are on shaky ground, highlights the need for a general debate on...

Seanad: Suicide and Mental Health: Statements (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, I thought it was to move from a Government speaker to an Opposition speaker. The Acting Chairman allowed an Independent Senator, not part of any independent grouping, to speak ahead of me.

Seanad: Suicide and Mental Health: Statements (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: The list is wrong.

Seanad: Suicide and Mental Health: Statements (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I justed want to make sure the Acting Chairman was following due process.

Seanad: Suicide and Mental Health: Statements (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State on the fifth occasion in the lifetime of this Seanad that we have discussed the issues of mental health and suicide. The two, while linked, are separate in many ways and should be dealt with separately, as Senator Mary Moran suggested. Both are complex because, in the case of suicide, many families have been left without answers where there was no previous...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, I remind the Chair that there is an agreed rotation of speakers from Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and then others. I am not sure why we have by-passed that today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: It is all right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (11 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I do not believe that either aspiring to a minimum wage or cutting it will reduce the level of unemployment in the State. It is naive to think that will happen. In fact, it is the reverse. I commend the Minister of State for the opportunity that has been afforded to us to engage in pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill. This is important because of a series of constitutional challenges in...