Results 401-420 of 26,396 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: The Senator is missing the point. The Minister should debate them with us.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: By the taxpayer, actually.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: It is not over yet.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Force them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: It is interesting that, any time the Government representatives are confronted with facts, they are just unable to accept them. Before the election, they lied consistently on a number of issues. I can give a number of examples. They lied in respect of bondholders and stated aggressive burden sharing would be imposed. The Government, and Fine Gael in its manifesto, made it very clear...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I ask the Senator to give me an example of where I have lied and to put it on the record.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I am giving the Senator examples. She is becoming very good at interrupting.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: The Senator should make some positive contributions of her own rather than heckling people on this side of the House.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: She seems to be very good at it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I wish to move an amendment to the Order of Business. I suggested yesterday that we have a full discussion in the House on the upcoming budget. All parties are making pre-budget submissions. We can offer alternatives to the Government and we have done in our pre-budget submission. We point out where money can be raised and saved such that we will not have to raise third level fees for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I propose that the Minister for Finance be invited to the House, before rather than after the budget, to have a full and proper discussion with all Senators on all the pre-budgetary alternatives and the proposals they seek to make. Coming in after the budget is not good enough; we need a debate before it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: The Senator might support my amendment in that case.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: The question was not answered yesterday. It would be helpful if we got an answer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Is it not part of the Deputy's country as well?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: It was the Fine Gael economist, Mr. Jim Power.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: It is interesting to hear Government representatives, when challenged by either of the Opposition parties, talk about opposition for the sake of opposition. We had a similar discussion this morning, but I do not want to have to read again the litany of promises made by the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party before the election which have been broken. Consistently, promises and commitments...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Some Ministers are now resigning because they cannot stomach the u-turns. I can and will give plenty of examples of what is being done in the North on this issue. If only the Government would take from the progressive proposals that are being implemented in the North, this part of the island would be a much better place for people to live in.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: We called for a debate on what is happening in the Assembly in the North. Senators should not just snipe at what is happening up there because the Labour Party and Fine Gael showed little or no interest in the citizens of the North for many years.