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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: The Government can do things to support those companies in the budget. However, very profitable companies can and should be paying better wages. We know who they are. Many of them are making very big profits in this country and they should be paying a living wage and, where they can, they should be supported and encouraged to do so. For me, it reinforces the need for the Low Pay...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I join with the leaders of the other groups in wishing everybody a happy summer. I hope they get some rest, too. People will be campaigning as we are six or seven months from an election so it will be a busy time for those who are candidates, as well as for those who are not. I wish to raise the issue of support for people with disabilities. The Disability Federation of Ireland has...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I did. It was a wasteful exercise as this is the place to have such debates. I ask that they be held after we come back.

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the publication of this important and long-awaited Bill and the opportunity to address it. The topic of the mandatory reporting of knowledge or suspicions of the harm or abuse of children has been an issue in Ireland since the early 1990s. It was first recommended by the Law Reform Commission in 1990 and later by the Kilkenny incest inquiry in 1993, slightly more than 20 years...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 31, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(d) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): “(3A) That the applicant has a contract with a licensed operator for the delivery and safe disposal of collected waste.”.”. We had lengthy debates on all of these issues on Committee Stage so...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I cannot accept the Minister's response again. I have to press this amendment because her response would be akin to taxi drivers not being properly regulated or operating without a taxi licence. Saying that this could have an impact on competition could encourage a race to the bottom. We know that for those responsible people who have licences and operate within the law there are huge...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 37, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(d) the local authority is not satisfied that the waste collected is being legally, properly and safely disposed of.”.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, we did receive notification, but for whatever reason the information was circulated late.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I support the amendment. I will not make a big deal out of the amendments that were ruled out of order. That has been done. There is something outrageous about the Government looking to make landlords tax collectors. That is essentially what it is doing with the Bill. It should not be the responsibility of landlords to have to collect charges or taxes. It is outrageous that the...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I second the amendment. I will also speak on the amendments tabled by Sinn Féin. The previous Senator spoke about the madness of this section. It is entitled "Water conservation grant - database" and is a couple of pages long. It is tagged onto the end of a Bill. I asked the Clerk of the Seanad for a copy of the explanatory note on the Bill and found it to be the original...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: How will the payment help to conserve one drop of water? We would love to know.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: Has he seen the latest polls showing the Labour Party at 6%?

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: We pay taxes for services.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: Is that a blue shirt he is wearing?

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 55, to delete lines 13 to 26.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

David Cullinane: I am very pleased that Sinn Féin was the subject of criticism from some Members of the House. It shows again that we must be doing something right. We will hear a lot of such nonsense from some Senators in the next few weeks and months. I say to Senator Marie-Louise O’Donnell that in a couple of weeks or months the people will have an opportunity to pass judgment on Sinn...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)

David Cullinane: I have no difficulty with that whatsoever. I support Senator Aideen Hayden’s comments. I could be partisan, but I will not be.She has done great work on housing and has raised many important issues in that regard in this House over recent years. However, we are experiencing what has been described by many organisations as a national emergency. All of us, both in government and...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

David Cullinane: Give the information to the PSNI.

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

David Cullinane: We have been looking to debate this issue and it is peculiar for the Minister to take an important debate and not be here to listen to all the Senators when he hears very partisan speeches coming from the Government side, which is made up of people living in the past. It is unfortunate.