Results 481-500 of 26,394 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: My amendment is designed to reduce the risk posed by the current arrangements. We believe these HSE terms and conditions are operated in such a way as to prevent midwives exercising their clinical judgment and what we see as their duty of care to mothers and babies. For example, self-employed midwives who feel ethically bound to continue to assist a home birth mother whose labour does not...
- Seanad: Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I refer to the risks-----
- Seanad: Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I will press the amendment.
- Seanad: Nurses and Midwives Bill (2011): Report and Final Stages (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for accepting this amendment and Senator Leyden for alerting the House to the issue. They have both done the Seanad a service by ensuring it is relevant and important in scrutinising legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: The amendment is about the application form to get on the register. The Minister indicated, when pressed, that he would seek clarification of the types of information the EPA will seek, and offered some examples. Why then did he subsequently opt for a catch-all provision? Why not define the information in order to make clear the intention of this provision? There is a concern that a...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I am not referring to the Minister. The amendment seeks to remove the word "prescribe". My point is that the Minister should define exactly what information the EPA can and should seek rather than going for a catch-all provision.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Hypothetical.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: That is a very weak argument if I ever heard one.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: It is possible to comply without imposing a cost.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: You did.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Not yet.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: The Leader should wait to hear the rest of the definition.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: As a proud Waterford man, I would like to correct what the Leader said earlier.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I have no difficulty-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: I never knew there was something wrong with people from County Waterford living outside the county.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: There are many Waterford people living outside Waterford. I never knew there was something wrong with that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: No, I am not. I am registered in Waterford.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: Senator Cummins should get his facts right.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
David Cullinane: As a Waterford man, I have no difficulty-----