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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: With respect, legislation is not about what is in the Minister's head.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Legislation is what is defined and what we vote on. The wording is important, not what is in the Minister's head, with respect.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Because it makes it absolutely clear.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I know the Minister is making it clear-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: -----but I would prefer it to be clear in black and white.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I do understand.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: The simple way to do it is to accept the amendment.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Take the easy option.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I support the call by Senator Landy that the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, come in to discuss medical card renewal. We should be non-partisan on this because all of us made constructive proposals when the Minister for Health was here. The issue of medical card renewal is important. Senator Landy gave examples with which he dealt and we all could give examples of those who have waited...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Address by Dr. Mary Robinson (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: On behalf of the Sinn Féin Party I warmly welcome Dr. Robinson to the House. We learn something new every day and today I have learned that I am the same age as Senator O'Brien.

Seanad: Address by Dr. Mary Robinson (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I was completing my intermediate certificate when Dr. Robinson stood in the presidential campaign in 1990. My family was also divided. It was always divided between the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil but rather than doing what Senator O'Brien did and take sides, I took the best of both parties and joined the republican labour party of Sinn Féin. Earlier, Dr. Robinson mentioned her activism...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I refer to amendment No. 22 and the prosecutions. I accept that inspectors must have powers. We must ensure that the public good is protected. I have no difficulty with that at all. The public good is paramount in these circumstances. Will the Minister clarify whether the Bill has been proofed legally? We are talking about prosecutions and somebody may be prosecuted. There are private...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: That is an outrageous comment.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: When it happens in the Senator's area, he will know all about it.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Senator Gilroy should read the first prosecution and then tell us if it is meaningless.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: It is very serious. It should be scrutinised.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: To expand on the good point Senator Ó Clochartaigh made about who exactly is liable, the Minister stated it is the individual. As Senator Ó Clochartaigh stated, somebody could in good faith have paid a contractor to install a septic tank system, that system may be faulty, an inspection is carried out and then, at the end of the process, there could well be a prosecution. It goes back to...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Why then are we complicating it even more?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: We are complicating it. We are opening up all sorts of legal cases which should not happen. The point is why the owner should be responsible.