Results 601-620 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Will the Deputy give me a break? He has some neck.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: If we were waiting for Deputy Morgan's crowd, we would be up to our necks in waste.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I have no ideological position on that issue.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Better to solve the problem than just talk about it.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "affirms its confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and commends the actions taken by the Minister to: — improve, and promote confidence in, the electoral process; — support sustainable development including the protection of the high quality of our...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: The motion gives Members an opportunity to examine the complete range of policies for which I have responsibility. I assure Deputies that I sincerely welcome the opportunity to debate the issues at length and in detail. I agree with the Green Party that at the core of this debate is a significant difference in policy and approach. It is the difference between taking action which makes a...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: ——to take the fight against Sellafield to the next level; and to do this in spite of the cynical, opportunistic and fundamentally flawed stance of the Green Party and its allies. The contrast with the Green Party could not be more stark. As it has demonstrated yet again tonight, the Green Party does not believe it has any responsibility to set out credible policy options. It does not...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: It takes much effort to achieve that standing. As they wave their sunflowers in the air and congratulate themselves for being the guardians of all things worthy, they continue to refuse to make any constructive contribution to debate. Sanctimony, double standards and conspiracy theories form the core of their approach.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Deputies can imagine the scale of the outcry we would hear from the Greens if I was found to have the investment policies of Deputy Cuffe.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Yes, and I am proud of it. It shows that democracy works.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: What if the deputy leader of my party had copied the deputy leader of the Green Party in calling for a major economic recession in order to stop road developments?

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: That is excellent policy in the style of the Greens. What would happen if a member of my party managed to come up with any of the wild-eyed conspiracies which are so much a part of Patricia McKenna's approach to politics? What if a member of any other party showed Deputy Gormley's liking for promoting any new slur——

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: ——such as he did against the Tánaiste during the election?

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Deputy Boyle and his colleagues will not faze me. I agree with the Greens that they do not operate to the standards of everyone else. They are more cynical and opportunistic than most.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: This should be no surprise to anyone, as they sit comfortably in a group which contains people who have taken approaches which directly undermine our environment. They sit beside Deputy Joe Higgins, who decided to go to jail in order to try to destroy a measure to deal with our waste crisis.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: The House will surely not forget that Deputy Higgins announced on national radio that he waited until he was sitting snugly in his cell before taking the time to read anything about waste policy.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Unlike Deputy Boyle, I have policies which I will explain to the House. I am sorry that Deputy Morgan has left the House. The Greens also sit with the Sinn Féin Party, which has a one-size-fits-all approach to issues — whatever it is, it is against it. I congratulate its Deputies for sharing with us their opposition to illegal dumping — except, of course, when it involves semtex and...

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: They adopt the Leona Helmsley approach to politics — detailed policy is for the little people.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I know that.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: They live in a world without choices — a world in which there is a magic wand that can solve every problem, which is hidden because of a deep conspiracy. I reject this approach to politics, just as I have no problem in rejecting this motion and saying to the House that I am proud of my record as a member of Cabinet. Waste management has been my highest priority since coming into office. I...