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Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank all the Deputies who made contributions, including the Ministers and Teachta Niall Collins, whose views I strongly disagree with. I will get to some of that in a moment. I thank the Deputies of Independents 4 Change, the Labour Party speaker and other Independents who spoke in favour of the Bill. I also thank my colleagues in Sinn Féin who made contributions and will be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I welcome our witnesses. Ms Patricia King referred to the dreaded fiscal space. These are the parameters with which we are all working, however. Even those of us who submit alternative budgets have to work with the figures presented to us, even if we have differences of opinion as to how the rules should be applied. The difficulty we face next year is that there will be a €500...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Have targets been set or is it just a commitment to increase the contributions?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: It was not so much the Lansdowne Road agreement. I am more concerned about-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes, there is no provision for 2019, 2020 and 2021. The Minister tells us that the remaining cost of unwinding FEMPI is approximately €1.4 billion. I am seeking clarity on the position of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions post the Lansdowne Road agreement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Ms King has said that FEMPI should be unwound. I reckon a distinction needs to be made between taking the law from the Statue Book and unwinding FEMPI in terms of giving everything back to those from whom everything was taken. That would include higher earners. Ms King made the point, rightly, that those on salaries below €30,000, or perhaps a little higher, will not benefit in any...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Thank you for letting me in, Chairman. I have to leave.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Waterford assigned to the drug squad for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, by rank, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 330. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the number of acute beds in the department of psychiatry at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9315/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I assume the proposal the HSE has made is in the context of the cost comparisons between public and private facilities. I have no difficulty with it. I think it is a good idea for us to visit any one of the public ones but if that is the case should we also, on the basis of balance, visit a private facility?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I am sorry. I was not paying attention.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: That is okay. Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes. Just note it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I wish to comment on the Comptroller and Auditor General's opinion of the audits that have been done. There was a report that the Comptroller and Auditor General was working on where the issues were being compartmentalised. Was that submitted to the Chairman?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Are we going to set some time aside to discuss that and see what areas we want to prioritise?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Perfect.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I welcome the fact that some of the institutes of technology are in there. I have raised the point before that several of them are running significant deficits, which they are not allowed to do. We need to examine why that is the case.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Doyle and his team. Mr. Doyle and I were in the same class in secondary school for a number of years.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: What went wrong?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 31 - Transport, Tourism and Sport (23 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Something went wrong. I wish to start with the public service provision payments. Currently there is a lot of focus on what is happening in Bus Éireann and a lot of concern around the industrial relations issues, which I know Mr. Doyle cannot and will not comment on here today. However, I wish to establish the Department's role in terms of Bus Éireann. I also want to deal with...