Results 721-740 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: Yes.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: An incredible amount of testing has been done.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: An incredible amount of testing has been done. My only regretââ
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: I am trying to make a point. If the Deputy does not want me to make it, that is fair enough, but I want to make the point.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: Perhaps the Deputy does not want me to respond. I wanted to answer a specific point he raised.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: The media can see quite clearly where the Opposition is going with this debate. However, I will do my best.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: I am sorry. I thought Deputy Allen had called for a quorum, which was why I sat down.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: I thought that was what the Deputy said.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: I was not. I thought Deputy Allen had called for a quorum and am pretty sure my hearing is not deceiving me.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: The Deputy is quite correct. It is an interesting point which needs to be teased out with the commission. On the point the commission raised about the error which it said occurred in the machine, the only one of which I was aware was the one about which the Department informed the commission which was an infinitesimal difference on a decimal point. The commission was informed that had been...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: I have tried to listen carefully to what every Member of the Opposition has said. Is the Opposition saying now that it wishes to stand down the commission? Do I understand this correctly?
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: Yes.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: I will wait a minute. I ask the question on the basis of my understanding from what all the Deputies have said that the Opposition wants the commission to be stood down. According to Opposition Members, the commission has done its work and a different type of body should be established. If I am right in saying that, I need it to be confirmed.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: If the Opposition is not saying what I have outlined, it answers the question.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: Deputy Gilmore implies he is not saying that. That is fair enough. As the Opposition knows, we must pursue this legislation as we guaranteed the commission that we would place it on a statutory footing. This Bill provides the framework to accomplish that. While it sets out a framework for the use of electronic voting in all circumstances, the Bill does not specify the type of system to be...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: This is the count software.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: That is not an issue.
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: On the Deputy's final question, less than half the amount remains with â¬1 million of the total budget being set aside for use in encouraging people to vote. The Government will proceed with that aspect. I welcome Deputy Allen's support in that regard. We should try, if nothing else, to get people out to vote. Many of the issues contained in the report need to be carefully studied. I do not...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: That said, it is possible; anything is possible. However, we need balance in this debate. The issues raised must be carefully studied and responded to if we are to understand them. My Department is unclear about what exactly is meant by a number of the issues in the commission's report. Obviously we are anxious to understand and correct the issues. Deputies have raised broader issues, many of...
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2004: Report Stage. (4 May 2004)
Martin Cullen: The money invested in the system is capital money. The system has a 20 year life span. I have no doubt, as I am sure everyone believes, that we will meet the requirements and concerns raised. We will work with all concerned on the recommendations to ensure the system can and will be used in the future.