Results 741-760 of 26,396 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Local Government (Household Charge) Bill 2011 - Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: I will drop a copy of our pre-budget submission into the Senator's pigeon hole.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: There is an unemployment crisis. The latest figures from the Central Statistics Office compound matters. Unemployment has increased from 14.2% to 14.4%, while the number of people working has decreased by 46,000, or some 2.5%, since this time last year. The long-term unemployment rate has risen from 6.5% to 8.4%, which means that, of everyone unemployed, more than 50% have been out of work...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: I am entitled to raise whatever issue I wish on the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: My question relates to the Government's response to the unemployment crisis, that is, its decision to cut the funding available to community employment schemes. The grant to each individual is being cut from â¬1,500 to â¬500. Under the schemes, lone parents and those in receipt of disability payments receive partial payments, but these will also be cut. Many single parents engaged in...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: I do not think the people will give it the welcome the Senator gave it.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: It must have the Minister worried that she singles out a political party in her speech.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: The Minister knows the Assembly in the North does not set the child benefit rates.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: She should not mention a political party in isolation, and do so incorrectly.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: The Minister should take u[ that up with David Cameron. Her party abandoned the North.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Is this Bill about the people in this State or about the North?
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Gone.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Does the Senator know who sets the rate?
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: I am asking Senator Moloney who sets the rate.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Senator Moloney cannot answer the question. Who sets the rate?
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: We are not in government in Westminster.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: We do not take our seats there.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: "Lifestyle choice."
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House. I acknowledge that the Government inherited a mess, difficult decisions needed to be made, budgets needed to be balanced and choices were available. The Minister must accept that her party in opposition opposed four austerity budgets, and rightly so. The Labour Party opposed the budgets because of cuts to child benefit, cuts to the Christmas payment to...
- Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Dec 2011)
David Cullinane: It was a small adjustment compared with what was promised. The party also opposed previous budgets' cuts to social welfare payments. The Minister referred to a number of items and interesting words, including "pride". She mentioned that this was a momentous achievement for her and, possibly, the Labour Party. However, I do not know of many families who will see what has happened in recent...