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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: We have no difficulty whatsoever. We are as clear as the water that I hope will come from all of the septic tanks across the country. We have been absolutely crystal clear on this issue right from the start. We have been crystal clear on this issue right from the start. Rewind to the start of the debate and listen to our comments. It is great that the Minister is finally getting closer...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: If the Minister publishes the standards and tells us what the grant support will be, he might even end up on our side of the argument. We would welcome that.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Not on every issue.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister back to the House. He mentioned good hurling earlier. I believe he has a chance to score a goal and not, as previous Ministers have done, take the point or, worse, put the sliotar wide.

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I ask the Minister to be radical and bold in terms of genuine reform. I welcome much of the Minister's speech but, as previous speakers have said, we have been talking about local government reform for up to 30 years, and there have been many fine speeches. There was, for example, a White Paper on directly elected mayors from the previous Government. Where will that fit in with the...

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to respond to this important issue for people in Waterford and the south east, namely, the impact of health funding cuts on acute hospital services in Waterford and for patients throughout the south east. As I understand it, there is to be a cut of approximately €6.5 million this year in the budget of Waterford Regional Hospital, which is to be...

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I am sure the Minister of State's speech was written by a civil servant. The information it contains was obviously obtained by the HSE. On each occasion we ask questions about what is going to happen at Waterford Regional Hospital, all we get from the HSE is spin. We are informed about new appointments which might happen at some point in the future. However, we are not being given details...

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: They are different states. I do not stand over the cuts in the North. As the Minister of State said-----

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: -----the cuts are because of the cuts in the block grant from the British Government as the Minister of State well knows.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear. It was disgraceful.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: We did not take it.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I join Senator O'Keeffe and a number of previous speakers who have called for a debate on ethical journalism. The Leader has said he has scheduled time to discuss this important issue. Such a debate is timely, in the wake of the article in the Irish Independent yesterday which has been raised by a number of other Senators. This article was deliberate. Its intention was to stoke up...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: I will make the point. I will not refer to him again. There is a reason he is absent from the House today.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: There is a reason for his absence.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: What was a cheap shot was for somebody to come into this House yesterday and say that a Polish national should be expelled from this country, should be asked to leave this country. That was a cheap shot and that is the point. I do not believe this view reflects the Labour Party's views.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Yes, I have. I want to ask the Leader whether he supports me and whether he supports a call from Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin of the Labour Party when he called for a proper debate on integration in this country and a celebration of multiculturalism. That is what the Labour Party stands for and not what was said in this House yesterday by one member of that party. It is important that we,...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Does the Leader agree that we should have a debate in this House on immigration and multiculturalism and a celebration of same?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: Will I have six minutes today?

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Second Stage (2 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: The debate will adjourn at 1.45 p.m.