Results 1,041-1,060 of 26,396 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: Senator Healy Eames said this was a "good day" for Ireland.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: Senator Gilroy said it was a "great day" for Ireland
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: Regardless of the deal that is concluded, it is neither "good" nor "great" that Irish taxpayers and the citizens of this State will be lumped with having to repay private banking debt.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: A write-down of that debt is necessary.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: We need to remind ourselves of what the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note was. The European Central Bank gave money to Anglo Irish Bank to write down private banking debt.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: That is not what the Government parties were saying when they were in opposition.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: I will finish by saying I welcome the negotiations.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: I am concerned that there will be no write-down of the debt. My worry is that we are kicking the can down the road. This proposal has the potential to cost us more. If we pursue it, we might end up paying more in interest in the longer run.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: We do not believe we should pay it at all. Why should the taxpayer have to repay private banking debt?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: How is it never-never Land to say the taxpayers of this country should not have to pay private debt?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: Should I pay the private debts of individuals in this House? Should we start paying the private debts of mortgage holders who are in distress?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: No, we should not. Why, therefore, should we pay private banking debt? It is not a "good day" or a "great day" for Ireland. It is a sad day if we are to be forced to pay this money back. It is a sad day for Ireland.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: We are doing our bit. These are not our debts. They are not my debts or my child's debts.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: That is not true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: That is not true.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: It is unfair to take somebody else's word.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: I have never called on people not to pay the household charge.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)
David Cullinane: It is a cheap shot from the Leader.