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Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I am not sure if Teachta Adams is sharing this slot.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: If his name is down, that is all right.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: Absolutely. We must look after him as well.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: It is ironic, I suppose, in some respects that we are moving this Bill on a day when it is so beautiful outside and the sun is shining. That is a result of the lottery system we have.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: Extreme weather events are very rare. Weather events such as Storm Ophelia and the snow we witnessed recently are not everyday occurrences. They are rare and that is their nature. It is why Met Éireann and the Government, to be fair, take all this seriously. It is the reason we have different categories of warning, with the highest being a status red alert. The Bill does three...

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I think someone gave the Deputy the Minister of State's script.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State said a number of times that Fianna Fáil, the main party of Opposition, also supports his concerns about the Bill. Fianna Fáil is keeping his party in government. The Minister of State's contribution was a carbon copy of those of Fianna Fáil Members so there must have been tick-tacking between the two parties in government.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I am sorry if that upsets Fianna Fáil Members but that is the reality.

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State said that employers should assess the risks but, as Teachta Adams said, he ignored the reality that Met Éireann assesses the risks and all the information it works with determines the weather event we are facing and the ability of emergency services to respond. Once staff analyse all the information they have, which is difficult work, they then adjudicate on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I wish to raise a more fundamental point in regard to this correspondence. It is fair to say that when Accounting Officers come in and we put very detailed and specific questions to them, they will not always have the necessary information at their fingertips, so it is reasonable that follow-on information is sometimes needed. Most are very helpful in that regard and we get the information...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I just wanted to make one point on this because this could happen again. If an Accounting Officer feels that he or she was treated unfairly, we could have correspondence arriving again. This is unusual and is the first such letter I have seen. I am not sure if during the lifetime of the previous Public Accounts Committee similar letters were sent. First, I do not have a difficulty with...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I think in that instance, the Chairman did stop a number of questions that were being put. That is the only way we can control issues like that. In fairness, on the day I think that was done. I am not going to get into the rights or wrongs of what happened. People can make up their own minds on that but I do not think we can just cheaply dismiss his letter. It probably took a lot for him...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: Could I say something, having re-read the final paragraph of the letter again? I do not think, to be fair to Mr. Ó Foghlú, that he was suggesting that he would not come in again. He was making the point that he does not want to be placed in a difficult position again. I just wanted to clarify that, to be fair.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: It has been fascinating for me and, I imagine, for the committee to shine a spotlight on this whole area of intellectual property in institutes of technology and universities. I think the Chair is right about the Technological Higher Education Association, THEA, because we had a global report from the HEA that looked at governance of intellectual property. I have to go back over the report...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: No. I have serious problems with this and want it carried over.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I have a question for the Comptroller and Auditor General. This document is the response to further information requested on 22 March. It is from TII. On page 4, there is an analysis of one PPP project and, basically, it sets out that traditional procurement with tolling would cost the State €227.780 million, whereas the preferred tender option would cost €10 million. With...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: Has the Comptroller and Auditor General read the document?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: I will be very brief. Does the Comptroller and Auditor General agree that it is fair to say that at this point we do not have a fully consolidated balance sheet of all State funding in and out?

Public Accounts Committee: 2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 5 - Fiscal Transparency (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: If I were to pick something from that chapter, that to me is the key issue. What is Mr. Moran's view on it and how and when is it going to change? I am sorry I missed some of the earlier questions. I had to do a media interview. The question might have been answered.