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Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: It is a lovely part of the country.

Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “calls on the Government to” and substitute the following:“— commit to the urgent completion of the A5 Dublin-Derry road project; — commit to the Narrow Water Bridge to link the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth with the Mourne District in County Down; — increase funding for a Brexit-ready all-island...

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: The British Government today published its negotiating position in its White Paper, which is to be welcomed. We also welcome the commitment to there being no hard border on the island of Ireland, a commitment to the letter and spirit of the Good Friday Agreement and a commitment to a legally operable backstop for the island of Ireland. The Tánaiste will accept that we have been here...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: There is always something.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: I put questions to the Department and the HSE about the deployment of a modular catheterisation laboratory in University Hospital Waterford. I asked for a detailed breakdown of the process and the timeframes and I would like to receive that as quickly as possible.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: I put down a shedload of parliamentary questions on all of that - breaking down all those processes and asking which Department or State agency was responsible for each of the processes and how long it would take. The response I got was two lines. I am hoping to get a little more from the Department and Minister so I have gone back to the Ceann Comhairle to say that questions have not been...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: That is a lot.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: Will all of that come back irrespective of the committee sitting?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: It is non-contentious.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: It will be in the newspapers.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: I will on that one.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: Chairman, part of that briefing note was on the front page of the Irish Examiner, which is fair enough as obviously some member of the committee gave it to the newspaper. We cannot stop that. However, I was concerned about the headline. It has to be clarified for the public. I am not saying the headline is misleading but it can be interpreted in a number of ways. It comes from a briefing...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: The more important point is that whatever about somebody leaking, and that is not right, there are headlines in newspapers arising from documents being given to us, on which we have an obligation to put questions to witnesses to ventilate the issues, and if the headlines could be misinterpreted it is important for us to correct them.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: I wish to come back to that for a moment. This was an issue. Are we coming back to this in our next periodic report?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: I recall we only dealt with this in private session in the past. However, since witnesses have been before the committee in public session I want to go back to something. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission examined allegations of price fixing and the issues contained in the leaked copy of the minutes of the meeting attended by the chairperson of HIQA. I had put to the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: His line was that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission essentially vindicated Nursing Homes Ireland. The position taken of "nothing to see here" was actually not accurate. The agreement contained a set of conditions, including that the organisation would not do any of the stuff that was discussed and that would be problematic. Those involved thought about doing it and talked...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: Nursing Homes Ireland signed up to it. Therefore, Nursing Homes Ireland, as a corporate body, agreed with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission that it would not do any of that stuff. It was never clarified whether it was said, but it is implicit in the agreement. The agreement outlines all the issues that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission probably thought had...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: It is closed off now anyway.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: It is important that we acknowledge the work done by RTÉ both on this issue and on that of gender pay. I think that is the second report. We had robust exchanges with the Accounting Officer and the director of human resources when they were before the committee but they seem to have taken the issue seriously. We have reports and recommendations which they say they accept and hopefully...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Jul 2018)

David Cullinane: It is up to that committee if it deals with it, it is not appropriate for us.