Results 13,661-13,680 of 26,685 for speaker:David Cullinane

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

David Cullinane: I thought it warranted at least some response. I said earlier that it is extraordinary that we are 100 days away from Britain leaving the European Union. A withdrawal agreement is in place. One area on which I agree with Deputy Micheál Martin is that there was cross-party support in this House for the Taoiseach and the Government getting a deal and the withdrawal agreement in place....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (15 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that information (details supplied) regarding the sale price of certain apartments in Dublin in 2018 supplied by the Revenue Commissioners to the Property Services Regulatory Authority is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1288/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Committee of Public Accounts (15 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: 566. To ask the Minister for Health if the chief executive officer of the HSE will be an accountable officer to the Oireachtas Standing Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54178/18]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Why are the Government and the HSE allowing a situation whereby ambulance paramedics are being dictated to as to which trade union they should be members of? A person is entitled legally in this State to join a trade union of his or her choice. Yet, in this situation, ambulance paramedics are on strike because the HSE will not recognise the trade union to which they belong. That has a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: A total of five Members have put the question. The Taoiseach should respond and show some respect.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (22 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: 316. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 18 December 2018, if he is satisfied with the response of the HSE that it has no records of winning tender proposals being destroyed (details supplied); his views on whether this statement is in contradiction with paragraph 7.3.1 of the Scoping Inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme published in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (23 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at institutions (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3227/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (23 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital investment allocated to each institute of technology and university for the years 2019 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3228/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (23 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the merger process between Carlow Institute of Technology and Waterford Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3229/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: I want to raise an issue before we meet the representatives from the institutes. The HEA's opening statement refers to its draft report into Waterford Institute of Technology. This is the investigation conducted by Mr. McLoone. We raised this several times with the HEA because the report itself was referred to the Attorney General and legal advice was sought from the legal team of the HEA....

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Will he be present today?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: We should not leave here today without an indication from the Department as to how it believes we should proceed. The Comptroller and Auditor General would have been across this area in the context of dealing with the Quigley report into Waterford, furnished to a previous Committee of Public Accounts. An inspector was appointed by the Minister to conduct a statutory inspection. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: We should put that to the Secretary General and ask if that can be considered now.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Just to add to what Deputy MacSharry has said in regard to the gap in the HEA's powers, that is precisely my understanding of the why the previous CEO of the authority resigned. We lost the head of the HEA because of the authority's lack of powers and its inability to do the work that we want it to do. This has an impact on our work. Apart from the Waterford issue, for which we may be able...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: The problem is that we have a great deal of communication already and this has gone over and back. We can seek more documentation - we could fill this room with it. At the end of the day, I do not believe this committee is in a position to make a determination on whether there was anything wrong. If that is the case, then we need to look at who is. Does this need to be examined? I am...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: That seems to be sensible to me because if the Comptroller and Auditor General took the view that there was an issue in the course of the audit, then he could consider the best way to proceed.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: And the correspondence that comes with all of those.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: These are all very serious issues. I propose that if by 10.15 a.m. we have not finished correspondence, we hold over correspondence because we have a lot to do with representatives from the two institutes coming in. The time could slip by.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Can I briefly ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to clarify his role in this because there was some public commentary about him and the National Children's Hospital?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: Nor can he be directed to either.