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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Does that include the number of Garda stations as well or is it just the number of personnel?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: That might be a sore point in some counties in which Garda stations have been closed over recent years, particularly in rural areas. Thirty-two councillors on Waterford City and County Council and all of the county's Oireachtas Members bar one wrote to Mr. Harris outlining concerns about the headquarters of the new Waterford-Kilkenny-Carlow division potentially being outside Waterford. Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I normally have a good ability to read between the lines. With Mr. Harris wishing to reserve judgment, and given his comments about Waterford being the regional city and a recommendation having been made to him, should I be comforted that the good people of Waterford and Garda members on the ground do not need to be as concerned as they are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: To be fair, I understand the independence of the process. In healthcare, for example, there can sometimes be direct political interference in changes, but experts and people who work in the area need to be the main decision makers. I have no difficulty or quarrel with the process being independent. I have made my point, as have 32 councillors and most Oireachtas Members in Waterford,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: That brings me to the amalgamation of Waterford, Kilkenny and Carlow. Currently, Waterford has three district superintendents in Waterford city and county. If the new amalgamated division covers Waterford, Kilkenny and Carlow, will there be just two geographical superintendents to service that district or is Mr. Harris saying that there will be two for Waterford and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Sorry. I should have said "division". There will be just two for the entire division, which covers three counties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank the Commissioner for his responses. I understand his logic in terms of the districts and the changes that are being made. Sometimes, though, a one-size-fits-all policy does not work. If a county is very large geographically and is both urban and rural, for example, Waterford, perhaps what might work for Limerick or Dublin city might not work for it. I have a concern about there...

Climate Change: Statements (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome that there will be a climate strike tomorrow across this land and in many parts of the world over the next number of days. This week, thankfully, a spotlight will be again shone on the issue of climate action and change. The protest is being led by schoolchildren. Millions of people around the world will, in my view, come out to support the logic of uniting behind the science....

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome this Bill, which Sinn Féin will be supporting. I commend the Green Party Deputies who proposed the Bill and I join Deputy Catherine Martin in commending Sinéad Mercier on her Trojan work on the Bill and in the area of just transition. It is a little depressing that even before most of us have made our contributions to this debate, the Minister has signalled that the...

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: The microgeneration Bill proposed by Sinn Féin and many others related to climate change and climate justice could be progressed by the Government but it refuses to allow them to do so. Before I get into the substance of the Bill, I will respond to some comments made by the Minister to the effect that he was confused by my earlier contribution to the debate on climate change...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Staff (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Waterford Institute of Technology staff members currently undertaking courses, degrees, masters or doctorates by the name of the course, the institution in which the staff member is undertaking the course, if the course is full-time or part-time and the amount the institute is paying for each course in tabular form; and if he will make a...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: We have lengthy correspondence and I have a letter about the public services card, PSC. There is a hearing about it next week and I wondered whether there was a chance to have a discussion, at some point, about that meeting, particularly in the context of some of the issues that have been raised since the publication of the report. I have in mind a quick couple of minutes on the matter.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: The point I wanted to make has been covered.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Is the Comptroller and Auditor General looking at the sustainability of the model?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Very good.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Can the Chairman not write to the HSE then and find out about that? There is no point in saying it is terrible if we do not follow it up. Perhaps it is the case that it is simply not putting in place contingencies for-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: -----staff cover. Obviously, we have no problem with staff going on holidays. That is not the question.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: It is management that needs to make sure that it has a contingency plan.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Or whatever. Can we just point out the problem, say it has happened over the summer and that we do not want to see it happen at Christmastime, and ask whether it will guarantee that it will put in place contingencies, or outline to us what contingencies it will put in place, to make sure that people are not left without services?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: There are a lot of issues in the area of home helps and home care. It is a vast area, one that really should be dealt with by the Joint Committee on Health. We can come back to it and ask questions when representatives of the HSE are before us, but it is a very substantial issue. There are issues surrounding creeping privatisation and achieving value for money. If the service is not...