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Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: They are very credible.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: With respect, we made a commitment to the people after the general election.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: So did the people.

Seanad: Budget 2013: Statements (5 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, a request was made to the Leader of the House to extend the time allowed, but he refused to do so. We are well over time and the Minister of State is still speaking, yet some Senators did not have a chance to contribute.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: They are irrelevant.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Neither I nor anyone else in Sinn Féin need inform Labour Party Members with regard to what is bad about the budget. They will be very clearly informed in this regard by their constituents and those who will be affected by this, the second tough, gruelling austerity budget to be introduced by Fine Gael and the Labour Party. No one in Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil or any other party will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: The Government has introduced a property tax which does not take account of people's ability to pay. The spokesperson of the liberal wing of the Labour Party, Senator Bacik, almost wears as a badge of honour the fact that the Government has not increased income tax.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Senator Bacik has referred to the new property tax as progressive.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: This is a most regressive form of taxation.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Senator Bacik is a liberal and she cares nothing for social issues or for families which are going to be hammered by this property tax. This is an unfair tax which is not linked to people's ability to pay.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: It is telling that we have-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Does the Leader agree that the property tax is unfair?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Does he agree that one cannot describe a tax which is not linked to a person's income as fair or progressive?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: In the North, people get free education, including free schoolbooks and transport, free health care and-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Those in government will pay a hefty price for this, their second gruelling austerity budget.

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: I am very pleased, proud and privileged on behalf of the Sinn Féin party to pay tribute today to Trevor. I want to acknowledge and welcome the presence of his wife, Maura, and all of his family and friends who are here and the many who cannot be here. I extend my sympathies to his family and friends at the loss of Trevor. I am a young Senator and it is my second year in the House. While I...

Seanad: Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (6 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: I was quite taken by the contributions from all the female Senators, who spoke compassionately and eloquently about the issue of abortion. We could all hear the emotion in Senator Power's voice earlier when she read out the powerful e-mail she received from a constituent, who had found herself in a difficult place like many women do. The reason women are best able to express this issue is...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.