Results 22,261-22,280 of 26,610 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: I welcome this debate and welcome the Minister to the House for this part of the debate. It is not unexpected that many of the contributions that have been made so far, especially from Government Senators, were simply anti-Sinn Féin rants which could have been made ten or 20 years ago-----
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: -----rather than deal with the real issues that affect people in the North. They say that the first casualty-----
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: With respect to the Senator, this is my contribution. They say that the first casualty of war is truth and it would seem that truth is also a casualty in times of peace as well.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: Senators from Fianna Fáil and from the Government parties have talked about an abandonment of law and order, intimidation, control, criminality, a lack of transparency, insinuations that some political parties are benefitting from crime, and bandit country, when they talk about one of the 32 counties of our country. They make all of these charges. I will read into the record of the...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: Senator Moran should take that up with the Chief Constable of the PSNI because I am saying that Senators seem to have a different view to the Chief Constable of the PSNI.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: If people want to shout me down-----
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: The Senators do not want to have a constructive debate.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: They do not want to listen to the truth and they do not want to listen to the facts.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: I am putting on to the record of the House what the Chief Constable of the PSNI has said. The PSNI is the police force in the North. This is what he said. He said, "I accept the bona fides of the Sinn Féin leadership regarding their rejection of violence and pursuit of the peace process and I accept their assurance that they want to support police in bringing those responsible to...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: I condemn what happened to Maria Cahill. The Senator can use-----
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: The Senator can use her tragic circumstances as a weapon with which to attack Sinn Féin. That is up to the Senator. My compassion is with victims of all abuse and crime. Sinn Féin has given very strong leadership on criminality. We cannot say or do any more. We have said very clearly that these people are criminals that should be brought to justice. There is no place for...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: We have a lot of work to do to continue to build peace. I do not want to see a situation where, when the dust settles, when the political charges die down, when the election in this part of the State is over and elections in the North are over, we have to pick up the pieces. The damage that has been done by some commentary in the South and by some Unionist politicians in the North by...
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: -----and to make sure that we continue with the peace process.
- Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)
David Cullinane: I ask people to be conscious of that as we have this debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
David Cullinane: I join with the leaders of the other groups in wishing everybody a happy summer. I hope they get some rest, too. People will be campaigning as we are six or seven months from an election so it will be a busy time for those who are candidates, as well as for those who are not. I wish to raise the issue of support for people with disabilities. The Disability Federation of Ireland has...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jul 2015)
David Cullinane: I did. It was a wasteful exercise as this is the place to have such debates. I ask that they be held after we come back.
- Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jul 2015)
David Cullinane: I welcome the publication of this important and long-awaited Bill and the opportunity to address it. The topic of the mandatory reporting of knowledge or suspicions of the harm or abuse of children has been an issue in Ireland since the early 1990s. It was first recommended by the Law Reform Commission in 1990 and later by the Kilkenny incest inquiry in 1993, slightly more than 20 years...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 31, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(d) the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3): “(3A) That the applicant has a contract with a licensed operator for the delivery and safe disposal of collected waste.”.”. We had lengthy debates on all of these issues on Committee Stage so...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
David Cullinane: I cannot accept the Minister's response again. I have to press this amendment because her response would be akin to taxi drivers not being properly regulated or operating without a taxi licence. Saying that this could have an impact on competition could encourage a race to the bottom. We know that for those responsible people who have licences and operate within the law there are huge...
- Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3: In page 37, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: “(d) the local authority is not satisfied that the waste collected is being legally, properly and safely disposed of.”.