Results 22,301-22,320 of 26,766 for speaker:David Cullinane

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: We have done that.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I move recommendation No. 8:In page 96, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “69. The Minister shall, within nine months from the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on the possibility of establishing a sovereign wealth fund financed by non-cyclical Corporation Tax payments and taxes returned following rulings by the ECJ.”....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I do not doubt the importance of foreign direct investment or that much of the investment in recent years has been bedded down with research and development, which is very important and will make it more sustainable. I do not doubt anything the Minister has said about the figures he has presented, even in respect of growth, although many experts would say that our growth levels in respect of...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I move recommendation No. 9:In page 96, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“69.The Minister shall, within nine months from the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available for the introduction of a comprehensive asset tax otherwise known as a wealth tax, the report shall include options for the collation of data necessary...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: We have had it in every year. Sometimes the civil servants might not give the Minister full information. We have proposed a wealth tax every year for the past five years.However, because the Government and the Department are unable to calculate how much would be raised from a wealth tax, we took the prudent step of saying we could not speculate about how much money would be raised. We...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: No, that is not what we are arguing for.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I also recognise manure when I see it.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I know where they are.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I suppose what the House has just got from the Minister is a classic straw man argument and I am surprised at it, or maybe I should not be surprised. Yes we did, and do, support the scrapping of the local property tax which we see as a family home tax. For the Minister to suggest that a property tax is a full wealth tax is to stretch-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I will get to that. For the Minister to suggest that a property tax, or a tax on a person's home, is the only way to tax wealth really shows the ideological divide

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: The Minister inferred it when he criticised the proposal.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: If Senator Gilroy wants to come in he can express a wish to speak and I am sure the Chairman will allow him to do so. When the abolition of the local property tax was proposed we called for the reinstatement of the second home tax to ensure that properties being used for commercial purposes would be subject to a property tax. The Minister also misrepresented Sinn Féin's position on a...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: That is the level of response this House gets from the Minister on this issue. I am flattered that should the Department examine the possibility of a wealth tax it would only do so on the basis of work done by Deputy Pearse Doherty, a document I am sure the Minister has read, and which Deputy Doherty has brought forward to the Dáil. I remind the Minister that I am not asking him to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: Yes, on the basis that I will resubmit it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I move recommendation No. 10:In page 96, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “69. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options for the abolition of the Local Property Tax.”. These recommendations logically follow and I am sure the Minister will be very pleased with them as well....

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I will withdraw the recommendation with the view to resubmitting it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I move recommendation No. 11:In page 96, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “69. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options on extending the exemptions from the Local Property Tax to residents in buildings unsafe because of fire safety regulations or other structural issues.”....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I support the Bill and I think it contains a lot of practical and sensible proposals which are worthy of support. Obviously, there is a lot more than can be done and we can have debates on all those issues but I am happy to support the measures in the Bill that I believe will be of benefit to citizens. I support the proposals in this Bill to...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: I am raising issues that have been raised by other Senators. I only have four minutes to speak so I commend the Minister of State on bringing forward this and the other Bill. Many changes have been made by this Government on gender quotas and many positive changes have been introduced. However, an awful lot more can be done. I am sure that many of these issues will form part of our...

Seanad: Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Dec 2015)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin supports the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill, which is intended to transfer the functions and liabilities of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority to Dublin City Council. My party colleague and the representative for Dublin Central, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, has raised her concerns in some detail about the activities of the DDDA and the need to...