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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Technological Universities (18 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: It is obviously good and useful that both institutes are at least talking and that some progress is being made, if I am to take the Minister's word at face value. I am sure that some progress has been made. I have spoken to people in both institutes on numerous occasions, as well as other stakeholders mainly in Waterford but also in the wider region. The problem is that while they may be...

Seanad: Services for People with Asthma: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to take part in this debate and commend the authors of the motion on raising the issue of asthma in the Seanad. I was diagnosed with asthma a number of years ago, almost by accident. I thought I had a bad cough linked to hay fever, a condition from which I suffer badly in the summer. Most people do not realise that there is a connection...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: On behalf of my colleagues in the Sinn Féin Party, I warmly welcome Senator Máiría Cahill to the Seanad. I wish her very well and every success. I acknowledge the presence of her family and friends in the Gallery. Like previous speakers, I think it is appropriate to remember the former Senator Jimmy Harte and to wish him every success in his recovery. It has to be said that...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 8:In page 7, line 31, to delete "6 months" and substitute "12 months". I did not want to come in on the last number of amendments or the section because the Senators who spoke made the points I would have made, so I did not feel the need to prolong the debate. However, I do want to pick up on something the Minister said in the last part of his contribution. There is no...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his reply. To be fair, what he says makes sense. While I propose to withdraw the amendment, it does show up that a one-size-fits-all approach, whether in six or 12 months, is, possibly, not the way to go. The Minister has made the point that children have different needs and will come into the system at different times and so on, such that providing that a plan be...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: I call for a debate on where Government policy and strategy stand in respect of the proposed technological universities. A commitment was given in the programme for Government to allow institutes of technology to make joint applications to obtain the status of technological university. A number of such applications were submitted, with some applicants being more advanced than others. There...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: Our amendment puts a timeframe on it and we support the thrust of what Senator Barrett has said. Our amendment proposes that the expert group should report back within ten days and not 30 days, which is what is in the Bill. The wording of the Bill states that in implementing climate change measures the Government needs to "have regard to" - which is a phrase often placed in legislation by...

Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (4 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister back to the House. It was only a few weeks ago that he was here with another Bill that also received widespread support from this House. I am pleased to give my party's support to the Bill before us today. It has enjoyed support even though there are some aspects of it which we will seek to improve on Committee Stage. The Bill is very welcome. In the past, I, as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: On almost every day on which the Seanad has sat during the past year or so, there have been consistent calls for debates on housing and homelessness. It is more than that - people have been calling for the Government to get its act together, to put in place policies to deal with issues in respect of homelessness and the private rented sector, the supply of housing by the State and the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Staffing (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy English, and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. The issue relates to a school which was told in September that it had a temporary English as an additional language, EAL, post, but then in October the school received an e-mail to say that was not the case. EAL posts are for children who need extra support for learning English. The best...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: School Staffing (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: The answer does not bring clarity. In fact, it raises more issues. In the Minister of State's response, he says that the criterion used for the allocation of teaching posts for the 2015-16 year set out in primary Circular 0005/2015, which I quoted, is that 20% of the total enrolment of the school is made up of pupils that require EAL support. It then goes on to say that while schools must...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: I, too, would welcome a debate on the North. We debated the matter in this Chamber a number of weeks ago. On that occasion the contributions made by most of the Senators were comprised of a long list of political charges against Sinn Féin. Nothing constructive was offered on how to solve the problems with the peace process or successfully conclude the talks. I wish to respond...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: Does the Senator know the number?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: These community alert notices are everywhere. That is what community alerts are about.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: We have community alert notices in Waterford.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: The MP is a Sinn Féin MP.

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: First and foremost, I commend the Minister on bringing forward this Bill. It is a good day for Ireland and the State that the passage of the Bill before us through the Houses is reaching its conclusion. I sat on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children for the first two years in which I served in the Seanad and it was an issue the Minister constantly supported and raised. He...

Seanad: Children First Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3:In page 24, line 21, after “1991” to insert the following:“, including a person taking care of one or more children (other than that person’s own such children) in that person’s home, but not including any such person who is a relative of the child or children or the spouse of such relative”. I will be very brief on this...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (21 Oct 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1:In page 4, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“ “low carbon” means an aggregate reduction in CO2 emissions of at least 80 per cent (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 across the electricity generation, built environment, and transport sectors; and in parallel, an approach to carbon neutrality in the agriculture and land-use sector,...