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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (2 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: 185. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of his commitment to retaining Irish Water in public ownership, and given this, if he will introduce legislation to amend section 4 of the Water Services Act 2013, which refers to the subsidiary, Irish Water, as a private company limited by shares. [14067/16]
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: And after all of the Labour Party's time in government.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Is this the Deputy's Bobby Ewing moment?
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: It is a shame on Deputy Kelly.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: The Deputy should hang his head in shame. He has some brass neck.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Look at the Deputy now. He is as-----
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: They did not vote for the Labour Party.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: The Deputy is not with his cumann now.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: They made plenty of interruptions in the past.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Not too long.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: Last Thursday or Friday, when I first saw the motion tabled by the Labour Party it was as if the past five years had not happened. We have had a disastrous Fine Gael-Labour Party Government. We know from all of the reports and evidence from the OECD, EUROSTAT, TASC and all of those who have examined income inequality and poverty levels that income inequality has increased. Inequality rose...
- Workers' Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: It is an acknowledgement of all of the things it failed to do during the past five years. I accept that the Labour Party has at least used its motion to outline all of these failures. This must be said because the Labour Party cannot come to the Chamber, present the motion and pretend the past five years did not happen. There is a need to strengthen workers' rights. We brought forward...
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: I agree with the points made by Deputy Eamon Ryan regarding the immediacy of the committee's work in the context of budget 2017. While we need to inject ourselves as quickly as possible, in some respects that is a separate issue at this point. We have five weeks within which to agree a framework, which will require an awful lot of work. I welcome the establishment of this committee, which...
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: I will be brief because I want to hear from the officials as well. We have terms of reference. They have been set out for us. It is clearly set out in the clár. There are five elements to it. We need to focus on those five elements. Issues around future opportunities, past failures and the mechanics of what this future committee can or cannot do will be fleshed out and teased out...
- Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: After my colleague, of course.
- Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (1 Jun 2016)
David Cullinane: 50. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the centenary funds dedicated to the 2016 programme will be ring-fenced for the purpose of arts, heritage and culture in budget 2017. [13193/16]