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Seanad: HSE National Service Plan 2015: Statements (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House. It is fair to say his honeymoon period as Minister for Health has come to an end, given the very high outpatient waiting lists we have and the many people on hospital trolleys day in and day out in this State. It seems to be a particular problem in some hospitals and the issue must be resolved. The first time he came to the Seanad to engage with us on...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: No, it is withdrawn.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: It is Senator Craughwell's intention to move an amendment to the Order of Business to the effect that the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government should come before the House today to discuss health and safety issues relating to the installation of water meters. I take this opportunity to propose the amendment and the Senator will then expand on the reasons-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: I am proposing the amendment and Senator Craughwell will second it.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: The Senator may not have someone to second the amendment so I am taking the opportunity to propose it in the first instance. The other issue I wish to refer to is the housing crisis. We raised this matter on the Order of Business on several occasions in the run up to Christmas. I commend the Leader on the range of issues on which the House will take statements in the coming days. These...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: Where is the Minister?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister's response and acknowledge the subvention that has been made by the State to the airport over a long number of years. Perhaps I can take the Minister back to the point I made about the promises made under Transport 21 and the €22.5 million. Everybody accepts at this point in time that is not attainable but an application has been made to the new Waterford City...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: It is nice to be making history today with the first Commencement matter. I welcome the new changes. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to the House as well. We were going to discuss this issue before Christmas, but the Minister had other arrangements on the day I tabled the motion. I thank him for coming to the House to discuss it on our first day back. I support regional airports...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Regional Airports (20 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: The guillotine is coming.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: I agree with the previous speakers that this debate has been an absolute farce. No amendments have been accepted. This is a progressive amendment, an amendment one would have thought the Government would have accepted because then it might have been able to save face. However, it will face it down also. It is outrageous that a company of this size, that will deal with such a volume of...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: No, I will not; the people will. They will judge the Government on its performance, not just the Minister of State personally. I am talking about the entire Government.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: The Government will be judged on its performance.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: Irish Water is a noose around all of their necks; that is the reality and it was entirely of their own making. The Government had three chances to get it right; it is déjà vu. We are 12 months on from the first scene when the Government had to put up its hands and admit that it had made an absolute mess of it. It came back a second time, but it also made a mess of it. It has now...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: That is more nonsense, which shows how undemocratic the whole thing is. The Government is hiding and running scared on this issue. It does not want any scrutiny whatsoever when it comes to this disaster of a company and those who will pay the biggest price - apart from the politicians who have stood over it - are the unfortunate people who will have to pay for water a second time. We...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: I will not be registering.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: It does; it excludes people who are not registered.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: I am not missing the point at all and fully understand that the Bill is indicating that this is an extra layer of complaints procedure. It is being called a "dispute resolution service". I fully understand that after the so-called customer has exhausted every other opportunity, this added layer is being permitted. The point is it is only being permitted for those who are registered, as the...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: No. She is not.

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)

David Cullinane: Exactly. That is the point.