Results 22,841-22,860 of 26,610 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Senator Gilroy did a good job of that for the last three minutes.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: This is filibustering.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 22: In page 9, line 4, after “Water” to insert the following:“including householders, commercial water users and representatives of the trade unions with members in Irish Water”.This relates to the public water forum which the Government seeks to establish. People will be forgiven for being sceptical about this forum, what it will achieve, its...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: The Government cannot make up its own mind.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: There is an entire lack of honesty about this so-called grant. It is so dishonest it is outrageous. It would be far better if the Government and the Minister put their hands up and said that they were hoping to charge people more. The Commission for Energy Regulation, as we know, published our water charges plan. The average cost was to be €400. People came out and marched on the...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: With respect Senator, I do not want people to pay at all. I am saying this is entirely dishonest.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: It is called a water services grant-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: -----but this amendment is looking for some proof. There is a metric test carried out by the Commission for Energy Regulation to-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I am opposed to the Arthur Daly school of economics-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: -----that we are getting from this Government in regard to this issue. It is rubbish. Here we are at 12.15 a.m. on Saturday morning and almost the exact same thing happened to us in the Water Services Bill mark 1 where all of this nonsense happened.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: We are not getting answers to questions. We are all frustrated. I will wait to see if the Minister answers this one because the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey, has not answered most of the questions we have asked.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: He waffled on. Can the Minister be honest and tell us that this is not about water conservation-----
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: -----that the Government got it wrong and it is giving us €100 off the bill to reduce the cost? The Minister should be honest with us.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: It is very frustrating.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I wish to speak to amendment No. 21, which is the Sinn Féin amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I will come back in later.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: What payment options will be available? The Minister has not responded to the questions Senators asked.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Is that a new Bill?