Results 22,881-22,900 of 26,610 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Then he should keep his mouth shut and let us ask questions.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: He is the one who is interrupting. My questions are direct questions to the Minister of State. We are paid to come in here and ask questions of the Minister and this is what I will do because I know people out there want me to do it. They are not interested in interruptions. How is it fair? Why has indirect rather than progressive taxation been used? Why are none of these policies...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: It is a disgrace.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear. It should be fixed.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: The Minister of State has had nothing to say.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: We will see in the next election.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: It is the only way. We will see then.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: There will be a seat kept safe here for the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Senator Ó Clochartaigh and I contributed earlier and raised a number of genuine concerns about water charges, expressing our opposition and detailing why we opposed them. We indicated how they were unfair and I spoke about progressive taxation versus indirect taxes. There were a number of specific questions and we raised genuine concerns but none of these was addressed in the response....
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: The Sinn Féin website.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: That document has been mentioned five times today but I have not seen it at all. Does the Senator have it?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Where is it?
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: This famous document was mentioned five times but I have not seen it at all.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: That is political point-scoring and has nothing to do with the section at all.
- 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: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I welcome Senator Whelan to the debate.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Absolutely.
- 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: That is irrelevant.