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- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: It is not up to the Senator to decide.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I will not be dictated to by the Senator.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I will not be dictated to by a Fine Gael Senator because that is what she is.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I will not be dictated to by a Fine Gael Senator.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I will stick to it. We have had a long day and Senators are getting all hot and bothered. We had the same nonsense when we debated the previous two Water Services Bills. Afterwards Senators put up their hands and said they had made a mistake, but they did not allow proper scrutiny of the legislation at the time. I ask them to at least respect the fact that other Members have things to say...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: The Cathaoirleach said my comments were not in line with the amendment.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: The Cathaoirleach did interpret it; that is my point.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Obviously, the Leader does not want me to speak to the amendment; therefore, I will repeat everything I have said when I speak to the section. I will make the same speech again.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: Does the Senator know what the amendment is about?
- 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 will be supporting the amendment. Unfortunately, any amendment which sought to remove the water charges completely has been ruled out of order, so that is that. We might return to those discussions when we get to the section but the amendments still in play, which have not been ruled out of order, seek to delay the introduction of the charges. Any amendment that seeks to delay the...
- 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 have been critical of the Minister and the Government’s approach to Irish Water from the Water Services (No. 1) Bill to this one. However, the Minister is genuine in his attention to this issue. He has gone some way to meet our concerns. I regret the fact that it was not done sooner and we could have been in a different position today. The Minister has said he will consider some...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: That is if we pass the Bill of course.
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I accept that, but the point is that we have been calling for this for months. Had the Minister done this earlier, he might not be in the mess he is in now. Why could he not have done that months ago, when the Cabinet met on the issue of the ownership of water and whether we needed a constitutional referendum? Whether something could be done was obviously discussed. The Government had the...
- 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 the last comment made by the Minister, because essentially this is what we have been seeking for some time. It is a pity it was not done months ago. If it had been done and the Minister had such discussions with his Cabinet colleagues we might be in a very different position whereby the Minister would be bringing forward a Government amendment which established a...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: We support these amendments. It is a decent attempt at meeting the Government half way and trying to strike that balance between the plebiscite, which Sinn Féin believes is flawed, the inability of the Seanad to propose a constitutional amendment, and all of the amendments that have been ruled out of order. What is interesting about this amendment is that the Minister has said on a...
- Seanad: Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2014)
David Cullinane: I agree that the best way to do it would be in a straight vote of the people, but, unfortunately, we are not going to get this because the Minister has refused to hold a constitutional referendum on the issue. That is a clear contradiction of what he said in the past five hours. I wish the people will have a say, but, unfortunately, they will not if any future Government is minded to do so....