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Seanad: Order of Business (8 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business. I call on the Minister of State with responsibility for Irish Water to come before the House today.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Trade Agreements (1 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: It is not what we are advocating, with respect.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Trade Agreements (1 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: No, we are looking for a debate.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Trade Agreements (1 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: This is not just a matter for the Whips. It is the prerogative of the Minister to decide to hold the debate. The Whips' job is to decide the timing of the debate and when it should happen. I am asking the Minister to give a commitment as Minister, to hold a debate on this issue. The Whips can then work out all of the rest. What exactly is a violation of human rights? The Minister rightly...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Trade Agreements (1 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, to the House. It might strike him as an unusual issue to bring before him in terms of an Adjournment motion but, as a party, we have tried to get a Dáil debate on this and we have been unsuccessful to date. In spite of formal talks on peace and land reform in Colombia, more than 70 human rights defenders were murdered there this year....

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State can do his first job for the south east by approving the capital funding for this school. I campaigned on this issue for many years before I came into the Seanad. I have raised it on five separate occasions here and have tabled four Adjournment motions. I have done so because it is important to me. I have visited the school, Gaelscoil Philip Barún, Tramore,...

Seanad: Matters on the Adjournment: Schools Building Projects Status (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I think what the Minister and the Department are saying is that the school has done all the preparatory work and it comes down to whether extra funding will be provided to build more schools, whenever the next round of funding is made available beyond the current capital list. I appreciate the Minister of State may not have the answer now but could he tell me afterwards what plans there are...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I have congratulated the Minister of State twice already and I am afraid it will not be third time lucky because I do not want him to get too comfortable. We will obviously have to hold him to account in the next 14 to 15 months. There is a report that relates to the south east that I want the Minister of State to implement. It seems a long time ago since the briefing sessions on this Bill...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 18: In page 166, line 28, after "on" to insert "and managed and controlled".This was dealt with on Committee Stage but the two amendments tabled are another attempt to strengthen protection for employees. As the Minister of State knows from his previous role as Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, there has been a plethora of...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: -----they should be protected. This is what the amendments are designed to do.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 19: In page 166, line 41, after "trade" to insert "and is managed and controlled".

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 30: In page 266, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:"(d) a certificate of tax compliance,".This issue was discussed on Second and Committee Stages. We feel it is important that companies operating in these areas are tax compliant and the amendment provides that companies making an annual return must also provide a certificate of tax compliance as part of...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 8: In page 88, line 34, to delete "privileges." and substitute the following:"privileges,in so much as such action does not undermine or take precedence over a person's right and entitlements as provided for in existing legislation or international treaties and agreements to which Ireland has signed up to.".I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As this is the...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 10: In page 89, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following:"(2) In the case of a clash of "rights and privileges" a natural human being's rights and privileges would always take precedence over a company's.".

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, what happens to the ballots of those who have already voted?

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: I second the Fianna Fáil amendment to the Order of Business. I agree that the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht should come before the House today but in reality the Taoiseach should come before the House. Last week the Taoiseach stated that he took personal responsibility for what has become a fiasco in regard to the Seanad by-election. If the Taoiseach was taking...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: No, we did not.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Sep 2014)

David Cullinane: The Senator will vote against him in that case.