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Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: They are still workers. They would see themselves as workers.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I will finish on this point. I do not want to hold the House up because we have many amendments to get through. When we had a similar discussion recently in the context of another Bill, I made the point that in the EU, competition seems to trump everything. It is seen as the Holy Grail and everything else - protection of workers' rights and investment in public services - seems to come a...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: They do not protect us at all.

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 6: In page 45, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 4 of Act of 200248. Section 4 of the Act of 2002 is amended by inserting the following subsections after subsection (9):“(10) Actors, voice-over actors, freelance journalists, freelance photo journalists and session musicians are not subject to the provisions contained...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 3:In page 18, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:“(9) Vacancies of the Commission membership will be filled within 3 months.”.The Government's record on the filling of vacant positions on NCSSBs has not been great up to now. The Minister might remember in the run-up to Christmas last year a minor crisis unfolded as SIPO was unable to carry out...

Seanad: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I appreciate the Minister's response and I fully accept the difference between this board and some other State boards. We obviously have difficulties with short-term vacancies and there will be from time to time on all boards members who are not able to fulfil their duties because of illness, etc. That was not what we were getting at. We had a fear over board positions generally not being...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I join previous speakers in calling for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to come to the House to discuss the serious situation in Gaza and the Middle East generally. We all respect and accept Senator Quinn's view that a balanced response is needed and we must take a balanced view of developments in that part of the world. The difficulty is that Israel's response to events in Gaza...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I will conclude on this issue if I may. Six years ago, the Oireachtas passed an all-party motion calling on the British Government to make available all information in its possession on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. It has failed to do so and I ask that the issue be discussed with the Minister if he comes to the House next week.

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I thank the Acting Chairman. The heads of the Bill do not in themselves constitute a Bill and I will outline why I am concerned that although the Government may not see its full term, even if it does, less than two years remains to it. Consequently, I am concerned that even at this stage, the heads of a Bill do not in themselves constitute a Bill. The importance and urgency of having an...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin's Bill was not perfect but we would have accepted amendments. The Minister could have taken the Bill and perfected it, if he thought it had problems or faults. The Minister is very good at finding fault but Sinn Féin would have been open to any amendments tabled by the Government. As the Minister is aware, Sinn Féin was seeking the implementation of a climate...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: "recommends that the Government introduce the Climate Change Bill without delay."I welcome the Minister and wish him the very best in the next 24 hours as he prepares for his inevitable departure. I look forward in the coming weeks and months to spending much time in his constituency...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I look forward to that opportunity. The reason we have tabled an amendment is that in reality we need-----

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: Not everything.

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency: Motion (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: There are some things that are certain. One thing that is certain is that the Minister will be an EU Commissioner. I do not know who should be worried more, the people of Europe or himself, but that remains to be seen. The reason I have tabled this amendment is because what really is needed is the implementation and delivery of the climate change Bill. While this was a commitment in the...

Seanad: Radiological Protection (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I hope he will not be fretting too much over the next 24 or 48 hours. I am sure he will get the call. My main knowledge of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, RPII, which this Bill proposes to merge with the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, comes from its reports on the threat posed by releases of radioactive material from...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2: In page 19, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:"(1A) The Minister shall produce regulations governing the method by which the requirement in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) to remain habitually resident in order for any entitlement to subsist may be controlled or verified by the Department and these regulations must ensure that any such control method or...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: It is likely that a new Minister for Health will be in place later today or tomorrow. Members should reflect on one key policy priority of the outgoing Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, which was that all outpatients should be seen by a consultant within 12 months, while all inpatients should be seen within nine months. Today, I received figures from the Health Service Executive, HSE,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: Given that the new dimension involves what happens outside of this State in terms of establishing companies, if a company is registered in, for example, Latvia or Lithuania, will the workers it employs here enjoy the same protection as those who work for a company registered and operating in Ireland? Is the company governed by the employment law of the state in which it is registered rather...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I support the call to invite representatives from congress before the committee because its submission is detailed and members need a couple of hours to study it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (8 Jul 2014)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Houlihan for his presentation and overview on the directive. I am not sure if he has received the submission from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, but I met it regarding the issue. It has expressed some concerns in respect of this directive, some of which I share. The substance of ICTU's submission is that it could encourage bogus self-employment, informal insolvencies...