Results 23,801-23,820 of 26,766 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: I wish to respond to something the Minister said about the community element of a plan. I do not have a difficulty with that in principle but I object to the way the community development sector has been treated not just by the Government but by the previous Government.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: It does.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: With respect, I am speaking on amendment No. 31.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: Okay, but I am responding to something the Minister said which is relevant to the amendment.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: It does the same thing. I just make the point that the community development sector has had the legs cut from under it, as have many other sectors, first, because of cuts in funding and, second, because the voluntary boards of management were dissolved.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: I did not.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: I did not make those points. The Government is giving local government responsibility for community development when it should be coming from the bottom up.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: No. The people who work in the community development sector want autonomy from local government. They would work in partnership with local government.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: They would work in partnership with local government but would not be dictated to by local government. What the Minister is doing is taking power away from local communities and giving it to officials in local authorities. The previous Government started the process and the Government is continuing with the same logic - surprise, surprise. The vast majority of people whom I meet who work...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: To use the Minister’s term, they will have to be subservient to them.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: Not agreed.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Motion to Recommit (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: Not agreed.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: No.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: Shame.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: On a point of order, I have to challenge that ruling.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: Well, I can and I am going to take the opportunity to do so.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: With respect, I have tabled 50 amendments, the majority of which have been ruled out of order. We have not been given the opportunity to properly scrutinise this Bill. We are having the same experience we had with the water services Bill. All of the problems that resulted with the passing of that Bill-----
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: Due to all of the consequences of that Bill and the moneys squandered on consultants for Irish Water, the Minister should resign.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: Here we are again, guillotining a Bill and ruling out amendments for frivolous reasons while not giving the Opposition proper explanations.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (15 Jan 2014)
David Cullinane: I cannot accept that we cannot have a debate on the holding of plebiscites because it might incur a charge on the Exchequer.