Results 24,081-24,100 of 26,610 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: It is very difficult to listen to them.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: It is very difficult to listen to Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Fifth Stage (7 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: That is why I believe that the best thing for this country would be for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to merge as one party.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: Are we entitled to comment on the sections because all these amendments propose the deletion of sections?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: What?
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Report Stage (7 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: I second the amendment. Yesterday, a somewhat broader amendment was tabled by Fianna Fáil which sought to insert, after "income", "in excess of €6,000", in other words, to disregard the first €6,000 of what would be termed unearned reckonable income. I opposed that because I believed unearned reckonable income should be subjected to PRSI but a number of the Fianna...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: That might solve part of the problem but once the qualifying age for the pension increases to 67 and 68, it will become a problem. People are planning ahead and expect a certain income but that will not be met. I await the Minister's response as she seems to have information that might be helpful.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: No.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: The Minister has not tabled any amendments to this section but we wanted to bring to her attention a number of concerns that she might be able to address either in this Bill or subsequently. Under section 59B(2)(a) of the Pensions Act 1990, where the rules of the scheme permit, trustees can reduce the benefit paid to a pensioner once another pension becomes payable and when they become...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: I do not accept that view. I accept the injured person will get the benefits to which he or she is entitled. There will and can be a situation where somebody is involved in an accident through no fault of their own, and possibly through negligence by an employer or whatever. In that instance the person will only get credited contributions, not paid contributions. There is a big difference...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: I do not wish to speak on the amendment as it was ruled out of order. I will refer to its substance in the section because it is important. There is another anomaly in the Bill in that provision should be made in it to cope with any subsequent error by the Department. I will give an example of how the system will work in order for the Minister to understand where I am coming from. As she...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 7: In page 14, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following:“(c) the value of any credited contributions assigned to an injured person as a result of the personal injury up to the date of the issuing of a statement of the recoverable benefits.”. I wish to give some background information. As the Minister knows, when the courts calculate a compensation...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: I cannot accept the Minister's response. I do not believe that those in the banks are the only people who will suffer if this support or supplement is abolished. There is no doubt that people who are struggling to pay their mortgages will also suffer. Senator Mooney referred to the FLAC submission made to all of us. I will quote from that report because it was a very good submission. The...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: As the previous Senator said, section 11 of the Bill phases out mortgage interest supplement - effectively abolishing it. Mortgage interest supplement is being abolished in the absence of effective action to tackle the mortgage arrears crisis. Last year's budget had an announcement about mortgage interest supplement which we regarded as disingenuous. Last year the Minister introduced a...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: The Senator is predictable anyway.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: We can have a debate on Sinn Féin tomorrow.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: If I were the Senator, I would be very slow to make smart comments about that issue.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 4: In page 11, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“10. Prior to the commencement of section 9 the Minister shall submit a report to both Houses of the Oireachtas assessing whether capacity exists within existing activation schemes to cater for all those affected by the section.”.I regret that amendment No. 3 has been ruled out of order but that...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: I did not. It certainly was not in a critical way. Somebody else said what the Minister attributed to me.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)
David Cullinane: The Minister heard wrong, unfortunately.