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Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Votáil.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Vótáil.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, I strongly oppose the forcing through of emergency legislation in the Dáil and Seanad. It is not good enough for the Cabinet-----

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: -----to have a short discussion on this emergency legislation and for Members of this House not to be given proper time. We are not agreeing-----

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: -----to a change to the Order of Business. We are opposing a change to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, no one in this House has seen the emergency legislation to which the Leader refers. That is no way to do business either here or in the Dáil. With respect, I must inform the Leader that something similar happened in 2008 when legislation was rushed through. We all know the consequences to which that gave rise. It is not good enough for the Leader to announce that we...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: That is not agreed.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: The Leader just put a proposal to the House which has not been agreed.

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: Senator Harte should check the statistics.

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I am always amused when I hear Government representatives talk about the Opposition playing politics with issues. I am sure if we were to waste our time and go back over endless hours of contributions the Minister made when he was Opposition spokesman for his party and when he was seeking to hold the then Government to account on a range of issues, we would see that he was often accused of...

Seanad: Defence Forces (Second World War Amnesty and Immunity) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister back to the House. On my own behalf and that of Sinn Féin, we welcome this legislation which we will be supporting. It is appropriate recognition of the wrongdoing of the State at the time and a fitting gesture for the families of those who were stigmatised owing to the Emergency Powers (No. 362) Order 1945. The Second World War was, notwithstanding the neutrality...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: The McAleese report released yesterday vindicates what the Magdalen women have been saying for a decade that the State was complicit in their detention, in their routes of entry into the laundries and in the direct State funding of the laundries. Nowhere was that more relevant and true than in the laundry in my home city of Waterford. If the Leader has read the report, he will see in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I join with previous Senators and the Leader in paying tribute to Senator McAleese and wishing him the very best of luck in whatever he chooses to do from now on. In respect of the report into the Magdalen laundries, which is being published as we speak, I believe we all need time to digest the report and look at the recommendations that will undoubtedly be in it. I very much hope those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Reform of National Micro and Small Business Support Structures: Discussion (5 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: We are here to discuss supports we can give to the small and micro-business sector. An issue that has arisen frequently is that of prompt payments. The Minister will be aware of the EU directive on the matter, about which the organisations representing business - ISME and the Small Firms Association - are unhappy. They see it as a sticking-plaster solution. They carried out a survey this...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Harbours and Piers (31 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for his response and acknowledgement of the importance of the harbour and funding required. The Minister of State indicated in the response that 80% of harbour sediment contains TBT, which may or may not be the case. Obviously, I cannot second guess that. Perhaps the Minister would request the Department to pass on the scientific evidence and reports which...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Harbours and Piers (31 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: I have twice raised in the House the issue of the need to provide funding to dredge the harbour at Dunmore East. It is a small fishing village on County Waterford's east coast. There is no doubt that the harbour needs to be dredged. The Department has recognised this need. Many vessels can only land at the harbour and the port at high tide because of the build-up of silt. This restricts...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: I call for a debate on rural Ireland and the many issues facing communities there and facing people living in towns, villages and hinterlands throughout the State because of the loss of services. As the Leader lives in a constituency with a big rural base, he is aware of many of the issues which pertain. We can all give examples of services being lost in rural communities. An example of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: I should apologise in that I spoke to amendment No. 27 in my last contribution and not to amendment No. 25. Senator Bradford raised the point I would have raised. It had more to do with the UK. Unfortunately, we have a Border on this island and people from the North may have convictions which may be spent in the North but which may not be spent here. We would argue for equal treatment for...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 25: In page 11, before section 9, to insert the following new section:?9.?Convictions obtained outside of the State, that would for the purposes of the provisions of this legislation be considered ?spent? were they obtained within the State shall be considered spent convictions.?.The purpose of the new section is to specify the disclosure required for relevant work, in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (30 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 27: In page 12, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following subsection:?(7) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, all persons shall be precluded from making specific requests in order to secure information regarding spent convictions so as not to circumvent this legislation.?.