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Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)

David Cullinane: On the Government side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)

David Cullinane: We have a Private Members' Bill but that is a Bill being introduced by members of the Opposition. I am talking about legislation coming forward from the Government.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)

David Cullinane: We have one item of legislation. On Thursday we will have the Order of Business followed by statements with an MEP. There is no reason that could not be taken on Wednesday. It is beyond me why we will sit on Thursday. It seems we are trying to pad out days here and not doing what we should be doing, which is introducing legislation. My concerns about that are genuine and I will express...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I want to be associated with the expressions of condolence and the sentiments already expressed by Senators in respect of the passing of Donal Walsh. I too offer my condolences to his family. I want to again register my party's protest at the very light Order of Business for the next number of days and for this week. Only one piece of legislation will be debated this week, namely, Report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices: Discussion with Association of County and City Councils (14 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the councillors and thank them for their presentation. We are anxious that the LEOs will be up and running and in place soon. There have been some delays in getting to this stage, as well as a lack of consultation in the earlier stages of the process. The fact that we still do not have the Bill that will give effect to the establishment of the LEOs is a concern, so from our...

Seanad: Overseas Development Issues: Statements (9 May 2013)

David Cullinane: Land grabbing, tax injustice, misuse of natural resources and bio-fuels, under development, civil society repression and climate change are merely some of the key causes of hunger, poverty, inequality and repression that must be tackled. A combination of these factors, as well as political factors, often mean that access to land and other natural resources excludes the poorest and neediest...

Seanad: Overseas Development Issues: Statements (9 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for a very important discussion on international development. I strongly disagree with the previous speaker, Senator Ó Domhnaill, on his call to cut funding to international aid. That would be a retrograde and wrong step. I also dislike the words look after "our own". Of course, we should look after our own citizens and we make best...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2013)

David Cullinane: A Government Member, who I will not name as he has left the Chamber, spoke of amnesia, soundbites and slogans. He best summed up where the Government is at itself on a range of issues at present, given the litany of broken promises on child benefit, college fees, the creation of thousands of jobs each month and recently on health issues and the extension of free general practitioner, GP,...

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2013: First Stage (2 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled the Corporate Manslaughter Bill to create the indictable offence of corporate manslaughter by an undertaking, to create the indictable offence of grossly negligent management causing death by a high managerial agent of the undertaking, and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2013: First Stage (2 May 2013)

David Cullinane: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I seek the permission of the Leader of the House to take First Stage of the Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2013, which is item No. 15 on the Order Paper, before item No. 1. I concur with the remarks of Fianna Fáil Members on the Order of Business. Senator Ó Clochartaigh and I have also raised the issue in recent days and weeks. Opposition Members have a genuine concern about the very...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 May 2013)

David Cullinane: Yes. That item No. 15 be taken before item No. 1.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Redundancy Payments (1 May 2013)

David Cullinane: While I understand the brevity of the response and the fact the Minister of State may be reluctant to discuss this further, I must stress that there is nothing stopping the State from doing something of its own volition. There is nothing stopping the Minister for Finance starting discussions with Unite and the former workers. I appeal to the Minister of State to use his good office to...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Redundancy Payments (1 May 2013)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State is aware that the former Waterford Crystal workers brought a case to the Commercial Court. The Commercial Court sought advice from the European Court of Justice on a number of aspects of the State's obligations under the European Union 2008 insolvency directive. The European Court of Justice ruled last week and found that the State had failed in its obligations to...

Seanad: Charities Regulation: Motion (1 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I commend the Independent Senators for tabling this important motion and welcome the representatives of all of the charities present. I am a realist and a pragmatist. I do not believe we will ever reach Utopia, but I do believe the State has abdicated its responsibilities in recent times in ensuring people have the required levels of protection and that some of the responsibility for the...

Seanad: Charities Regulation: Motion (1 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I commend Senator Mary Ann O'Brien and the Independent Senators for again tabling a motion on this issue. It is only a short number of weeks since we had a similar debate in the House. The Senators who tabled the motion might recall that at the time my party and I tabled an amendment to their substantive motion. At their urging, we decided not to press the amendment because I understood...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nessa Childers, MEP (1 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank her for being here.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nessa Childers, MEP (1 May 2013)

David Cullinane: I should have said MEP, or Deputy, which I think is the right term. My apologies for that. We are used to having a Minister sitting in the chair in which Ms Childers is sitting. I know she has been vocally opposed to many policies coming from Europe and even from this State in recent times, which is to be welcomed. The topic she is here to discuss is the challenges for transparency in...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 May 2013)

David Cullinane: Today is international workers’ day and this year is the centenary of the 1913 Lock-out. On several occasions I have called for a debate on workers’ rights, not just to mark the centenary but to address the many issues which affect working people in respect of their pay and pensions. Over the past several years we have seen incidents of workers being locked out of their jobs...

Seanad: Adjournment Debate: Ports Development (30 Apr 2013)

David Cullinane: Like myself.