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Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: The Minister asks us to support a grossly unfair, unjust and regressive tax which is not based on ability to pay. The family home does not raise revenue or generate income. The Government can do this through other taxes. The Minister has had any amount of options in the past two budgets to raise taxes on the wealthy and higher earners, but he has failed to do so. Instead, the Government...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: We will continue to fight this tax outside the Chamber. I will make no apology to anyone in the Government or Fianna Fáil-----

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: We will robustly oppose this tax.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: That is because Fianna Fáil is in opposition.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: I am quite amazed at some of the comments I heard this morning in the Chamber. It was quite extraordinary to hear Senator John Gilroy, a Labour Party Senator, saying street politics is not appropriate for parliamentarians.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: Is the legacy of Larkin and Connolly forever to be banished from the Labour Party? Street politics is very important for anyone who wants to be part of a campaign to defeat what they see as an unjust and unfair charge.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: I find it outrageous when I hear a Labour Party Senator say street politics should no longer be and that there should no longer be a role for parliamentarians in it.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: I find it outrageous.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: However, the most outrageous comments I have heard in the Chamber came from Senator Thomas Byrne.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: I did not interrupt anyone. I sat here and listened to all other Senators but other Members like to interrupt when Sinn Féin Members take to their feet because they do not like what we have to say. I ask that other Senators in the Chamber give me some respect and allow me to make the points I am allowed to make. I have four minutes to make my contribution. I am amazed Senator Thomas...

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: Come on, Brian.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: If he supported a united Ireland he may not have the problems in the North.

Seanad: Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: Will the Senators give us a hand? We are doing the heavy lifting.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: I agree with Senator MacSharry regarding the discussion on the family home tax, or property tax. Three hours of debate is insufficient. When the legislation to bring this tax into being was passed before Christmas, only three hours to debate it were provided. It was guillotined. One amendment was reached. This is important legislation. It is draconian in some ways in that it gives huge...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, who is welcome, but it is a bit disrespectful that we have had a conveyor belt of Ministers in a debate such as this and a switch over of Ministers when a Senator is on his or her feet. I say that in the context of having a debate on electoral reform. A Senator, who is not in the House, spoke about simplistic slogans. I do not...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: The Senator's party was in government and had a sizeable number in opposition and if that is the case, it will have to take responsibility as well. The point is that very bad decisions were made by government but we also had light touch regulation in the banks and across business generally. It strikes me that the very people who argue very robustly for a reduction in the number of Deputies...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2013)

David Cullinane: I refer to the 800 former IBRC workers who are on temporary contracts. It is important that the Minister for Finance come to the House to discuss what will happen to these workers. There was a presentation in the audio visual room in Leinster House last week at which we heard an account of many workers who were struggling to pay their mortgages and meet their family obligations. They face...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (28 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: I agree with Senator Mooney, who referred to the business of the House today. I am sure the Leader agrees that many calls have been made by Senators on all sides of the House for very important debates on a range of issues, including the jobs crisis, youth unemployment, poverty and, in more recent days, the mobility grant that was abolished. We have called for the appropriate Minister to...