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Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: This amendment would not preclude the court from seeking any other information. It merely sets out that a specific category of information should be included in the Bill as being capable of being requested. These issues keep arising over and over again. There is no point in crying crocodile tears when workers are not given their entitlements while those at the top get bonuses and improper...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 11: In page 17, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: "(i) maintaining of fair and sustainable rates of remuneration appropriate to the sector in question;". The proposed new section 41A sets out the mechanism for the review of an agreement. The list of matters to which the court shall have regard when it conducts a review does not include any reference to...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 12: In page 17, lines 44 and 45, to delete all words from and including "and" in line 44 down to and including "so" in line 45.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 13: In page 17, lines 48 to 50, to delete all words from and including "or" in line 48 down to and including "recommendation" in line 50.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 19, to delete lines 13 and 14.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 15: In page 19, lines 45 and 46, to delete "the desirability of agreeing and maintaining" and substitute "the agreeing and maintaining of".

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No.16: In page 20, lines 32 and 33, to delete "but does not include" and substitute "including". The provision this amendment deals with is the exclusion of pay or time-off in lieu of public holidays, compensation for Sunday working, payment in lieu of notice and payment referable to redundancy from the definition of remuneration. The effect of this proposed legislation...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b), I call for the division to be taken again other than by electronic means.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 4, to delete "the desirability of agreeing and maintaining" and substitute "the agreeing and maintaining of". I welcome the Minister to the House and apologise for my absence during the Second Stage debate, during which my party colleague, Senator Kathryn Reilly, expressed Sinn Féin's concerns about the Bill. She also signalled that we would table...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment)(No. 3) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for his reply, although I cannot accept his reasoning. While I accept he is acting on the advice of the Office of the Attorney General, my party does not have access to this information. Having said that, we are often prescriptive in what we do in putting down legislation. It is not something new that we would not be prescriptive or that we would have to be somewhat...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I wish the Cathaoirleach and all other Senators a happy 12th of July. Last week the grand master of the Orange Order addressed the Seanad. It was an historic occasion. As we all know, Orangemen across the island of Ireland are celebrating their heritage, culture and identity today. While many of us disagree with aspects of the Orange Order, including its sectarian nature, we must engage...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: Many of us hoped Fine Gael and the Labour Party would lead us to a new republic, the type spoken about when Fine Gael was in opposition. We will not have it within the strict and narrow remit of the constitutional convention.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: The Government should stop gagging its Members and allow them to debate the issue in the House. It will not allow a democratic debate. I, therefore, support the proposed amendment to the Order of Business which calls for at least a two hour debate. My party will only have three minutes in which to make a contribution.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: Did the Cathaoirleach not read my party's amendment? My party will only have three minutes in which to discuss the constitutional convention, which is not good enough, as the Cathaoirleach and the Leader know.

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I thank the Fianna Fáil Senators and Senator Crown for bringing forward an important item of legislation. It is not without flaws but it is useful and could be amended if the Government so wished. It is regrettable that we had unnecessary rancour associated with the discussion today. The petty political point scoring I witnessed in respect of scripted speeches did this debate no justice...

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: That practice should end. The Government laboured this point when it was in opposition but it is one of the sacred cows in the health service that needs to be taken on. That would save money that could be used towards drugs. The blunt instrument of the recruitment embargo leads to unnecessary expenditure on agency workers. The Minister has done some work in this area but much more needs...

Seanad: Access to Cancer Treatment Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I accept that it is a difficult issue to deal with, but the Government must do so. Apart from the availability of medicines, another key issue for health service delivery is the provision of infrastructure. My county of Waterford - indeed, the south east as a whole - still does not have the type of cancer services infrastructure that is needed. The previous Government committed to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: I support the call made by Senator O'Donovan to discuss the breakdown in the commercial relationship between the pilot training centre based in Waterford and the Florida Institute of Technology. A number of Senators made the point that many young Irish trainee pilots have been left high and dry, and there is a responsibility on the State to protect young people who find themselves in this...

Seanad: Rent Supplements: Motion (4 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: It would have helped if the Minister read the motion. She would have saved herself some trouble.

Seanad: Rent Supplements: Motion (4 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: The motion tabled by Sinn Féin is fair and measured. It calls on the Government to take a number of actions which we believe would improve the current situation. The Minister's contribution was far from fair and measured, however. She made what was in effect a political statement, which is not helpful. She made a number of arguments which I find incredible and staggering from a Labour...