Results 25,781-25,800 of 26,685 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: A number of amendments are being taken in this grouping. Our amendment No. 4 also proposes the banning of corporate donations. The Independent Senators' amendment No. 3 goes further than ours. It proposes to delete lines 11 to 41, while our amendment proposes to delete lines 11 to 37. There is a reason for what we propose in our amendment and I want to explain it because we cannot support...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: Does the Senator have proof of that?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: She should go to the Garda and make a statement.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: It cannot be spent here.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: It cannot be spent in this State.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: The Minister should know. Can the money be spent in this State?
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: It is not first class.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: It is never first class.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I wish to stay with the amendment but a number of speakers raised the issue of transparency in regard to allowances-----
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I have one brief point which is important. There are two issues involved. The leaders' allowance should be vouched. The practice of Independent Deputies receiving more than â¬40,000 in unvouched expenses must end. The Minister indicated that there may be changes and stated one of his colleagues is looking at this. It should change. There is no reason an Independent Deputy should get...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: When the Senator joins the Minister's party, the Minister will understand.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment)(Political Funding) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (15 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: It is in the post.
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan: Statements, Questions and Answers (14 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: How will the proposed 50% saving on medication for rheumatology be made? We were told this morning it would be done by administering the drugs on a group basis.
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan: Statements, Questions and Answers (14 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: We received that information from the Health Service Executive, but the Minister is saying something different.
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan: Statements, Questions and Answers (14 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: How will the proposal that medications be administered on a group basis work out?
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan: Statements, Questions and Answers (14 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: Patients will suffer.
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan: Statements, Questions and Answers (14 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister who mentioned the pressure points in the health service because of the cut of â¬750 million, mostly in acute hospitals. That figure is not a true reflection of the savings that will be made in hospitals. I bring the issue back to a local level. Sometimes when we deal in global terms, it is hard to understand the impact of cuts on local acute hospitals. This morning...
- Seanad: HSE National Service Plan: Statements, Questions and Answers (14 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: There is nobody here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I am sure that all Senators will join with me in expressing relief that all five bodies have been recovered from the sea following the sinking of the Tit Bonhomme fishing trawler, and in commending the communities of Union Hall in west Cork and the Gaeltacht area in west Waterford where one of the fishermen who lost his life, Michael Hayes, spent a lot of his time. A huge community effort...
- Seanad: Job Creation (9 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: With respect, I do not think I scored any points off the Minister of State.