Results 25,841-25,860 of 26,685 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I thank the Minister for going some of the way and agreeing to delete the section which states the details of any prosecution for an offence brought by the water services authority concerned-----
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: We are being consistent, but we asked for more than this.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: We are talking about the contributions we made in this House. The Minister might recall the very lengthy debates on the issue of prosecutions and the criminalising of people living in rural Ireland. With respect, it is impossible to deal with the content of the amendment and the issue of prosecutions and fines without dealing with two substantive issues - standards which have not been set...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I accept that. I also accept that we should only speak to the amendment before the House. However, my point is that a number of Government representatives have spoken about scaremongering. I have been consistent at any public meeting I have attended in that I have stuck to the facts. The â¬50 charge is a one-off charge and there is no re-registration fee. However, people are concerned...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: There is one planned for Kilkenny.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: There is plenty of time to hold them. I am very pleased the Minister has allowed for a four week public consultation process because it will give all of us an opportunity to hold public meetings.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: In fact, the real issue is not necessarily what the Opposition parties are doing but rather that the Government has not been clear on what the standards will be. It has also not been clear on what grant supports will be available. What goes to the heart of the issue - this is the reason I have opposed prosecutions and fines - is equality. My house is hooked up to a mains system. I will...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: -----which provides an excellent service for Waterford city, parts of south Kilkenny and Wexford. It was a significant investment in upgrading the system at a cost of â¬300 million. All taxpayers, including those who live in rural Ireland, paid for the system as well as that in other urban areas to be upgraded, yet if the Minister introduces new guidelines and as a consequence, septic...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: That is what I hope will happen. People living in rural Ireland have a fear that while this might be the case now, there is a real danger that at some point the European Union may force the Government to change the standards again. The Minister will then come back, wash his hands of the matter and say it is not his fault but that of the Europeand Union that the standards have to be changed...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: Hundreds of people are turning up at the public meetings being organised in small towns and villages up and down the country because they are concerned about the implications of the Bill and do not want people living in rural Ireland to be criminalised.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: The Minister made a statement that two political parties are in favour of contaminating ground water.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: That is absolutely inaccurate. We made our position perfectly clear.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: We support registration and inspection. I am sorry but the Minister made an accusation levelled against two parties which he should withdraw. He was talking about scaremongering but he is scaremongering today.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: We do - registration and inspection.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: We want registration and inspection.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: We were proven right.
- Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I am sure the Minister of State's speech was written by a civil servant. The information it contains was obviously obtained by the HSE. On each occasion we ask questions about what is going to happen at Waterford Regional Hospital, all we get from the HSE is spin. We are informed about new appointments which might happen at some point in the future. However, we are not being given details...
- Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: They are different states. I do not stand over the cuts in the North. As the Minister of State said-----
- Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: -----the cuts are because of the cuts in the block grant from the British Government as the Minister of State well knows.
- Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)
David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to respond to this important issue for people in Waterford and the south east, namely, the impact of health funding cuts on acute hospital services in Waterford and for patients throughout the south east. As I understand it, there is to be a cut of approximately â¬6.5 million this year in the budget of Waterford Regional Hospital, which is to be...