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Seanad: Early Intervention and Family Support Services: Statements (7 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. I also welcome her to the post in which she serves. Along with Senator van Turnhout, I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children. I have been impressed with the Minister's performance in the engagements we have had at that committee. I am sure there will be positive changes in the area of early intervention and...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House. He will know that, during the Lisbon treaty campaign, there was much talk about the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and that commitments were given to trade unions that if they supported the treaty the issue of collective bargaining and trade union recognition would be dealt with through legislation. I understand collective...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: I asked the Minister to clarify if it would be necessary to amend the Constitution in order to legislate for a right to collective bargaining. In his response, the Minister said that it had been established in a number of legal cases that the constitutional guarantee to freedom of association does not guarantee workers' rights to have their union recognised for the purpose of collective...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: If somebody were to request, for example, that there would be mandatory trade union recognition, would it require a constitutional change? I am not asking whether the Government would do it.

Seanad: Industrial Relations (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: That is the question I raised on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: Mar is eol do na Seanadóirí uile, is í seo Seachtain na Gaeilge. Is seans iontach é seo chun aitheantas a thabhairt do thábhacht agus fiúntas an teanga. Ba mhaith liom tréaslú le gach duine atá páirteach sa féile seo agus atá i mbun eagrúcháin nó imeachtaí de gach shaghas. Níl ach beagán Gaeilge agam féin, ach tá sé ar intinn agam í a fheabhsú agus beidh mé ag...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: The Government is already doing that.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: And more cuts.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: I oppose the amendment. I support what the Government is doing here and I support the advice which has come from the Attorney General. I am flabbergasted at some of the comments that I have heard so far in the Chamber today because I fail to see how we will see job losses on the scale that some Senators have stated we will see them. I just do not see it. Senator Walsh spoke of three...

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: With respect, persons when they are employed have rights. Senator Walsh spoke about those who are suffering-----

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: -----and many low-paid workers are suffering. Many agency workers - Senator Walsh might not know this-----

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: -----and those who represent business interests might not know this - have been exploited in this State and across the European Union. That is why this directive was brought in. We need to ensure there is equity for workers in this country. I do not believe in a modern republic there can be a situation where one worker who is doing exactly the same work as somebody else is treated...

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: That is scaremongering. That will not happen.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: They do not want to pay workers. That says more about them. It is the point I made.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: We are getting the false ideology from Fianna Fáil.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: Fianna Fáil put 300,000 people on the dole queue and sold out the sovereignty of this country.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: Senator Walsh has some neck to talk about standing up for workers. His party put 300,000 people on the dole queue, more than anyone in this country ever did.

Seanad: Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2012)

David Cullinane: There are 300,000 people on the dole queue because of what your party did. You are a disgrace.