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Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: The Minister spoke about alternatives, but the Government is not prepared even to debate those alternatives with Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: We are being given no opportunity to discuss the alternatives we have proposed.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: The Minister should talk to the Leader of the House who has a different view.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Like appointing judges.

Seanad: Infrastructure and Capital Investment: Statements, Questions and Answers (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin does not even get speaking time.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: It is. Amendment put. The Seanad divided by electronic means.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: What about Senator Bradford's party who were fascists?

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: We would reduce the income levy on low paid workers and those earning up to €75,000 a year.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: As the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine should have done before he appeared on "Tonight with Vincent Browne", the Leader should read the full document before he comments on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: The Leader should read the full document and not just quote half of it.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: It has not been addressed.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: We have asked for five minutes and the Leader cannot give it to us.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: Three times last week, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, I called for a debate on the budget and, more specifically, on pre-budget proposals from parties, groupings and individuals. On the three occasions, the Leader failed to respond or to give us a date on when exactly this could take place. Senator Coghlan spoke of having to wait until the budget is published. We know from all the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: The Minister for Finance confirmed that VAT will go up by 2%.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: While we called for a debate about what should be and what could be in the budget, parliamentarians in Germany were discussing the Irish budget so it is somewhat rich for Senator Coghlan or anyone from the Government to talk about having to wait until the budget is published when members of foreign parliaments are discussing what could be in the budget.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: We have called for a debate in the House. As far as we can see, the Dáil and the Seanad are being treated with contempt because we are not being given an opportunity to discuss all pre-budget proposals from all groupings properly.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I fail to see what is wrong with the Minister for Finance coming to the House to discuss alternatives not only from political parties or groupings, but to give all of us an opportunity to present to the Minister all the options and alternatives proposed by advocate groups throughout the country. How many meetings have taken place in this building at which groups have come in to discuss their...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I call on the Leader to afford us the five minutes speaking time given to statements being taken today. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business so that the Minister for Finance would come in to discuss pre-budget alternatives and so that a Sinn Féin representative would get five minutes in this context.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2011)

David Cullinane: I thank sincerely all of the Senators who responded to the letter sent on behalf of the Sinn Féin Senators a number of weeks ago on speaking time. We received a positive response from Senators of all political parties. In regard to what the Leader of the House had to say today on the statements which would be taken on two important topics, with respect, he missed the point. Whether Sinn...