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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: ...allegations absolutely, as I did on Tuesday. I repeat that if anybody has information about abuse, they should bring that information to the proper authorities. The criminal justice system - An Garda Síochána in this State and the PSNI in the North - are the appropriate authorities to deal with these issues. Senator Bacik said she had a dossier. Has she provided that dossier...

Seanad: Joint Policing Committees: Motion (15 Oct 2014)

David Cullinane: ...members’:- recommends that all Joint Policing Committees regularly convene public meetings as a matter of priority, supported by an outreach programme to increase and diversify participation where senior Gardaí and appropriate senior local authority staff are in attendance, as well as representatives of statutory agencies responsible for issues likely to be raised; and that...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2014)

David Cullinane: ...Government, there is no doubt that the Government's goose has been well and truly cooked by the electorate and that the Government is on borrowed time. Over recent months the State has lost the Garda Commissioner, the Minister for Justice and Equality, the Tánaiste and the Government parties have lost MEPs and council seats up and down the State. In my view the Government parties...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

David Cullinane: ...There have been a number of high-profile sackings, resignations and retirements. They are called different things, but, in reality, people have been sacked and forced to resign. The confidential Garda recipient was sacked and the Garda Commissioner, Mr. Callinan, is gone. Mr. Frank Flannery had to resign from Rehab and now Ms Angela Kearns has resigned. Despite all of the controversies...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)

David Cullinane: ...in this State think that the Minister should resign. They think so because he has presided over a number of debacles over the past year. It began when he divulged information given to him by the Garda Commissioner on Deputy Mick Wallace and put it into the public domain. When the penalty points situation occurred, there was an attempt by the Minister and the Garda Commissioner at the...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)

David Cullinane: ...at the convention felt a second Constitutional Convention could and should be put in place to deal with a range of outstanding issues that the convention was unable to deal with. I refer to the Garda whistleblowers and the issues that will not be resolved unless there is a full, independent inquiry. The Taoiseach has had in his possession for almost a week a dossier from the Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

David Cullinane: ...sitting and it does not look good for this institution or the Government's approach to political reform. I primarily want to raise the concerns many citizens have about the alleged bugging of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Office. This is a very worrying development. The Government's response was disappointing in that the Minister for Justice and Equality appeared to be more...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2014)

David Cullinane: I welcome the referral of the penalty points issue by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It took 14 months for this to happen and the Minister must explain why it took so long for the issue to be referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. In the past 24 hours a number of Ministers have...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Community Welfare Services (23 May 2013)

David Cullinane: ...the community welfare officers. The Government is closing down a service to people in rural areas. This is not just about CWO services. Many small villages and towns are losing post offices and Garda stations, there are issues around schools and now we are also taking away one of the vital services for those communities by closing the offices or by removing the clinics. It is not good....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Unlicensed Money-Lending) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

David Cullinane: ...in Waterford a year ago where there was one gang that was trying to control a housing estate and its communities and using moneylending as a way to get a grip on those communities. In fairness, the Garda has been proactive in dealing with these individuals. There is a need for tighter regulation in this area. Fianna Fáil's Bill is part of it, by putting a bar for a period on someone...

Seanad: Garda Resources: Motion (6 Feb 2013)

David Cullinane: .... The Minister talks about smart policing, but he is really engaged in semantics. There is nobody in the Chamber against smart policing. Nobody here is against better and more effective use of Garda resources. Therefore, there is nobody against the principle of smart policing. However, many people outside of this Chamber living in communities that will be affected by the closure of...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: ...with a big rural base, he is aware of many of the issues which pertain. We can all give examples of services being lost in rural communities. An example of this today is that more than 100 Garda stations will be closed, the majority of which are in rural communities. There will be some impact on urban areas but rural communities will disproportionately suffer as a consequence of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: As I was not in the House yesterday during the Order of Business, I take this opportunity to condemn in the strongest possible terms the callous murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and to offer my condolences to his wife, children, family and all the people in Louth and across the State and island of Ireland who are shocked, saddened and angry about what happened. I draw the Deputy...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (28 Nov 2012)

David Cullinane: ...wages, physical and emotional abuse, refusing permission to leave the house, extra time worked on bank holidays not being paid, overworking, wholly inadequate breaks, threats of being reported to the Garda for being undocumented if she complained and withholding documentation. There is a catalogue of abuse and mistreatment. It is difficult to come forward if one is undocumented or...

Seanad: Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Jul 2012)

David Cullinane: ...representations from trade unions and other groups on section 26. It is important that we highlight the concerns expressed to us. This section deals with those in the fast accrual group, namely, gardaí, prison officers and firefighters. As the Minister will be aware, those in this group are obliged, for practical reasons, to retire at an earlier age than others. There are no 65, 66 or...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

David Cullinane: You should properly resource the Garda to allow gardaí do their jobs and not come in here with optics-----

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

David Cullinane: The Minister should properly resource the Garda. Those are real policies.

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

David Cullinane: He should not cut the numbers in the Garda.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

David Cullinane: That is not what the Garda Síochána were saying, which was very happy with the Ard-Fheis.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (20 Jun 2012)

David Cullinane: That is more political posturing from the Minister. Why does the Minister not properly resource the Garda Síochána to deal with gangs? The Minister should not just create an impression he is doing something by producing draconian legislation that is not used. It is a joke.