Results 9,561-9,580 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Electronic Voting. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I assure the Deputy again that there is a full, verifiable audit trail.

Electronic Voting. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Does the Deputy want the information?

Electronic Voting. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Is he interested in listening to the sound of his own voice or does he want information? There is a full audit trail. In the event of any of these results being challenged in the High Court, a full ballot paper, vote by vote, can be produced. We are covered by all angles and possibilities. This is one of the best systems available. I can only go on the best national and international advice...

Electronic Voting. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Under the old system, a person put a paper vote in a box and did not get a receipt. A voter will not get a receipt this time either. That has never been part of our electoral system.

Electronic Voting. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: There is an audit trail. The Deputy knows the system has a paper audit trail. People can see on the machine that their vote is cast. The Deputy is well aware there are internal systems in the machine. The machine even has the capacity, if it is not working properly, to rectify itself.

Electronic Voting. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: There will not be a printout. We will not put people walking out of a polling station under duress to produce to the Deputy, Sinn Féin or anybody else evidence of how they voted. Is the Deputy serious?

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Ireland is a party to the EU treaty and, in accordance with this, pays its contribution to the EU budget. EURATOM is financed directly from the general EU budget, but there is no separate contribution from Ireland towards the budget of EURATOM. This Government's policy is to steer EURATOM's activities towards nuclear safety and radiological protection. EURATOM has been active in both of these...

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Ireland's position on nuclear power, the Government's opposition to it and my views are well documented in the public domain. There is not unanimity in Europe on this issue because some countries are nuclear and support the development of the industry. We do not. What is important is the nuclear safety package which is currently under discussion and about which there are differing views. As...

EURATOM Treaty. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I do not agree with all the assertions the Deputy has made in the absolutist terms in which he has framed them with regard to EURATOM. While there are issues and questions which we should pursue, it is not open to me to turn round the agenda during the Irish Presidency. The agenda for the Presidency is well documented and publicised. The best thing the Irish Presidency can do is deal with...

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Final decisions on planning applications are a matter for the relevant local planning authority or, in the case of planning appeals, An Bord Pleanála. The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is a statutory consultee in the case of any proposed development which may have an impact on built or natural heritage. The Minister is accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas...

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy is suggesting that I rejected——

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Deputy's assertion is that I rejected professional advice.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I did not. I took all——

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I would answer, if the Deputy allowed me. I took advice from various sections. The perception the Deputy is conveying externally is that I sit in some office locked away on my own and receive a series of files.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I want to make it clear that I do not do that. It is important to record the fact.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: As the Deputy is well aware, I sit down with senior management to discuss all of these issues right across the system. Members from all sides of the House constantly come to me about all sorts of heritage issues in their local areas. Some even try to raise planning issues with me in which instances I inform them immediately that I have no function in the planning system. People raise issues...

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: I do not have any notes in front of me. I will not stand here and say no one did. I will check the files and if someone did, I will confirm for the Deputy what the position was. I have no difficulty with that as I wish it to be clear that I looked at the implications and our vitally important heritage aims in each of the 28 cases, 19 of which were appealed. I considered how best we could...

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: No.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: Not to my knowledge.

Planning Issues. (3 Feb 2004)

Martin Cullen: The basis of the second part of the Deputy's questioning is inaccurate. I have answered the first part. He suggests I do not take professional advice from my Department.