Results 10,001-10,020 of 10,035 for speaker:Martin Cullen

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: Let me explain for the benefit of the Senator. There is no application of the 20% requirement in Part V to these particular sites.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: These specific ones escaped completely the first time around.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: The media got it completely wrong also.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: The Senator should not believe everything he reads in The Irish Times.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: The capitulation of the planning authorities.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: Does the Senator think I did not try to do that? I took legal advice.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I went to the Attorney General.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: It is a red herring.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I got €70 million—

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: That is not true.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: The Senator should talk to her party members who lobbied me.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: They were whispering in my ear for the past six weeks.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: What about the Senator's party colleagues lobbying me for the past three months?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I cannot walk around Leinster House but Labour Party members are after me to change it and then they become all sanctimonious everywhere else—

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: It is disingenuous nonsense.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I deal with the facts.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: Touché, the Deputy is right.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: Those are the words of the social housing groups, not mine.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: I thank Senators for their contributions to the debate. I considered every argument made, as I am sure did the local authorities, those involved in the building industry and the representative organisations. However, life is driven by choices which I will make. I do not have the luxury to eulogise and philosophise and think about the ideals of the world while practical implications are ignored.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage. (10 Dec 2002)

Martin Cullen: The Senator has that luxury, I do not. When considering these issues, I will not be in a position to cut off my noise to spite my face. My failure to do nothing on the withering of planning permissions under the two year rule would not punish developers but house purchasers, who all in the House seek to champion. I am pleased Senators also recognise that housing supply is the key to the issue...