Results 10,141-10,160 of 26,394 for speaker:David Cullinane

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I know that. The national procurement agency is under that Department as well, and from other big projects where mistakes were made in the past, we know that the role of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is very important. All I am asking Mr. Breslin is whether that Department had a formal role in signing off on this process. If not, and it went straight to the Cabinet and it...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: So it did not.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: When Mr. Breslin was looking at this agreement, what percentage of capacity in private hospitals did he lock into the plan? What percentage capacity in private hospitals did he anticipate he would use over that three-month period?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: It was not all used, possibly less than half was used.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: In real time, is it correct to say that when Mr. Breslin was negotiating the deal it was on the basis that he anticipated using the full capacity in private hospitals?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: When Mr. Breslin was negotiating the deal, did he look at a like-for-like cost analysis of a bed, for example, in a public hospital and a bed in a private hospital? In terms of this particular deal that was negotiated, what was the average cost of a bed in a private hospital in the context of the deal which we now know will cost €300 million, and what was the average cost of a bed in...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: But Mr. Breslin was negotiating the deal.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I should point out to Mr. Breslin that on many occasions it was pointed out to him by all of the organisations that were here this morning and by people outside of this room as well that there was not capacity in the public system and that we needed more beds in the public system. The very fact that Mr. Breslin had to go to private hospitals is testimony to the fact that we did not have...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: But the Secretary General did not give me the costs. What was the cost per bed, in terms of this deal in private hospitals compared to what it is in the public system?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Use of Private Hospitals (Resumed) (2 Jun 2020)

David Cullinane: I accept what Mr. Breslin said that these were the only beds available and it was the obvious place to go for them. I am long enough around to know from my time as a member of the Committee of Public Accounts, and time spent looking at what is transparent, what should be accountable and what is value for money, that it is important to do a cost-benefit analysis and have the fundamentals of a...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 37 - Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Revised Estimate) (28 May 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with Deputy Brady. I will be taking ten minutes and he will be taking five. The Minister is absolutely right in saying that a failure to pass these Estimates today would create a real challenge for people who depend on all of these payments. We will certainly be supporting the Revised Estimates. We want a constructive debate so I will give way to the Minister if she...

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: Can the Minister tell me how many workers in Bord na Móna and the ESB are due to lose their current jobs by the end of the year? How many of those are benefitting from either the just transition fund or the retrofit programme at this point? The answer is "None of them". The Minister says these initiatives are at an advanced stage and the just transition fund is open for tenders, but a...

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: We have a very short time and that is not relevant to the question that I put. I asked how many workers would lose their jobs. The answer is 190.

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: I asked the Minister for a number. He gave it to me and then he waffled about other issues that have nothing to do with the question I asked. There is every prospect that a lot of the workers who are going to lose their jobs will never see a transition. Unless the Minister puts his skates on, the only transition they will see is a transition from their current jobs onto the dole queue....

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: That was exactly six minutes.

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: I am sharing with Deputies Kerrane and Stanley. The allocation of time will be six minutes, five minutes and four minutes, respectively.

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: I will put questions directly to the Minister. I want to go over and back during the time if that is possible. I want to deal with two issues very quickly. We only have six minutes so I would appreciate if the Minister could be as succinct as I will be in putting the questions. The first is on the just transition fund after which I will ask questions about the media. There are three...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: We did not get a commitment on a briefing. Can the Taoiseach make that commitment?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: Yes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

David Cullinane: My understanding is that the motion will allow for the Estimates to be published, so the longer we delay taking the motion, the longer it will take for the Estimates to be published.