Results 11,041-11,060 of 26,396 for speaker:David Cullinane

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I ask the Chairman to bear in mind that a report from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, which is confined to examining these matters from a value for money perspective, focused on the relationship between State funding and the company that was spun out. It looked at a very limited aspect of this matter. As we know, the HEA report looked in more detail at other issues...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: We should write to the Department to thank it for its letter. However, if they have follow-up correspondence and documentation in which concerns regarding management of conflicts of interest are raised, they have an obligation to pursue the matter further.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: We should ask if they have examined the possibility of appointing a special investigator. When they were here, they indicated that was one of the options they were considering.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Bill for its content but also because it provides an opportunity to have a wider discussion on public broadcasting. The Minister has taken the opportunity, as has Deputy Dooley, to set out many of the challenges we face. There is no secret that we have to face what some would describe as a "crisis" and others a "challenge" in public broadcasting. This plays out in many ways...

UN Climate Action Summit: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with Deputy Martin Kenny. I welcome the opportunity to participate in this debate. It is telling that approximately 30 seconds into his contribution, the Minister mentioned carbon taxes and carbon pricing. It is regrettable that, from the Government's perspective and from that of others in political circles, the whole debate on climate action is framed around carbon tax...

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome the debate. It is obvious from all the contributions by Members of all parties and none that there is universal acceptance that something needs to be done. There is goodwill on this issue across the House and it is the Minister's job to translate that goodwill into action. I heard the Minister respond to this issue during Questions on Promised Legislation earlier in the week....

Industrial Action by School Secretaries: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: The first thing we should do is not play party politics with this issue and start patting ourselves on the back. It is the secretaries and caretakers who have been pushing this issue for years. Admittedly, we have been a conduit and the trade union in recent times has robustly taken on this issue but this is only the start of a process. There is a long way to go. I wish all the sides...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: The Minister's speech clearly sets out the work of the review group. The group has done a lot of research and has met with many stakeholders. Its members are visiting PCI centres in this State and internationally. I support the group's work because the decisions made will have to be underpinned by clinical evidence and good clinical governance. I asked for the Minister to give us an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: The need for expanded cardiac services in the south east has been a big issue for people who live in the region. On foot of a number of meetings with Members of the Oireachtas of all parties from across the south east, the Minister for Health agreed to carry out a national review that would look at the provision of primary percutaneous coronary intervention, PPCI, or emergency cardiac care...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the target of 1,000,000 electric vehicles on the roads by 2030 is a realistic target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome our witnesses. When did Mr. Fogarty's community wind farm project first start as a concept and when was it completed and operational?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I commend the witnesses on their tenacity in sticking with the project. How many similar projects, which are fully community-owned, are in the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: There is only the Tipperary project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: That is what I want to get to. It took the witnesses a long time to get to where they are but it is a clear success story, as they have related that story. However, there is no other project of comparable size that is community-owned because of the challenges mentioned by the witness. Mr. Fogarty says the system is weighted against local development and the big operators from big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: The witnesses indicated earlier that the biggest impediment was access to the grid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: How is that measured? The witnesses spoke earlier of prohibitive fees and how they were made a number of offers that simply were not viable. How is the value put on the ESB grid connection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: It is fair to say that what we are hearing is that cost and viability are issues. I support Deputy Dooley's call for us to have witnesses from ESB Networks and the Department before the committee. We are focused on trying to unlock potential and there is clearly potential for microgeneration and more projects like that run by the witnesses. It is not just about large-scale operations and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Is there confidence or certainty?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I have raised this issue in the Dáil in the past couple of weeks. I am referring to the south-east palliative care centre, which is part of the Dunmore wing of University Hospital Waterford. The top three floors will house 72 acute beds run by hospital management, with the bottom two floors being a new, state-of-the-art palliative care facility. Local Oireachtas Members, including...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: We will divide the time on the basis of four minutes, three minutes and three minutes, respectively. I commend the Green Party on bringing forward this motion. I understand I do not need to move the Sinn Féin amendment to the motion but if I am required to do so, I will do that. Sinn Féin is committed to a sustainable afforestation strategy and we recognise the importance of...