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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Sorry. I should have said "division". There will be just two for the entire division, which covers three counties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Garda Reform and Related Issues: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank the Commissioner for his responses. I understand his logic in terms of the districts and the changes that are being made. Sometimes, though, a one-size-fits-all policy does not work. If a county is very large geographically and is both urban and rural, for example, Waterford, perhaps what might work for Limerick or Dublin city might not work for it. I have a concern about there...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: The farmers who are on the picket lines at the moment are not the big ranchers. They are not the farmers that are running the factory farms or feedlots; they are small farmers who run family farms and graze their cattle outdoors. It is the type of farming that we should encourage as it produces the high quality beef a lot of us eat and that is sold around the world because of its quality....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I will pose my question to the Minister for Health. Local Deputies and I have raised this issue for some time. I commend the fact the building is now there and has been kitted out but the funding for staffing simply is not there. There is a state-of-the-art palliative care unit on the first two floors of this building and the top three floors have 72 acute beds. The problem is that the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: 534. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Minerals Development Act 2017 is fully enacted; if not, the legislation that pertains to minerals development; the environmental protection laws that apply to the Act in force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37135/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. McRedmond and his team. I was recently appointed as my party's spokesperson on communications and the environment. I hope that I will get the opportunity to have an informal meeting with Mr. McRedmond in the coming weeks. I support the previous Deputy's sentiments. It is obviously a very important issue for the workers in Cork. He very intelligently set out those concerns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Is Mr. McRedmond saying market forces constitute a strong element underpinning the criteria and that a post office must be viable from a market perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I accept that, but do post offices also meet a social need, not just in rural areas but also in urban areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Would that social service be led in part by some State services such as social welfare payments, An Post payments or the payment of Garda fines? Is it fair to say this is also a strong element of the overall service provided that adds to the viability of the post office and also meets a social need, particularly in rural areas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I have watched many post offices in my constituency close. Invariably, when they close, it causes a major problem in the locality, particularly in towns and villages. Sometimes the heat is on for a few weeks, but then, obviously, it dissipates. However, people have lost the service and that presents a difficulty, particularly for many older people. We have discussions about how many post...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Is there a number? That is my point. I know how many post offices there are in existence, but did a number come out of the mapping exercise for the number it was necessary to have to provide services based on the criteria?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: We heard that before and then there were announcements of closures. To be clear, Ms Byrne is saying that even though An Post has carried out a mapping exercise that indicates that, from An Post's perspective, the State could live with having 750 post offices, for viability reasons, it does not see the need for a reduction in the current number of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: A former Minister of State also.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome Mr. Coffey and his team. I think it was Deputy Lahart who spoke earlier of the reason IFAC was brought into existence, namely to remind politicians of our fiscal responsibility and of the Celtic tiger years and the recession which followed. Equally, I imagine that Mr. Coffey understands that we are politicians and that politicians are under fierce pressure from our constituents...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: People might see a range from €3 billion to €6 billion as being quite big.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Could Mr. Tutty be a bit more specific?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: IFAC refers to the potential of an element of corporation tax receipts being unsustainable. I am just putting it back to our guestsnot in a wooly way but in a direct fashionand asking whether they have done an analysis of how much of that may be unsustainable. We have heard the range of €3 billion to €6 billion but is the true figure closer to the former or the latter?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I have a question on how the money is spent. Our guests are indicating that corporation tax receipts which may well be unsustainable should not be allocated towards day-to-day spending. Would they be as concerned if an element of this was used for capital spending?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: Would it be less risky to put it to capital spending rather than day-to-day spending?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed) (11 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: I know that but I am asking if such action would be less risky.