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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (11 Jun 2019)

David Cullinane: 957. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the regulations regarding termination notices and voluntary housing associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23290/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome that the discussions with Mr. Tusk and the informal EU Council meeting centred on making Europe greener, fairer and more inclusive for people in future. This is linked with the points made by Deputy Boyd Barrett earlier in regard to the failure of Europe to grasp the fact that neoliberal policies have had a real impact on the lives of people across the European Union and have led...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin collapsed a government not a parliament.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I assume the Taoiseach understands that for a government to function, it needs a programme for government. It is not about making demands outside of institutions in some vacuum. Rather, parties must agree on programmes for government. We are up for that. As the Taoiseach knows, there was an agreement last year but it was reneged on. We have to move on and get agreement. We accept this...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome the ongoing support from Congress and the Irish Americans who make up the Congressional Friends of Ireland caucus for the peace process, the backstop and protections for Ireland in the context of Brexit. The Taoiseach mentioned the issue of the undocumented Irish. There are 50,000 undocumented Irish citizens in the United States. The Taoiseach has met some of them and has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I wish to ask the Minister for Health about the commitment in the programme for Government to reduce the average waiting times for appointments, procedures and diagnostic tests across the health service. Last week, I tabled a parliamentary question regarding waiting times for child supports in the south east. The reply seemed to state that the average wait time in Waterford for a child...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Yesterday afternoon, a man was shot dead in broad daylight on Kilbarron Avenue in Coolock in Dublin. Last week, a man was shot in broad daylight in Darndale in a laneway adjacent to a primary school. These murders follow on from a spate of other shootings and killings in recent weeks and months in Dublin, Drogheda and other parts of the country, with numerous people dead and seriously...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. Unfortunately, the increase that he spoke about has simply not been enough. Senior gardaí in the affected communities have said that. We have heard them say it in Drogheda, Dundalk, Dublin and rural parts of Ireland where they simply do not have the required resources. In 2009, we had 14,547 gardaí. We now have 14,160, which is 387 fewer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I normally see the staff who work for the Committee of Public Accounts and I am happy to speak to the staff here also. The homeless figures have just been issued and have increased again. The figure now stands at 10,378. The Minister keeps saying Rebuilding Ireland is working. How does this chime with the latest figures? Will the Minister react to the figures that have just been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: The Minister uses terms like "ramping up" and "acceleration" with respect to new social and public housing, but it is a crawl at best. The evidence is before our eyes with these figures. We cannot on the one hand say Rebuilding Ireland is a success because we are building more houses and we are "ratcheting" up construction, as the Minister stated, while we get these figures month on month,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I do not show any disrespect in the Dáil Chamber. I have not shown any disrespect to the Minister at all.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I asked for clarification. The Minister accused me of putting misinformation to him and I asked him to clarify it. That is not disrespectful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: Will the Minister answer my questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I am not asking the Minister to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

David Cullinane: He has not answered the questions I put to him.

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: The Minister said the people sitting opposite him did not have a monopoly of understanding the fears and anxieties of those with distressed mortgages or who found it difficult to pay very high mortgages. That may or may not be correct, but I do not believe the Government understands fully what is happening to the families concerns and their real fears and anxieties when vulture funds arrive...

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: I will get to them.

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: This is the deal. Families cannot do anything about the letters they receive. They are then told not to worry because all of the deals they entered into will be honoured and that there is nothing to see here, similar to what the Government stated about Bills brought forward by the Opposition to regulate and deal with vulture funds. There is no problem, until people receive a letter from a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of paying 80% of the entry level rate to student teachers on placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22505/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (28 May 2019)

David Cullinane: 189. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed at the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the number of vacant positions in each of the years 2001 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22609/19]