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Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

David Cullinane: It is not a point of order.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for all that. I also thank her officials for the work that has gone into this Bill. It is debated annually. It seems to be Groundhog Day in that we have the same discussion on it every year. It has to be done; it is going to be on our annual cycle of Bills. Its purpose is to review the risk equalisation mechanism. As the Minister of State said, it deals...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 7F of Principal Act 2.Section 7F of the Principal Act is amended, in section 4A, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c): “(c) In respect of each of the following applicable 3 year periods— (i) the 3 year period from 1 January 2020...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: Every single patient and healthcare worker in this State should watch back the Minister's response to our motion here today. What they will see in the Minister's response is that he spent most of his time attacking Sinn Féin. He points to the North which, obviously, Ministers do every time they are under pressure. What the Minister failed to point out is that in the last two elections...

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: €1.3 billion is a lot-----

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister for Health was looking for more money.

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: He is obviously taking the soup.

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister is scraping the bottom of the barrel now.

Health Service Recruitment Freeze: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes: — that the Government's mismanagement of the health budget has led to a disastrous embargo on recruitment into frontline posts; and — the memorandums sent by the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Service Executive (HSE), which directed a severe escalation in the recruitment embargo across the health service, and which...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time. I thank the Minister of State for her opening statement. This is an annual Bill to review the risk equalisation mechanism which supports the community-based health insurance market. It revises the stamp duty levy on policies and the risk equalisation credits payable to insurers for 2024. As a principle, risk equalisation ensures that costs are constant across the...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “Review of operation of Act 7.The Minister shall, within 24 months of the passing of this Act, carry out a review of the operation of the Act, to include in particular a review of the effectiveness and operationalisation of section 4(2)which shall make recommendations on whether a system for...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I do not want to split hairs on this issue. I do not contend at all that the Minister is being unreasonable, but neither are those of us who are making our arguments. I made a point earlier that I will repeat and not labour. The Minister's amendment states that he shall, "not later than 18 months after the commencement of this section, commence a review" as opposed to completing a review....

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I am talking on amendment No. 5, but I also support the other grouped amendments, with the exception of the Minister’s amendment, and my apologies to the Minister. We are talking about a review of the Act. It is important for us in the first instance to understand what it is the legislation does because we have had some discussion already. It is incumbent upon those of us who...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: That is not what is being proposed.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I was being helpful.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: I was clarifying.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: That is a bit of a stretch.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: There is an obvious logic in what the Minister is saying in that, as Minister for Health, he does not want to involve himself in justice issues or operational issues that pertain to An Garda Síochána and, in general terms, that makes sense. He has to accept, however, that what we are talking about here are health regulations and a health Bill that is coming from his office, and...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: The Minister will be aware I tabled the same amendments on Committee Stage. I withdrew them in recognition of the clarity he brought and the logic of his argument at the time. I still think I was right to withdraw them at that point. However, on reflection, I welcome that an Teachta Smith has tabled similar amendments with the same intent. From memory, the Minister's argument was that An...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: From the Seanad (15 Nov 2023)

David Cullinane: We got caught out last week. That is why we are here now.