Results 12,781-12,800 of 26,396 for speaker:David Cullinane
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (13 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: This is an important issue that was raised with me. The Defence Forces are not subject to the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. Similar Acts are in place in other countries to which the relevant defence forces are subject so we are unique in this respect. Because there is no possibility for class action in this State, individual cases are being taken by the trade union. It seems the...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I would like if the Fianna Fáil leader when contributing in the Dáil on statements on the EU summit would not when speaking about the North attack Sinn Féin. It does not impress anybody. Many of the Fianna Fáil backbenchers have previously referenced Sinn Féin walking away from its responsibilities. We do not walk away from our responsibilities in the North. We...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I did not interrupt speakers from the Fianna Fáil benches. Sinn Féin contests every election in the North and it has a mandate from the people. Fianna Fáil has no mandate in the North, nor does Fine Gael. They do not like elections in the North. They are the hurlers on the ditch.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: Neither party should criticise those who contest elections when they run away from voters in the North. Regardless of what happens today in Westminster, we have to make a number of observations about Brexit, the obvious one being that there is a withdrawal agreement on the table which provides basic protections for the North in the event of a no-deal Brexit. These include maintaining...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: Hear, hear.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I do not want to upset the committee's procedures but I have to get back to the Committee of Public Accounts. If it was possible for me to put the questions-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I thank Deputy O'Brien and the Chair for her indulgence. We will all look at this through the lens of what is closest to us. I do not intend to get caught up in the hyperbole of this issue with regard to the commentary that will flow from this locally. It is obviously an issue that will be contentious in Waterford and Kilkenny. This boundary issue has been contentious for some time. I...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I hope the Minister of State does not mean that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: We are coming back to current expenditure on housing in January.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I understand that but I am saying we will come back to HAP and all those areas in January. During a meeting with officials from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection the housing representatives attended. It was extraordinary that we were not able to get from the departmental officials information such as how many people were on HAP transfers. They said they did not have...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I do not believe the Department has given us the information we requested. That is my assessment. I get very frustrated with the Department of Education and Skills because that seems to be its modus operandi. The answer we got is not sufficient at any level. We asked the Department how the valuation was arrived at. The response we got was that was what the Valuation Office arrived at,...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: A further problem here is different valuations were given at different stages. Some of it was from independent valuers.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: When there are significant variations, we do not know the rationale for the Valuation Office arriving at the figure of €23 million. We were looking for that analysis and all we got from the Department was that the Valuation Office arrived at the figure. As we already knew that, the Department has not answered the question at all.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: Very good.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: That may well be the case but I ask that we hold over this correspondence. I want to look at it in a bit more detail. I had seen it and I had the same interpretation as the Chairman but I want to give it a bit more attention. I asked the Comptroller and Auditor General about Project Nantes because a number of pieces of correspondence have come our way. I do not have the resources to be...
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: Would that mean a special report?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: That would depend on what is in the information the Comptroller and Auditor General has received.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: The Comptroller and Auditor General has all of the information the committee received.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: That is fine. I am satisfied with that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (6 Dec 2018)
David Cullinane: I am satisfied, given the response of the Comptroller and Auditor General.