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Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Representatives of the Revenue Commissioners and other organisations have come before the Committee of Public Accounts with all sorts of opinion on revenue matters. If we ask the head of Revenue for an opinion, he says it is not a matter for him but for the Government. When the head of IDA Ireland says the rate should not be increased or decreased, it is a personal opinion because it is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank the Chairman. I am not sure whether he was trying to put manners on me. I hope our discussions will be robust as well. I thank him for his kind words in respect of Deputy Crowe. He will continue to take an active role in the issues and work he has been engaged in. I welcome the two witnesses. It is timely that there is a discussion on the future of Europe, although that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: They are two different questions. One was about a European army and the other about security and defence. They are two different issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I will be brief as I have just two supplementary questions. I thank both witnesses for their responses and I agree with almost everything they said. Earlier the word "Eurosceptic" was raised and I appreciate the context in which it was raised. It was also mentioned earlier that the debate often comes down to a "them and us" type of debate and that feeds into the notion of labelling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: If we do not see it as healthy then we have problems. We will have problems with the rise of the far right, we will have more Brexits, and we will have more of what happened in America with the rise of Trump. Let us learn from these situations. If all of that teaches us anything it is that the debate on the future of Europe must be inclusive and people must refrain from putting people into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: My comment was not directed at Ms O'Connell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: Mr. Healy had me until the last quote. I welcome both groups and the opportunity to discuss the future of the European Union. There will be an overlap with the questions put to the previous group as it is on the same topic. We discussed the same issues with the group which attended earlier. It appears that there is consensus among the farming groups, which I welcome, that they would not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement on the Future of Europe (Resumed): European Movement Ireland, Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Assocation and Macra na Feirme (4 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I am afraid Mr. Comer may have misunderstood my point about CAP, as the question I asked was not answered and his response may have misrepresented what I said. At no point did I call into question the validity of CAP and its value. Quite the opposite. The ICMSA and Macra na Feirme have both said they want the budget increased. I am not against that but am asking if the witnesses also...

Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] (3 Oct 2017)

David Cullinane: I move:That the Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 be referred to the Select Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection pursuant to Standing Orders 84A and 141. This Bill was voted on on Second Stage last July and went through a very rigorous discussion and debate at the former Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The committee worked tirelessly and held a number of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. There is a focus on Ireland now because it is one of the three areas that forms part of the current negotiations, namely, the financial settlement, citizens' rights and Ireland. The Minister of State has rightly recognised that there has been positive movement on citizens' rights. There may be an announcement tomorrow by Prime Minister May in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: While it is the position of the European Commission and the European Parliament that the North should remain within the customs union, this will be subject to ongoing negotiation with the British Government. What we are trying to work out is what will be the end game. In other words, what will be in the withdrawal agreement. For Ireland, it is a red line that the North remains in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Article 50 negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39914/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: I ask the Minister of State to update the House on the status of the Article 50 negotiations which are ongoing. What progress has been made and in what areas? What challenges still present in terms of issues that relate to Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for being here and for meeting all parties in Stormont yesterday, as well as communities across the Border. I hope he will report back to the European Commission on these welcome engagements. On behalf of my colleagues who are MPs and MEPs, I ask if he intends to produce a formal report not just for the Commission but also for the steering group of the European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for being here and for meeting all parties in Stormont yesterday, as well as communities across the Border. I hope he will report back to the European Commission on these welcome engagements. On behalf of my colleagues who are MPs and MEPs, I ask if he intends to produce a formal report not just for the Commission but also for the steering group of the European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Special Meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs meeting with the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence and the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Engagement with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt MEP, European Parliament Brexit Co-ordinator (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank Mr. Verhofstadt for being here and for meeting all parties in Stormont yesterday, as well as communities across the Border. I hope he will report back to the European Commission on these welcome engagements. On behalf of my colleagues who are MPs and MEPs, I ask if he intends to produce a formal report not just for the Commission but also for the steering group of the European...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: The HEA says that it will incorporate this into its annual report. Will it furnish us with the full information in a separate report beforehand? That is what we sought. Things can get lost when they get incorporated into annual reports. We will have a lot to evaluate there when that comes before us. What we sought was a very specific piece of work about consultancy firms carrying out...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: That is fine as a-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: With respect, that is fine as a change in practice but it does not give us the information we sought. Let us have the information we sought and if, arising from our discussions here, they change their practice and follow what has been suggested, then that is great, but give us the information we asked for.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2017)

David Cullinane: Is the report the Comptroller and Auditor General has the unredacted version? How is it the Comptroller and Auditor General can get an unredacted version?