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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: It was not so much the Lansdowne Road agreement. I am more concerned about-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Yes, there is no provision for 2019, 2020 and 2021. The Minister tells us that the remaining cost of unwinding FEMPI is approximately €1.4 billion. I am seeking clarity on the position of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions post the Lansdowne Road agreement.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Ms King has said that FEMPI should be unwound. I reckon a distinction needs to be made between taking the law from the Statue Book and unwinding FEMPI in terms of giving everything back to those from whom everything was taken. That would include higher earners. Ms King made the point, rightly, that those on salaries below €30,000, or perhaps a little higher, will not benefit in any...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Outlook, Competitiveness and Labour Market Developments: Discussion (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Thank you for letting me in, Chairman. I have to leave.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: That is the Ceann Comhairle's problem.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: A Second Stage speech allows us to deal with a broad range of issues about a Bill, and the Ceann Comhairle is long enough in the House to know that. I understand the point that the Ceann Comhairle makes. I am simply saying that we cannot look at new inclusions in how we deal with public procurement if we do not deal with the failures of the past. We have a Bill before us that talks about...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: It is, actually.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Thank you.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I have no difficultly with having a discussion, but everything I have said is in the context of public procurement, and this is a Bill on public procurement. I will choose what I want to say and how I deal with my Second Stage speeches. As long as I am dealing with the subject matter, which I am doing, I fail to see-----

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I am, with respect. The references I cited do not include cases where a disclosed level of non-compliant procurement is below €500,000. This means that the potential non-compliance is even greater. It should also be noted that the level of non-compliant procurement may be higher due to under reporting. For example, the HSE does not have adequate systems to capture instances of...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: Despite the presumptuous comments of Deputy Marc MacSharry, Sinn Féin will be happy to support the Bill. We have a number of issues with the Bill and it has flaws but, as I have said when I have supported previous Bills, especially Bills proposed by Fianna Fáil, if we support the principle and logic of a Bill we will support it even if we see flaws in it. We will allow Bills to...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: It is important that we allow Bills to pass Second Stage and be properly scrutinised on Committee Stage. That is the reason there are several Stages in debating legislation. Before dealing with the parts of the Bill I disagree with or about which I have concerns I will focus on the provisions with which I agree and which are the reason I am keen to have the Bill proceed to Committee...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: On the same issue-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: As Deputy Coppinger mentioned, Sinn Féin is proposing a Bill that would, in part, deal with what is happening with Tesco and many other companies that are refusing to allow trade union access in the workplace. It is important for the Taoiseach to know that trade unions such as Mandate, Unite and the Financial Services Union and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have given their full...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: The Taoiseach supports the employers. He is siding with the employers again.

Order of Business (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: We support it as well.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if persons are required to hold a valid CSCS, construction skills certification scheme, trainee card during the time they are building up their six months' experience on their desired plant or machine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the persons within SOLAS, the approved training centres and the Health and Safety Authority, who are responsible for checking that CSCS trainee cards are being issued and held for a minimum of six months before persons are attending training centres for certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8200/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are or will be put in place to ensure that operators are only being certified after having held a trainee card for at least six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences Renewals (21 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: 613. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that taxi drivers in Waterford city have to go to Kilkenny city in order to have their vehicles certified as an SPSV, that this is an additional cost on taxi drivers often resulting in the loss of a day's income and that any repairs have to happen in Kilkenny; his plans to rectify this...