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Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: That is not an issue. Martin McGuinness chose to stand and was elected in Mid-Ulster.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: In a united Ireland, we will all be able to vote in one Parliament.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: Of course we were founded by people who were a minority who engaged in-----

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: 1916.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: That was 1916. There was no support for it.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: Well then, that is great. That was the comparison. The mandate that Sinn Féin has now is very-----

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: The Senator is rewriting history from his own perspective.

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: And 1916-----

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I wish to respond to a number of points and to make a few of my own. In the last Northern Assembly elections, more than 63% of the Nationalist community voted for Sinn Féin-----

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: -----and endorsed Sinn Féin and what we stand for and endorsed the record of Martin McGuinness and all those mentioned by Senator Mooney. Today's motion is not about Sinn Féin or any political party, whether Fianna Fáil or any of the Government parties. There is an attempt to overcomplicate the logic or the thrust of this motion. This motion is about extending voting rights to citizens...

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: It is quite interesting that several Taoisigh and the President have, on occasion, shook the hands of the captains of All Ireland teams from counties Tyrone, Armagh, Down and Derry and congratulated them on winning the All Ireland final, because they are part of the Irish nation, and yet those very same people are not entitled to vote for the President who shakes their hand. That is the...

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: It is the people who are elected who should decide what any convention should look at, not people who happen to sit on that convention. We are the people who are elected and especially those members in the Dáil who should make those choices. The choice open to us is that we can continue to pay lip service to the notion that people who live on the island of Ireland are Irish and are part of...

Seanad: Presidential Elections: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: -----because they are demanding a simple right to be able to vote for their President. What the Government parties are doing here today is voting down a motion that simply gives expression to that, which tells me that they are not interested in including the citizens of the North in the life of this nation, which I believe is a mistake on their part.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I join with Senator Healy Eames in calling for a debate with the Minister for Justice and Equality on the issue of human rights. She rightly highlighted the worthwhile discussion we had in the House recently with Dr. Maurice Manning. The same individual and the Irish Human Rights Commission have spoken prior to the Minister addressing the United Nations on Ireland's performance in respect...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: They live in the northern part of the country; they live in Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: We debated the issue yesterday.

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: He is still watching.

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: On a point of order, on four occasions Ministers have come to the House to take statements and questions. On each occasion, Sinn Féin was given an opportunity to make a statement but we have been informed we are not being given that opportunity in the presence of the Minister for Finance. It is interesting that we are the only party that does not share the economic consensus of the other...

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: The Government is out of order for gagging the Sinn Féin party and for not allowing us-----

Seanad: Statements on Finance (6 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: -----to challenge the Minister for Finance in the same way as any other grouping or party in the Chamber.