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Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House and commend the independent group on tabling this very important motion. I support the broad thrust of it, and I support the sentiments expressed by the Senators who proposed and seconded the motion in a very forthright and passionate way. Human trafficking, primarily of women, but unfortunately, sometimes children and even a small minority...

Seanad: Human Trafficking and Prostitution: Motion (12 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I apologise. Someone said that we are not going away, and the point is that we can come back in three months and six months and if the Government has not acted, we can hold it to account. We can make sure the promise made today and the commitments we have received from the representatives of the Labour Party and the Fine Gael Party, who spoke very passionately and who share our concerns,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: The Senator should not make false statements about the Opposition.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I want to raise an issue relating to the Northern Ireland Assembly. A number of Senators have previously called for the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister to come before this House at some point. I remind the Leader that we should consider this possibility. It is important to do so in the context of the £4 billion cut in the Assembly's budget from the block grant from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: The imposition of £4 billion of cuts on the Assembly by the British Government could be dealt with in that way.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: It is important that the ignorance in this House about the powers and functions of the Assembly is dealt with.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: Perhaps a debate in this House might allow that to happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: If the Assembly Members in the North, especially the Sinn Féin Assembly Members, had the fiscal powers to do what they want to do, the North would be a much better place.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: The cuts being imposed would be less-----

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I am asking for a debate on the matter. If Senators are not informed about the actual powers and functions of the Assembly, they cannot do themselves justice when they speak in ignorance about what is happening in the North. I remind the Leader that policing and justice powers have been transferred from Westminster to the Assembly. The same needs to happen in relation to fiscal powers....

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin wants fiscal powers. Fianna Fáil gave them away.

Seanad: Public Policy and Planning: Statements (13 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also welcome the opportunity to have this discussion. The area of statistics and data is one of the least glamorous of Government but it is one of the most important. It is vital when one considers that service provision is often based on information, population figures, and other data much of which comes from the Central Statistics Office....

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: Sinn Féin supports Senator Bacik's motion on Dr. Nashed, which it is hoped can be discussed in the House. However, even if it is not discussed, Sinn Féin will support the motion if put before the House. Also, I support the call of previous speakers for the Minister with responsibility for housing to come into the House to debate planning and development regulations in this State, in...

Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I wish to share my time with Senator Cummins. I, too, welcome the Minister of State to the House. This motion relates to a long-standing problem at Templars Hall housing estate in Waterford. The Minister of State may be aware from media coverage nationally and locally that residents of Templars Hall housing estate, Waterford have been experiencing problems in their estate over the past...

Seanad: Anti-Social Behaviour (18 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I thank the Leader and the Minister of State for their contributions. A number of members of the residents association are in the Visitors Gallery and will be grateful for the Minister of State's comments. The figures speak for themselves. That 126 public disorder-type incidents have been reported to the Garda shows the extent of the problem. Will the Minister of State revert to the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: We are giving them €700 million next week.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business. (19 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I strongly support the call by Senator Whelan for a discussion on the role of the media in the State. Often when such a call is made, politicians are accused of being opposed to freedom of speech. However, the opposite is the case. The point being made, which I would also make, is that the monopoly a certain number of individuals have of the media in this country and abroad is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I was not present for the debate yesterday on the motion put down by Fianna Fáil regarding Army barracks and the Defence Forces. However, I listened to most of the debate and to the Minister's response. It was an appalling debate, the worst that has taken place in this House since I became a Member. It was not a debate. There was no constructive analysis or comment from the Minister-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Oct 2011)

David Cullinane: I am making a point about the debate.