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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I am proud of the fact that Sinn Féin is the only political party that is standing up for the taxpayers of this country, who are being asked unfairly to shoulder the burden-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I have.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: My question to the Leader is this. We should have a debate about the terms of the bailout deal, and the Minister for Finance should come to the House to discuss not just the terms of the deal but also the commitments his party gave before the election, which have not been fulfilled.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I must raise the fact that the Fianna Fáil Party has tabled a motion before the House-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: A motion has been tabled by the Fianna Fáil Party about the closure of accident and emergency services at Roscommon County Hospital, despite the fact that that party closed accident and emergency services in other parts of this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: This is another example of populism by the Fianna Fáil Party.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: And the situation in Nenagh and Ennis.

Seanad: Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House. The Bill is being presented as a largely technical item of legislation intended to transfer responsibility from the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. We in Sinn Féin are aware of the obvious need for careful management of the seafront and the foreshore in numerous areas. I...

Seanad: Registration of Wills Bill 2011: Second Stage (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I call on the Minister to forgive me for repeating some points already made. I was attending a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children so I missed some of the earlier exchanges. Like previous speakers I support the intention behind the publication of the Bill. I commend Senator Leyden on bringing forward the Bill. However, I agree with some of the points of legal concern that...

Seanad: Harbours and Piers (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Shane McEntee, and thank him for taking this Adjournment matter. There is an urgent need for funding to repair the pier at Helvick in County Waterford. It was brought to my attention at a recent meeting between Oireachtas Members and the executive of Waterford County Council that an application for...

Seanad: Harbours and Piers (6 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: The Minister of State referred to the ownership of the pier resting with Waterford County Council and indicated that the latter has responsibility for maintenance, which is fine. However, this does not prevent the Department from providing grant aid. The position is similar to that which applies in respect of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. That...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage and Final Stages. (7 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 14: In page 40, to delete lines 10 to 35. I welcome the Minister back to the House. It will come as no surprise to him that I oppose any attempt to hollow out the Official Languages Act. This is a breach of fundamental rights, language rights and, I would contend, a breach of the Constitution. Under Article 8.1 of the Constitution, Irish is the first official language....

Seanad: Job Creation (7 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State. To give some background to tabling of this subject for discussion, in 2007 the former Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment had a discussion about unemployment black spots, and a former member of the Lower House, Arthur Morgan, asked that a cross-party delegation of that committee travel to such areas. The areas chosen included west...

Seanad: Job Creation (7 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I refer to the last point made by the Minister of State. This is precisely why we need a university for the region. Some people maintain that if a university were in place, there may be greater research and development opportunities and we might not have seen the job losses announced at GlaxoSmithKline. The Minister of State is correct to suggest this is about reducing costs in the...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (8 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and agree with the Senators who expressed their disappointment that the Minister for Health is not present. Along with previous Senators I, too, have struggled with the decision on whether to support this Bill but I will do so because in recent weeks many of us have called on the Order of Business for the Minister for Health to come into this...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I have two questions for the Leader but before I raise them I make the point that it is fast becoming obvious to many people that this Government is following the lead of the previous Government. It is becoming again a Government of announcements. We heard the Minister for Finance say on radio this morning that at some point in the future there may be something done in respect of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: I have a question. Last week we had a five hour debate on the Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill but we saw no sign of the Minister for Health. I intend to move an amendment to the Order of Business. Three hours are to be allocated today to take Committee and remaining Stages of the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill, to which there is not even an amendment tabled. This is...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: -----by this and previous Governments. The Minister for Health needs to come into this Chamber to discuss the real concerns people in County Roscommon and in many other counties have who believe that what happened in Roscommon County Hospital could also happen in their counties. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business: that the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill be heard from...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: The amendment is that the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment ) Bill be heard from 3.45 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. and from 4.45 p.m. to 6.45 p.m. that statements be taken on health care in this State.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: The Senator has an obsession with Sinn Féin. It is a very unhealthy fetish.