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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: ...It cannot just be that it is taking far longer because we are talking about a cost that is four times the initial cost. I would like a little more detail as to why the cost has increased from €5 million to €20 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: ...because I am not suggesting anybody is culpable or responsible. I am trying to get answers on behalf of the taxpayers who will have to foot this bill. The cost has increased from less than €5 million to €20 million. I am not saying that is the fault of the Department, the Taoiseach, the Opposition or everybody here. Rather, I am saying it has happened and cost is an...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 1 - President's Establishment
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (7 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: There is an issue here. The Oireachtas committed initially to writing a cheque for less than €5 million. The cost has now increased to €20 million. I appreciate the point that is being made by the Accounting Officer, that there has been consultation with Oireachtas Members and Opposition leaders, but people will be concerned about the fact that costs have increased from...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2016: Higher Education Authority, University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology (24 May 2018)

David Cullinane: ...of point 5, that in May 2018 potential cost savings in hosting events in-house are being reviewed. Doing more in-house and saving money is a good idea. We know from our own work that €150 million of taxpayers' money was spent on private consultant and legal fees over six years by higher education institutes. Is that right?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: National Shared Services Office Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2017)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following:“(5) The Office shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014 as a public body.”. This amendment is to make sure that the office which is being established under this Bill is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014. It may well be already, but this serves to make it explicit in...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 35 – Army Pensions
Vote 36 - Department of Defence
Chapter 8 – Disposal of the Government Jet (26 Jan 2017)

David Cullinane: ...had bought it and I am waiting for it to get back to me, but I received a copy of the insurance certificate which I have given to the clerk. It was reregistered as N297PJ and is insured at a value of $5 million. That seems to be a far cry from the image of a jet in pieces and which had had its day in a hangar in Savannah. It is being flown around the world making money for a company...

Commission of Investigation (Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Jul 2016)

David Cullinane: ...the middle of the night some years ago. I was in the Seanad at the time when the Minister for Finance came from the Dáil Chamber where very little time was given to the Opposition - I think it was 15 minutes for Committee Stage. My party in the Seanad was given one minute and 30 seconds to state its case and hold the Government to account on that Bill and to consider its wideranging...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme (21 Jun 2016)

David Cullinane: 502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of the €5 million pilot scheme under the warmer homes scheme whereby persons that have a medical illness can have their homes upgraded which will be provided by Waterford city and county; if he is aware that the Waterford energy bureau are aware of at least 50 private homes which would benefit under...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2015: Second Stage (25 Nov 2015)

David Cullinane: ...in budget 2016. I will read out one quote from Cormac Staunton from TASC:In our analysis of last year's 'triple effect' of changes to tax bands, tax rates and USC rates we found that Budget 2015 gave the biggest cash return - in absolute and relative terms - to those earning €70,000: which we dubbed the Budget 'Sweet Spot'. Those with the biggest incomes in the State got, in...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Employment Rights (17 Jun 2015)

David Cullinane: ...corporate veil. Clerys was placed in receivership on 17 September 2012. Later that year, the company was sold out of receivership to Boston-based Gordon Brothers for a figure believed to be €2 million. It is reported Bank of Ireland wrote off debts of €10 million for the company and loaned the same amount to the new owners. Until its sudden closure last week it employed...

Seanad: Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (10 Jun 2015)

David Cullinane: I move amendment No. 1: 1.To insert the following after “under that Act;”:- “noting the deficiencies of the draft Order, calls on the Government to amend No. 5 of the draft Order to read: ‘the Commission shall, subject to section 6(6) of the Act, submit to the Taoiseach its final report in relation to its investigation no later than 31stOctober 2015.’; and...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (25 Jun 2014)

David Cullinane: ...still to be Irish and to proclaim my Irishness." He was also a supporter of the peace process and went on to say:As I stated on the day of my election, it is my dearest wish to see this island inhabited by 5 million Irish people, living in two jurisdictions with consent, but with institutions established to emphasise their Irishness. We can all learn lessons in, say the debate in the...

Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2013: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2013)

David Cullinane: ...will wait until we get to them. Section 9 cuts young people's jobseeker's rates. I reminded the Minister that when the previous Fianna Fáil-led Government cut dole payments for those aged under 25 in budget 2010, both Fine Gael and the Labour Party voted against the proposal, arguing, and the Minister was quite vociferous, along with my party and many others that it did nothing to...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jan 2013)

David Cullinane: ...they were faced with a flat rate household charge of ¤100. They will now be faced with this family home tax, because it most certainly is not a property tax, of on average between ¤300 and ¤500, depending of the value of their home. We will see an increase in the carbon level of ¤5 per tonne. We saw a reduction in the fuel allowance from 32 weeks to 26 weeks and a 2% VAT increase,...

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (13 Dec 2012)

David Cullinane: ...of Government representatives at the highest level, be it the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste or Ministers should be capped at ¤100,000. I believe the salary for a Deputy should be reduced to ¤75,000. That is still ¤1,500 a week, a very generous salary in the current economic climate. The salary of Senators should be reduced to ¤60,000. I do not believe the Seanad should be abolished but...

Seanad: Regional Development (13 Jun 2012)

David Cullinane: ...rise to concern for Waterford and the south east. It showed Cork, Galway, Dublin and Letterkenny were the only areas that gained employment. Dublin, Cork and Galway saw a combined increase of 12.5% in employment share but the other gateways, including Waterford city, had a decrease of 12%. There is something systemically wrong in the south east and to me there is no natural reason the...

Seanad: Hospital Services (1 Feb 2012)

David Cullinane: ...east, namely, the impact of health funding cuts on acute hospital services in Waterford and for patients throughout the south east. As I understand it, there is to be a cut of approximately €6.5 million this year in the budget of Waterford Regional Hospital, which is to be recouped by way of cuts in services across all departments. The Minister has been very defensive about all this....

Seanad: Family Home Bill 2011: Second Stage (27 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: It is still money that we have to borrow in any event. Some €15 billion of the €18 billion will be used to pay back bondholders. Some of it is to recapitalise the banks but much of it is to pay back the bondholders which the Government committed to paying back. Much of the money involves unguaranteed bonds which will be paid back by the Government. I gave the example of one bondholder...

Seanad: Unfinished Housing Developments: Statements (13 Jul 2011)

David Cullinane: ...he has to grapple. It is important to set a context for today's discussion. I welcome the report on unfinished housing estates and remind Members of some of the figures in it. There were 23,250 complete and vacant dwellings, 9,976 dwellings were near completion, 982 developments were substantially complete, 150 developments were 90% complete, no construction was commenced on 109...