Results 81-100 of 393 for cork speaker:David Cullinane

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures: An Post (17 Sep 2019)

David Cullinane: ...will get the opportunity to have an informal meeting with Mr. McRedmond in the coming weeks. I support the previous Deputy's sentiments. It is obviously a very important issue for the workers in Cork. He very intelligently set out those concerns and I noted the witnesses' answers. I support the sentiment of the questions put and the concerns raised. I wish to return to the global...

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

David Cullinane: ...to Waterford for services, but because no additional capacity had been put in place, the Waterford services became overcrowded and patients throughout the south east were told to attend the services in Cork. These people need supports immediately when they are having an episode or when there is a risk to their lives. They need immediate access to services but it is not available to them...

Public Accounts Committee: Oversight and Implementation of Capital Projects and the Role of Public Officials on State Boards: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of Government Procurement (7 Mar 2019)

David Cullinane: ...agree with that. Which of those ten projects is the most advanced? There is MetroLink, the national children's hospital, the water supply project in the eastern and midlands region, the N20 from Cork to Limerick, the Galway city ring road, the public private partnership for the M11 from Gorey to Enniscorthy, the greater Dublin drainage project, the N21-N69 from Limerick to Adare and...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

David Cullinane: ...to invest. There is no investment of additional capital spending in public transport. We also have ports that need to be supported. I gave the example previously of the ports in Rosslare and Waterford. There is also a need to invest in the ports in Cork, the Tánaiste's constituency, in Shannon Foynes and other parts of the country. That is necessary to ensure every region in this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

David Cullinane: .... Other projects affected are the new MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; the upgrade to wards in Cavan hospital; the national radiation oncology programme in the Tánaiste's county of Cork; and the second cath lab in Waterford. We need straight answers. Only a few minutes ago the Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan, said in my ear that the Minister had said the...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

David Cullinane: ...and will see again tomorrow. Studies by Met Éireann show that increases in world temperatures will mean more flooding in coastal areas and rivers, as people living in Dublin, Arklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Limerick and Galway will testify. We need to create a climate of change to halt global warming and this Bill, in a small way, will play its part in doing that. It is a highly...

Public Accounts Committee: HEA Financial Statements 2017 (18 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: ...concerns, which I will articulate as best I can. We have dealt with a number of institutes of technology and universities where very serious issues have emerged. These include the University of Limerick, Cork Institute of Technology, Waterford Institute of technology, and institutions in Galway and Sligo. A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General will come out in respect of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (11 Oct 2018)

David Cullinane: .... We have been looking for reforms and changes in governance in a lot of areas and if there is an impediment or block, we will want to know about it. There are other issues related to the Cork Institute of Technology, the University of Limerick and Waterford ETB, which is why I am trying to separate them out. Are we agreeing that they should all be separated and that we should have some...

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

David Cullinane: We found that to be an astounding figure. I will use Cork Institute of Technology as an example because we have a year by year breakdown of how that money was spent. In the spirit of doing more in-house, will Dr. O'Connor tell me what PR section, unit or body the institute has?

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

David Cullinane: I am looking at a breakdown for Cork Institute of Technology of money spent on outside consultants every year. It strikes me when I look at the figure of €150 million and the institute's spend on consultants that the institutes cannot open an envelope without asking an outside group to give an opinion. It is amazing on what the money is spent and the amount spent. That raises...

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

David Cullinane: ..., but it is still a huge amount of money over a six year time period. The final line item I have a query on certainly raised an eyebrow for me. In 2015-2016 there was payment of €10,500 for Cork IT to Brian Murray SC for legal opinion. It just says, "Legal opinion PAC". It should be borne in mind I put the question to a former president of Cork IT, when he was in before us, as...

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

David Cullinane: The Cork Institute of Technology review of risk management activities.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (24 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: 499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop the Waterford to Cork road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17642/18]

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

David Cullinane: ...indicates to employees and workers that the Government really does not care. I should not have to remind the Minister of State that three people lost their lives during Storm Ophelia. One person was from Cork, one was from Louth and one was from my constituency in Waterford. Some of those families have been campaigning for legislation like this as they believe workers should get...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: ...and Contingencies' because the receivable is contingent in nature." Will Mr. McCarthy explain to us what that means in layman's terms? The document also refers to "the non-consolidation of Cork University Foundation DAC, which had accumulated reserves of €4.1 million". Teachta Connolly has raised issues about foundations before. Is that a qualified opinion because the...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (22 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: Was Cork one of the ones that put up a robust defence that they should not have to consolidate?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (8 Mar 2018)

David Cullinane: ...information and where we seeking information. That is fine and we will deal with that aspect. There are other areas where we need more scrutiny. The committee needs to return to some issues with Cork Institute of Technology , the University of Limerick, Waterford Institute of Technology and some education and training boards. There are also reports, published or not, and we need some...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (16 Jan 2018)

David Cullinane: ...for Health the number of persons in the south-east region who had a heart attack in 2017; the number of these who were treated in County Waterford; and the number who were transported to counties Cork and Dublin. [1356/18]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (14 Dec 2017)

David Cullinane: ...a pro-choice campaign. The correspondence from Ms O'Connor does not directly address that issue and I suggest we write to her for clarification. Is that agreed? Agreed. Correspondence item No. 970C from Mr. Padraig Corkery, communications and public affairs manager, NAMA, dated 5 December 2017, regards further information requested by the committee in relation to a hotel in Kinsale,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (7 Nov 2017)

David Cullinane: 835. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cardiac patients in the south east outsourced to hospitals in County Cork in 2017, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46911/17]