Results 1-9 of 9 for other and baby speaker:David Cullinane

Nursing Home Charges and Disability Allowance Payments: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

David Cullinane: I am sharing time with my colleagues. I welcome the two Ministers. In the past two weeks, we learned that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Ministers knew that tens of thousands of families with medical cards had been wrongfully charged for nursing home care to which they were entitled. That includes up to 9,000 people in long-term residential disability services who were charged so-called...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister and commend the publication of the Bill. Any measure that reduces the cost of healthcare for any citizen is obviously to be welcomed. I also support and welcome the introduction of free contraception for women aged from 17 to 25 years. I commend the Minister on the very good work that has been done over the last year on women's healthcare, notwithstanding differences...

National Maternity Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2021)

David Cullinane: I commend the Social Democrats on tabling this motion and for giving us the opportunity to discuss this issue. I discussed this privately with the Minister a number of weeks ago and have raised it a number of times in the Dáil and at meetings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health. In recent months the Minister has given us some assurances, as he would see it, regarding religious...

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

David Cullinane: I thank all the Deputies who made contributions, including the Ministers and Teachta Niall Collins, whose views I strongly disagree with. I will get to some of that in a moment. I thank the Deputies of Independents 4 Change, the Labour Party speaker and other Independents who spoke in favour of the Bill. I also thank my colleagues in Sinn Féin who made contributions and will be...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (27 Jan 2015)

David Cullinane: I welcome the Minister to the House and very much welcome the establishment of this independent statutory commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes scandal. We commend the efforts of survivors and campaigners who have helped force the Government to change direction and adopt this position, including the Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors and historian Catherine...

Seanad: Adoption (Identity and Information) Bill 2014: Second Stage (19 Nov 2014)

David Cullinane: I commend the three Senators who introduced the Bill as well as those who have contributed to the debate so far. I also welcome the Minister. Sinn Féin welcomes this Bill and we are happy to support it. We agree with the sentiments of the Adoption Rights Alliance that it represents an important first step towards equality for adopted people in Ireland. For far too long, the Irish...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2011)

David Cullinane: ...issue because he speaks with authority, given the organisation he represents. Mr. Finlay stated: It is well known that larger families are at a greater risk of poverty ... 23% of families in Ireland have three or more children and it is their childhoods that are being compromised. This is a policy choice that is again inequitable and unredistributive, it will adversely affect those on low...

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: Special Educational Needs: Statements (14 Jun 2011)

David Cullinane: Like others, I welcome the Minister of State to the House. He might know that, last week and before that, many Senators raised the issue of the protection and rights of children on the Order of Business. Recently, we discussed the Ombudsman for Children's report on children's rights. She is advocating for those rights. As repeated in the Chamber, she stated that lawmakers should stop and...