• Sinn Fein TD for Waterford
• Former Sinn Fein Senator (Labour Panel)
• Entered the Dáil on 27 February 2016 — General election
• Entered the Seanad on 27 April 2011 — General election
• Left the Seanad on 26 February 2016 — Resigned
• Email me whenever David Cullinane speaks (no more than once per day)

• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Numerology

No data to display yet.

Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Services, Departmental Staff Data, Departmental Expenditure, Public Sector Staff Remuneration, Public Sector Pay

(based on written questions asked by David Cullinane and answered by departments)

Scoping Inquiry into the Cervical Check Screening Programme: Statements (19 Sep 2018)

“I welcome the publication of the Scally report. There is universal acceptance that Dr. Scally has done a good job in the timeframe given to him and with the terms of reference that governed his work. He admits that he was unable to establish the full facts and the truth in many areas because of a lack of time, access to information and so on. An awful lot more work needs to be done to...”

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

“I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. First of all, I commend my colleague Deputy Stanley on tabling this motion. Three post offices in my own constituency are closing in Ballinamult, Kilmeaden and Lemybrien. It is true to say that if one does not nail everything down in this State, either Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael will sell it off, privatise it or close it down. It is a bit disingenuous...”

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

“His party is keeping this Minister in office. He should own it. The Deputy talked about the ruination of rural Ireland. He should take responsibility for the fact that rural Ireland is ruined because of what his party did. Hundreds of thousands of young people are in different parts of the world today because of the policies of his Government, yet time and again the Deputy thinks it is...”

More of David Cullinane's recent appearances

RSS feed (?)

These statistics are updated only each weekend. Please note that numbers do not measure quality. Also, representatives may do other things not currently covered by this site.More about this)

• Has spoken in 121 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among TDs.
• Has spoken in 108 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — above average among Senators.
• Has received answers to 242 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 5 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 0 comments on this Senator's speeches — average among Senators.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 15–16 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 25 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever David Cullinane speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 183 times in debates — below average among TDs.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 1048 times in debates — well above average among Senators.
  (Yes, this is a silly statistic. We include it to draw your attention to why you should read more than just these numbers when forming opinions.)