Cullinane, DavidWednesday, 1 February 2012 |
Seanad Éireann Debate
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Order of Business
We were proved right.
People have more sense than politicians.
I join Senator Conway in calling for a debate on public sector reform. The Government intends to reduce public sector numbers to 282,500 by the end of 2015, which means that 37,500 people will have l...
It is hardly willy-nilly.
Asking someone to leave the country is outrageous.
Question put: “That the Order of Business be agreed to.”
Voted No
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages
I thank the Minister for going some of the way and agreeing to delete the section which states the details of any prosecution for an offence brought by the water services authority concerned——
We are being consistent, but we asked for more than this.
We are talking about the contributions we made in this House. The Minister might recall the very lengthy debates on the issue of prosecutions and the criminalising of people living in rural Ireland. ...
I accept that. I also accept that we should only speak to the amendment before the House. However, my point is that a number of Government representatives have spoken about scaremongering. I have b...
There is one planned for Kilkenny.
There is plenty of time to hold them. I am very pleased the Minister has allowed for a four week public consultation process because it will give all of us an opportunity to hold public meetings.
In fact, the real issue is not necessarily what the Opposition parties are doing but rather that the Government has not been clear on what the standards will be. It has also not been clear on what gr...
——which provides an excellent service for Waterford city, parts of south Kilkenny and Wexford. It was a significant investment in upgrading the system at a cost of €300 million. All taxpayers, inclu...
That is what I hope will happen. People living in rural Ireland have a fear that while this might be the case now, there is a real danger that at some point the European Union may force the Governmen...
Hundreds of people are turning up at the public meetings being organised in small towns and villages up and down the country because they are concerned about the implications of the Bill and do not wa...
The Minister made a statement that two political parties are in favour of contaminating groundwater.
That is absolutely inaccurate. We made our position perfectly clear.
We support registration and inspection. I am sorry but the Minister made an accusation levelled against two parties which he should withdraw. He was talking about scaremongering but he is scaremonge...
We do — registration and inspection.
We want registration and inspection.
I thank the Minister for tabling the amendment as it is something which we sought. I support the Minister’s change in that ten days notice will be given. We called for that on Second Stage and we ta...
We have no difficulty whatsoever. We are as clear as the water that I hope will come from all of the septic tanks across the country. We have been absolutely crystal clear on this issue right from t...
If the Minister publishes the standards and tells us what the grant support will be, he might even end up on our side of the argument. We would welcome that.
Question put.
Voted No
Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Motion for Earlier Signature
Question put.
Voted No
Local Government Reform: Statements, Questions and Answers
Not on every issue.
I welcome the Minister back to the House. He mentioned good hurling. He has a chance to score a goal and not, as previous Ministers have done, take the point or, worse, put the sliotar wide.
I ask the Minister to be radical and bold in terms of genuine reform. I welcome much of his speech but, as previous speakers have said, we have been talking about local government reform for up to 30...
Renewable Energy: Motion
Amendment put.
Voted No
Adjournment Matters - Hospital Services
I welcome the Minister of State to the House to respond to this important issue for people in Waterford and the south east, namely, the impact of health funding cuts on acute hospital services in Wate...
I am sure the Minister of State’s speech was written by a civil servant. The information it contains was obviously obtained by the HSE. On each occasion we ask questions about what is going to happe...
They are different states. I do not stand over the cuts in the North. As the Minister of State said——
——the cuts are due to the cuts in the block grant from the British Government, as he well knows.
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