I did likewise. Without this pay increase I am still paid €88,0000 a year. With so many struggling an increase of nearly €9,000 a year is wrong. https://t.co/oRKUNdLll8

— David Cullinane T.D. (@davidcullinane) April 16, 2020

I received the current ICU capacity numbers tonight. 277 staffed adult beds only 39 available. 29 ICU paediatric beds only 7 available. @FineGael left our ICU capacity threadbare. These numbers are scary with rising contraction rates. Urgent action needed. @sinnfeinireland

— David Cullinane T.D. (@davidcullinane) October 5, 2020

Pre Covid the permanent ICU capacity was 255. It now stands at just 280. In 2009 we had 289! The Bed Capacity review identified a need for 579 by 2020. We know this shortfall influences those drafting public health advice. @FineGael left us threadbare & exposed. @sinnfeinireland

— David Cullinane T.D. (@davidcullinane) October 5, 2020

I signed a waiver form to gift all pay increases paid to TD’s from 1st April 2017 to the end of this year back to the taxpayer. The amount returned is €10,203,70. TD’s get paid enough. Pay increases for TD’s while Student Nurses & Midwives are still waiting to be paid is unjust! pic.twitter.com/94SZwLSeuF

— David Cullinane T.D. (@davidcullinane) February 9, 2021