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- Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Eight more Members wish to speak. If everyone gets eight minutes each, that would bring us to 7.11 p.m. but we must conclude the debate at 6.55 p.m. to allow Senator Gavan to conclude for five minutes and reply to the debate. If everyone lost two minutes of their time, we would probably get there otherwise three or four people at the end will not get in at all. I will leave it at eight...
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Catherine Byrne, to the House. We will discuss No. 5, statements on the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly committee D report on childhood obesity, with the time to be allocated to group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and that to all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and the Minister to be given not...
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I am very sorry to hear that the Minister of State's husband is unwell. Hopefully, he will be better soon. Senator Noone is the next speaker. Senator Wilson is deferring to Senator Noone.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Very chivalrous - if that is still allowed. Senator Noone still only has eight minutes though.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: She will have eight and a little bit.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Just to ensure the Senator knows.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I know. The Senator told us about it during the debate on the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator had almost 11 minutes, so she was quite indulged. I do not set the Order of Business, I only implement it, and it was agreed this morning.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Noone is very passionate about the topic. She has spoken about it extremely well many times, so I was giving her time. However, I am trying to let everybody else in as well.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I think there is a compliment in there somewhere, if I look at it hard enough.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Máire Devine has eight minutes.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Before I call Senator Alice-Mary Higgins to speak, may I welcome a number of visitors from Chicago who are guests of Senator Billy Lawless and are in the Gallery. I welcome Mr. Tom Allison, Mr. Terry Patton and Mr. Jim Zaring to the Chamber and I hope they enjoy their day in Leinster House.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Reference was made to middle-aged men in lycra-----
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I do not have any lycra, for the record.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator is way over time now.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Thank you, Senator Burke. You had only five minutes but I knew you were going to be brief, so I did not correct you on it. You only used four and a half minutes. Senator Norris, you have five minutes as well. Go ahead.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We should do it again.
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Thank you very much, Senator Norris. I thank all Members for their comprehensive statements. It is an important issue that we are all battling with, some of us to a greater extent than others. A starting point is childhood obesity. We could debate all afternoon about obesity generally. Much of it statistics-----
- Seanad: British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (Committee D) Report on Childhood Obesity: Statements (25 Jan 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That was amazing. Will the Minister of State conclude the debate?