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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Is amendment No. 42 in the names of Senator Humphreys and Ó Ríordáin being pressed?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator has a seconder, or was it seconded already.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: This was brought forward from the last day when I was not in the Chair. I want to make sure that I have all the i's dotted and the t's crossed.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am going to put the question: "That the new section be there inserted".

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am not sure there was a question.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Is the Senator making a statement rather than a question?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator has made her point. I suggest that we move on to section 36. Does the Minister of State wish to say anything else?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 47a is in the names of Senators Humphreys and Ó Ríordáin was on the first additional list of amendments dated 17 April 2018. Their amendment has been ruled out of order because of a potential charge on Revenue and not being relevant to the subject matter.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I can take that afterwards.

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Departments of the Taoiseach and Defence, Deputy Kehoe. We will have contributions from group spokespersons of up to eight minutes, all other Senators up to five minutes and the Minister of State to be called to reply when no other Senators are offering to speak. At the moment I have listed Senators Leyden, Craughwell, Buttimer, Dolan and Ó...

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The next speaker is Senator Colm Burke, who has eight minutes.

Seanad: Defence Forces: Statements (1 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Gallagher and all six Senators who spoke this evening. I call the Minister of State to respond and conclude.

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Higgins. I was generous to her because Senator Colette Kelleher was very brief and did not use all of her five minutes. The next speaker, Senator David Norris, has eight minutes.

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Not even.

Seanad: Prohibition of Conversion Therapies Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Many questions have been asked. We have discussed Vicky Phelan's case at length, and Mr. Breen has told us there are nine more cases in the system and he is expecting one more to arrive into the system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The State Claims Agency has an indemnity for three of these and in the case of six others it has sought indemnity but has not yet received it. What is the position with these nine cases? Where are they in the system at this stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: What is the timeline for this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Effectively the State Claims Agency is out of the loop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Does the State Claims Agency ever hear a settlement figure or anything at all afterwards? Is it just that the State Claims Agency has an indemnity and the State stands back and says it is nothing to with it any more and, in this case, the buck is passed to the laboratory, its insurance company and solicitors? Does the State Claims Agency every hear back as to what happens?