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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: There are similar statistics for every year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I am sorry, Chairman, but I have been asked to ask one question. I was on a health forum as a local authority member before I became a Member and I recall hearing all about Pandemrix and narcolepsy. I am told that approximately 80 or 90 cases are still in the system. They have been dragged through the system for a long time. What is the position with those cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: When will that be resolved to the satisfaction or otherwise of people who are in the system?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: This has been going on for a number of years and the people involved believe they have a grievance. I am sure they do. When will they get some justice?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Was this discovered in 2010?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Nine years later there is still no resolution.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: State Claims Agency: Discussion (8 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Breen, and the Chairman.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I wish everybody a happy Europe Day, which falls on 9 May every year. Some 92% of the Irish population is still expressing support for the EU and EU membership. It is important that we acknowledge it. It has come a long way since the foundation in 1951 of the European Coal and Steel Community. I am sure some of my colleagues who are members of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs...
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I did not steal the Senator's notes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I did not have any.
- Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Perhaps the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, could also attend.
- Seanad: Report on Credit Union Sector: Statements (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his attendance and his opening statement. We will all be singing from the same hymn sheet where many of his comments are concerned. Fianna Fáil welcomes the report, having pushed for its publication, and everyone shares the view that credit unions are a vital part of communities across Ireland. There is a connection to a credit union...
- Seanad: Report on Credit Union Sector: Statements (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State. For the purposes of clarification, I was making the point that I was not in favour of light touch regulation.
- Seanad: Local Government Accountability Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: How much time is remaining?
- Seanad: Local Government Accountability Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I may not use all of it. I support this legislation, which has been introduced by Senator Ó Domhnaill, the Acting Chairman, and Senators Boyhan and Craughwell. I do not mean it in a bad way, but it is difficult to draft a Bill that is just two sides of one A4 page and has an explanatory memorandum that barely exceeds one page. I congratulate Senator Ó Domhnaill on being able to...
- Seanad: Local Government Accountability Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Hear, hear.
- Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Taoiseach. Senators do not often get a chance to ask questions of the Taoiseach, even though I am the Vice Chairman of the committee that is responsible for his own Department. Much of the work of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has dealt with the banks and their behaviour. I refer in particular to the tracker mortgage issue,...
- Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: At the Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, we have been discussing the taxation of the digital economy proposals from the EU, as well as the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB, proposals in the past. Will the Taoiseach give his thoughts on that? There are a couple of reasons for asking. We have a significant digital presence in Ireland and there...
- Working Group of Committee Chairmen: Matters of Public Policy: Discussion with Taoiseach (10 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: All Senators are very well behaved.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Projects (15 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That concludes this Commencement matter.