Results 2,661-2,680 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: That was not a point of order. I did not think it would be but the Senator has said it anyway. Is Senator Coffey pressing the amendment?
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Is Senator Craughwell pressing his amendment?
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Is Senator Craughwell withdrawing his amendment?
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Does the Senator want to press his amendment or not?
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Craughwell's amendment has to be dealt with one way or the other before we go near that motion. Does he want to move it?
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Government amendment has been defeated. That has been disposed of. We move on to Senator Craughwell's amendment. Does he want to move it? If he does not want to move it, that is fine, we will go back to the original motion.
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We are not there yet. The Senator has to make a decision at this point.
- Seanad: Marine Protection: Motion (23 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Congratulations, Senator O'Sullivan. I ask the Acting Leader when it is proposed to sit again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I thank all the witnesses for attending. The discussion is quite enlightening. We all know insurance has long been a problem. I recall during an election campaign in 1997 motor insurance for young people was a major issue. Mr. Boland referred to the book of quantum being revised. Is it fair to say that the book of quantum is just the historical, statistical analysis of what has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: We might ask him that question directly on Tuesday when he is in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: How would these claims arise in the case of Mr. Sinclair's industry? Are they being made by people who were participating in races or by people who were standing at the side of the course when they fell into a ditch or something?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: How much is that claim?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Okay. Do any of the other witnesses want to share their perception of the extent to which claims are fraudulently being made in respect of trips and slips? People can trip when a piece of carpet is in the wrong location or a step has been damaged. Could we get an indication of the percentage of the claims being dealt with in GAA venues or in marts that fall into this category?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Does the GAA analyse each claim that is made to determine whether it was completely its fault?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I assume Mr. Ryan is talking about the use of GAA facilities for activities like zumba, slimming classes, 21st birthday parties and residents' meetings. Is it the case that the GAA is sometimes not indemnified in such circumstances?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Ryan said earlier that people using GAA halls would often need to have their own indemnity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: If someone at a 21st birthday party slips on the stairs-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Is the GAA getting more of those cases?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: My final question relates to residents' associations. I do not know if anybody here covers that kind of thing. I have heard about scenarios in which the residents' association of a local housing estate where 300 people are living decides to have a summer barbecue on a big green space within the estate, but is asked to stump up €1,500 for insurance. I do not know whether Mr. Croffy's...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Insurance Costs for Community Groups: Discussion (24 May 2018)
Gerry Horkan: To conclude, I thank the witnesses for the effort they are putting in and if they have any questions they want us to put to the Minister in public session on Tuesday we would be happy to do it. I thank all the witnesses for their contribution to Irish society generally, particularly the GAA but all of the witnesses in their different ways.