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Seanad: Marine Spatial Planning: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I remind Senators that this debate will adjourn at 7 p.m. if it has not concluded by then. Depending on how long the remaining speakers take, we will have to adjourn today and the Minister of State will have to come back on another day to give his response.

Seanad: Marine Spatial Planning: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator O'Sullivan. Our final speaker before the Minister is Senator Ó Donnghaile, who has eight minutes

Seanad: Marine Spatial Planning: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Ó Donnghaile. The Leader has indicated he wishes to speak.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Minister can reply now.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: So the Leader is extending the time for himself as much as the Minister.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We will start with the Minister of State. Group spokespersons will have eight minutes and all other Senators will have five minutes. It is open ended so the Minister of State will be called on to reply when no other Senators are offering.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive opening statement. Eight Senators have indicated and they will contribute in the order they indicated. The first speaker will be Senator Ned O'Sullivan followed by Pádraig Ó Céidigh, Martin Conway, Grace O'Sullivan, Gabrielle McFadden, Joe O'Reilly, Anthony Lawlor and Maria Byrne. Senator Warfield may also wish to contribute.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I know the Senator was going to also include the Cavan County Museum, given I heard great reports about it recently. It is a great facility.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am sure we all welcomed him.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am glad that the Minister of State does not want to do so.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I think the Minister of State has done so.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response to all ten speakers. We do not always have 35-minute ministerial responses.

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (12 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am not sure we ever had such a lengthy response from the line Minister. I thank the Minister of State. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Senator Coghlan is even younger now than he was in 1861. First, I will briefly mention the sad passing of Rory Kiely whom I knew quite well. A great Limerick man, a great Senator and a great Fianna Fáil person, he was a Member of the House for almost 30 years, bar a few months in 1982. He was also a former Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. I met him in the car park only two or three weeks...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I will call for a debate on it. It is important that we do not allow the narrative to get out there and gain traction. It is not true. There are thousands of people working. In recent months, I was at the opening of the new €119 million Microsoft building in Ireland. The company has more than 2,000 staff of many nationalities. It has 71 nationalities working there. Apple has...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I will give the Senator the official ruling. It is not my ruling but the ruling of the Cathaoirleach. Amendment No. 29 is a repeat of an amendment No. 34 from the Committee Stage of the Seanad which was considered and rejected. Accordingly, the amendment must be ruled out of order in accordance with Standing Order 159, as it was previously rejected in a committee of the whole Seanad. The...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: He was able to contribute on amendments Nos. 30 and 31.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I think Senator Norris means Senator Grace O'Sullivan's amendment.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Senator Boyhan referred to the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, which the previous Government thought was not a particularly good idea but has reinstated. Senator Boyhan was a director of the NTPF for two terms. The NTPF did great work in the mid-2000s onwards. Given the current waiting lists, the NTPF needs to be resourced to deliver quickly to those people who have waited a long...