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Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I was not here at the start of this debate so I do not know how well it was articulated.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The order sheet says that amendments Nos. 28, 51 and 52 are related and may be discussed by agreement. Apparently that was agreed. I was not here at the time so I am not going to say that it was said or was not said. I am going to exercise my discretion and allow Senator Ruane to speak on amendment No. 52.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I could ask the Senator to resume her seat, but I will not.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator should not push her luck.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We will deal with it when we get to amendment No. 52.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 29 to 31, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Has the Senator dealt with all the amendments?

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: To clarify, Senator O'Sullivan is not pressing amendment No. 29.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 32 is in the name of Senators Gavan and Warfield. If amendment No. 32 is agreed, amendment No. 33 cannot be moved. Amendments Nos. 32 to 34, inclusive, along with amendments Nos. 36, 38 to 42, inclusive, and 44 are related. Amendment No. 33 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 32. Amendments Nos. 33, 34, 42 and 44, are consequential on amendment No. 38. Amendment No....

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 35 is in the names of Senators Ó Ríordáin, Bacik, Nash, Humphreys, Kelleher and Ruane.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We are dealing with amendment No. 35 on its own.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: It is fee-charging rather than private schools.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: They are all inspected and funded by the State to a greater or lesser degree. They are not private institutions.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I did not attend one.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I remind Members we are only discussing amendment No. 35.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: As we are dealing with amendment No. 35, I will come back to the Senator at a later stage. In theory, everybody should have discussed amendments Nos. 32, 34, 36, 38 to 42, inclusive, and 44 earlier but nobody offered to speak and we got past them. I will exercise a level of discretion and we are finishing in five minutes anyway for this afternoon.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I noted that but as I was listening intently, I decided not to interrupt the Senator.

Seanad: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (20 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Senator Ó Ríordáin was intrigued.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I will ask someone else to go first. I want to look at a few more points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I will touch on a few points that might not have been covered much. It was mentioned that the 2013 figure of €31 billion in non-performing loans had been reduced to €9.2 billion by the first quarter of this year. Some of that was due to repayments and write-downs. Is there a breakdown of how the bank got from one to the other?