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Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Order of the day holds that this debate must be adjourned at 5.30 p.m. I am sorry about that. Much as we would like to stay on for another hour, we cannot do so. We must move on to the next business.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton, to the House. Before we commence, I remind the House that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment who may reply to the discussion on that amendment. Each amendment must be seconded. There is only one amendment to the Bill, tabled by Senators Gavan,...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Assuming the Bill passes, I will probably allow Senators to make some concluding remarks. As the proposer of the amendment, Senator Devine will have the opportunity to reply to the discussion on the amendment. She can reply at the end of the discussion on amendment No. 1 but we cannot proceed until the amendment is seconded.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Bacik. We are all doing our best to get it through the House tonight but that will be a function of how long everybody wants to speak for. I call Senator Gavan and then Senators Clifford-Lee, Humphreys and Conway.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I ask Senator Gavan to formally second the amendment.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Gavan. Before I bring in Senator Clifford-Lee, I would like to welcome some visitors in the Gallery. They are undergraduate students doing a thesis on the gender gap - Ms Sinead Devine, Ms Sophie O'Connor and Ms Emma Tyrrell. We all welcome them to the Gallery and they can see this stuff in action. One of them might even have a connection to one of our Members. We can...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We are just discussing amendments at the moment.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We are dealing with the amendment.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: As everyone else has, apparently.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I granted quite a lot of latitude but those in question are not coming back in.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Yes, I will let the Minister of State back in.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I should have brought the Minister of State in at the outset.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The only person who can come in at this point, if she so wishes, is Senator Devine.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: There is a lot of expertise here, to be fair.

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I would like to welcome to the Public Gallery Mr. Paddy Homan and some of his colleagues, friends of Senator Lawless who are here from Chicago. They are all very welcome to Ireland. I hope they are having a nice time here.

Seanad: Message from Dáil (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Dáil Éireann has passed, on 3 October 2018, the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015 considered by virtue of Article 20.2.2° of the Constitution as a Bill initiated in Dáil Éireann, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Governor, Mr. Sibley and Ms Rowland for their opening statements and for the 51-page report, which I read in great detail. We have touched on parts of it but there is much more of it we have not got to yet. Even though we have been questioning the witnesses for two hours, there is quite a lot of it we have not been able to reach as yet. It is important, however, that I touch on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I do not want to prejudice any legal cases but is it possible that it could be discovered that the banks were talking to each other? They were in huge trouble in terms of their profitability. Massive losses were being created. They were looking at any way to claw back some level of profitability or reduce losses. Were they talking to each other? It is amazing that all of them did more or...