Results 3,561-3,580 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Does the Senator want an answer on the question of superannuation?
- Seanad: Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, to the House.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: No one would think the Senator and the Minister of State were in the same party.
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: With colleagues like Senator O'Donnell who needs the Opposition?
- Seanad: Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: It is a Thursday afternoon and I am indulging Senator O'Donnell.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Please allow Senator O'Donnell to speak without interruption. The Senator has one minute remaining.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Kieran O'Donnell without interruption.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator has made his point.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Ó Donnghaile, please allow Senator O'Donnell to speak without interruption.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator is one minute over time.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator is still one minute over time.
- Seanad: Brexit: Motion (22 Nov 2018)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Threshold's annual report was launched this morning in the presence of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and the chairperson of the agency, the former Senator, Aideen Hayden. The report highlights a significant increase in the number of tenants being unfairly evicted and there has been an 18% rise in calls from renters who have been told their...
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: He might not get up again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: There is no holiness left in Fine Gael.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: Is Senator Higgins being represented by Senator Nash or Senator Conway-Walsh or both?
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: It is a concern to me though. I am asking the Chair.
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I move recommendation No. 10:In page 125, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following:“Report on independent bookmakers sector 36. The Minister shall within three months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Oireachtas a report assessing the economic impact of the 2 per cent turnover tax on the independent bookmaker sector.”. We know there is currently a...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. We are not that far apart in what we are saying. There is a concern and the Minister for Finance and the Minister of State have acknowledged that they are cognisant of the issue. They are keeping an eye on the matter and carrying out a review, which is important. We do not want to have a small number of very large bookmaker chains...
- Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)
Gerry Horkan: I acknowledge the Minister of State's response and will withdraw the recommendation. I reserve the right to resubmit it but I doubt I will do so. I take what the Minister said at face value and I urge him to keep it under review because it is important that there be no unintended consequences to the measure. I have no difficulty with the bookmaking sector, and the gambling industry...