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Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator may not come back in and there is no point of order.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: That is not a point of order.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: That is not a point of order either.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Presidential Elections (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon. I welcome back to the House the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton.

Seanad: Messages from Dáil (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Dáil Éireann has passed the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired. Dáil Éireann has passed the Local Government Bill 2018, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Leader for outlining a particularly busy day and week for all of us. I will speak on Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 and also on the Order of Business. I thank the Leader for outlining the Order of Business. I will raise a number of points this afternoon. The first is a very sensitive issue but it cannot go unmentioned. I refer to what happened in Strokestown. Strokestown is an area I...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We might hope that is the case. I certainly hope it will be the case.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am anxious to conclude. I do not need to be goaded by Senator Norris.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: There are two more days.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Which Minister will be invited to the House? Will it be the Minister of Justice and Equality?

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: If Senator Conway-Walsh wants to speak first, I will come in at some point.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Government is on our side.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: This is a Fianna Fáil Bill. I welcome that we discussed it last week. I can see why somebody might table these amendments and it is quite emotive with Permanent TSB and so on. These amendments are trying to remove the sections relating to passive securitisation where the ultimate investor plays no role in the administration of the loan used in that model. The bank uses the model for...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Senator Conway-Walsh did not address my concern that if we do not allow the banks to do some of this work and reduce their NPLs, we are restricting the amount available in the economy which can be lent to businesses and homeowners or people looking to buy houses. It is important that we acknowledge that whoever is calling the shots is regulated under the Bill. If passive investors decide...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Central Bank monitors it.

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Sinn Féin Party and Senator Conway-Walsh for their co-operation. I also thank all other parties, the Department of Finance, the officials and the Ministers. Deputy Michael McGrath has been looking for this for a very long time and has done all the work on it. I am just making sure, as the party spokesperson on finance here, that it gets through the House as quickly as...

Seanad: Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for outlining, very comprehensively, what is proposed in the Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018. I have quite a long set of briefing notes here but they are very much in line with what the Minister of State said. This is a very important Bill, which my party supports. In ways, it is quite similar the Asian...

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Where stands amendment No. 6?

Seanad: Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: What is the Senator doing with amendment No. 6?