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Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: There is party loyalty for you.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Buttimer and he Minister of State for her very comprehensive response to the debate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I rise to thank the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA, for an excellent initiative it launched during a training seminar which took place on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week. The initiative relates to mental health. I commend that association and the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, which also held a training seminar on Saturday, the emphasis of which was...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is not particularly related to section 2 either.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I am saying that what the Senator is going to say is not particularly relevant to section 2.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I remind Senators that we must adjourn at 2.15 p.m. even if Senator McDowell has not concluded by 2.15 p.m.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take next Stage?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (10 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses. I read the opening statements as they came into us and I listened to the meeting earlier from my room. Deputy Smith referred to MetroLink and metro generally and there seems to be a little bit of confusion, certainly to my mind, as to what is now the definition of metro. Could I get a definition from the witnesses? Where is the metro project? Initially the upgrade...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It would be fair to say that this current NDP has less ambition for the green line than the previous NDP. The previous NDP was suggesting that there would be a metro upgrade to Sandyford, and that is gone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Where are the metrics? If there was a plan in 2016, 2017 or whenever the previous NDP was, to say that we needed to upgrade metro to at least as far as Sandyford, based on the growth projections for Cherrywood - which are very much in their infancy but at the same time they are absolutely out there - I would argue that the metrics need to look at the thousands of units being added in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: On the upgrading, it is fair to say that there was a suggestion in the last NDP that we would have a metro to Sandyford. When has that been deferred to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Perhaps we should have had this meeting next Wednesday rather than this Wednesday but anyway, I do not believe that any of us knew until today that the strategy was going to be published next Tuesday. I was talking to another Deputy about this only yesterday, and he heard a rumour that it was to be published tomorrow.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Ms Graham cannot really comment any further, but it is fair to say that there will be no significant increase in capacity of the Luas green line for the next couple of decades.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: What is that percentage in carrying capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I accept that the pandemic has changed things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I have gone far as I can go on that one. On cycling, I am a big cyclist. I cycle in here more often than I drive but I also drive. I want to make the point that the concrete strips are a disaster. I have heard that so many people trip over them, slip over them, crash into them, including pedestrians and cyclists. There are probably too many of the concrete strips broken into single...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I may have said it before, maybe the Chairman was not listening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: The point is that I had not cycled for 20 years. Some ten years ago I got back on a bike and I cycle here more often than I do not. There are, however, a lot of people who will not get on a bike. People have said it at this committee. They are terrified of getting on a bike, particularly in Dublin. I have to cross Leeson Street and then St. Stephen's Green. It is complex; it is not for...