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Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I will let Senator Moynihan come back in.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I understand this is an emotive subject. I will let Senator Moynihan back in to speak and she will be allowed to reply to the debate. Please allow Senator Clifford-Lee to continue without interruption. I did not ask-----

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I would stop anyone else from interrupting anybody else.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I will bring the Minister of State back in at some point, but does Senator Moynihan want to reply?

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Does the Minister of State wish to add anything further?

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

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

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

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

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Maternity-Paternity Leave for County and City Councillors: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thought I missed the boat. I was at another meeting online. I am really happy that I am able to contribute.I thank every Senator from the administrative panel. I am aware that the Cathaoirleach's name is precluded from being officially on the motion, but I do not doubt that he would be the first to sign it, if he was not in his position. Equally, it is great to see Senators O'Loughlin...

Seanad: Maternity-Paternity Leave for County and City Councillors: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It worked well for both of us. All of a sudden the chair and the vice-chair were in Leinster House. I remember at the time that a councillor in our area in my own party who was on maternity leave from work but was not on maternity leave as a councillor. While she was willing to come in she felt that her workplace would see her in the council chamber and that she was well enough to go there...

Seanad: Maternity-Paternity Leave for County and City Councillors: Motion (7 Dec 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Yes. We are trying to attract people into the profession. We are trying to attract members to represent society. We are looking at the terms and conditions for councillors. We need to look at the paternity and maternity leave, we need to look at all of the barriers. People are already sacrificing, potentially, part of their career. They are opting out, having to go to council meetings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is my first time addressing the Minister at this committee so he is very welcome. I thank him for his opening statement. Deputy Crowe and, in particular, Deputy O'Rourke spoke about cycling. The Minister is not somebody who just talks the talk on it. He effectively cycles the cycle. He does it himself. I try to do it as much as I can. I cycled in today. I am lucky to live...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is one of the exceptions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: We are the committee dealing with transport and communications and the Minister is also responsible for communications. There is much money from the national development plan going to National Broadband Ireland, NBI. We saw the report at the weekend that Eir is rolling out much of that infrastructure. Will the Minister touch on, either now or later, how much other commercial operators are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Will the officials come back to us with the detail on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I am afraid to say anything now that I am the only Dublin person other than the Minister left in the room or at the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: For the benefit of the Chair, the working population of Sandyford pre-pandemic was about 35,000 a day going in and out of it, and we were told that Limerick was 25,000 a day. An enormous number of people rely on the Luas line, which we talked about earlier. In terms of the eastern bypass that has been removed from the draft strategy, the Minister and I know the area very well. While I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I have cycled the hill and Mount Anville Road and it is a tricky enough road to cycle, particularly with trucks on it. There is huge scope there for bus connection. As we know, UCD is an enormous trip generator with 17,000 or 18,000 students and 5,000 or 6,000 staff. RTÉ is another big trip generator, as is St. Vincent’s Hospital. There is also the question of connecting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister for all the work he is doing across the country. I wish him well with it. I ask the Minister to remember the safe routes to schools programme. The more people we can get cycling at primary and secondary school level and the more people who are getting comfortable with cycling and using that new infrastructure that is being introduced, the better. If they start cycling...