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- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State has given Senator Craughwell a response. He may not like the response, but the Minister of State has given one.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I heard the Minister of State say that she has aviation expertise in the Department. That is what the Minister of State said.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I thought I heard the Minister of State say there was such expertise in the Department.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Would the Minister of State like to respond?
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I am not able to do philosophical questions during the debate.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I am not being at all flippant about this issue, by the way.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Doherty wishes to come in, and I then I will bring Senator Craughwell back in.
- Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State was responding to Senator Craughwell, and Senator Doherty had already indicated that she wished to speak. She will speak next and then I will bring Senator Craughwell back in.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I support Senator Mullen's call for a debate about Nigeria and what is happening there in terms of the persecution of people of the Catholic faith. I do not make any reference to the President. Religious freedom is something we all value and we need to have a discussion about it. I also congratulate all of those people, in particular in Sandycove, in my local authority area of Dún...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Malcolm Byrne may say that, but I will not have a go like that. I congratulate the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, on the official opening yesterday of the brand new air traffic control tower in Dublin Airport. It was built due to a very significant investment by the State to facilitate the new runway, which will open in August. I congratulate the IAA on that. Perhaps the Deputy...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive summary of the position we find ourselves in. I am conscious that the ruling is effective until 16 June, which is today. I know that once the Bill is passed, we will have an earlier signature motion to ensure it is enacted straight away. I do not want to delay the Bill at all. The Minister of State has given us a very comprehensive...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator is twice as important.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: As somebody whose grandfather was a garda for almost all of his career a long time ago, I echo those comments. It is important the message go out from this House that we fully support our gardaí in everything they do in trying to keep our streets and communities safe. There is an element of parts of urban areas, in particular, that are not quite no-go zones but are heading in that...
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Now.
- Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses for attending. I am conscious that a lot of the ground that I might have wanted to cover has already been covered. As one of the few Dublin-based members of the committee present, I can say that Dublin Airport is not just an asset for Dublin; it is an asset for the whole country. I believe that 87% of national aviation traffic goes through Dublin Airport. When...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I am referring to the number of security staff let go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What was the cost of that to the DAA? Did the State and the DAA share that cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: How much would that have been?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: A little over a quarter of that would have been security staff. Is it correct that around €25 million was spent on severance for security staff?