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Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I invite Senator Malcolm Byrne for a very brief comment because we have had a long discussion on this.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I will outline my own connection with it in a minute.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: It is fair to say that there are not too many people in the Chamber who have as close a connection to the HEA as Senator Malcolm Byrne. My mother was a member of the HEA in the 1990s, so I have a bit of knowledge. I have some involvement, with my parents involved in UCD. Many of us know about higher education in different ways, including Senator Ruane, who was president of the students...

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: While Senator Boyhan's point is very well made, these are just brief concluding comments.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Maybe even the Bills Office as well.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: It was passed unanimously; there was no opposition to the Bill being passed.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I do not think Senator Dolan was here for the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017.

Seanad: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister and I thank Senators for their co-operation in the passing of the Bill.

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I am covering this matter for Senator Dooley, who is the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on this issue. I am not as familiar with the area as Senator Craughwell or some other Members are but I have been a member of the transport committee for the past year and am somewhat familiar with some of the concerns of Senator Craughwell. I appreciate that the Minister of State is in a position where...

Seanad: Procurement Process for a New Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service: Statements (21 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thought the Leader was just referring to Senator Cummins, and that would have been fine.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (30 Sep 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank all of the witnesses for being here. It is really valuable to have them here. Perhaps some more of our own Members could have been here, although they may be watching, but I have never seen the Seanad Chamber this full. It is never this full. You can tune in any day of the week and you will never see as many people in this room. The fact that the witnesses have all turned up and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I also congratulate the Seanad and the Cathaoirleach on last Friday's engagement, which was referred to by both Senators Ó Donnghaile and Black. The Acting Chairperson, Senator Cassells was there, as I was myself. It was a very interesting contribution and there was a level of energy in the room from the people who were there. Not only the speeches they had prepared, which they had...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive outline of the Bill. As a member of the transport committee, I have seen quite a bit of activity on this issue. A number of the potential scooter operators have made presentations to the transport committee and have outlined their views as to where it goes next. Scooters have been used in many cities, in some cases in a better way than others. It...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I do not know about that. I probably know of Senator Boyhan 30 years-----

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: There is definitely a difference between knowing of the Senator and knowing him.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Indeed. It is fair to say there is a bit of scaremongering going on with scooters generally. I do not mean Senator Boyhan as such but many people are saying it. We have had this about cycle lanes before. You would think we were getting the Tour de France arriving into a housing estate when there is talk of a cycle lane being put somewhere. We all need to realise that they are going to be...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: He is behind the Senator.

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I made that point.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: When the debate adjourned, on 28 September, we were discussing the question "That section 73, as amended, stand part of the Bill". Senator Mullen had concluded his contribution, to which the Minister may now wish to respond.

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator pointed out to the Minister that he might reflect on it before Report Stage.