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Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I will bring the Minister of State back in and then I might be able to put the amendment.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator has made his point. Does the Minister of State wish to respond?

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I have heard the Minister of State make that point a number of times.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: This is a Seanad Bill which has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 148, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the amendments made by the Dáil. This is looked...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: The point is well made. The Minister of State has committed to reflect on that situation.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2022)

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

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: It was the Cathaoirleach, not I, who ruled them out of order.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Whatever section the Senator's amendments have been ruled out of order in-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator can certainly speak to the section his proposed amendments would have dealt with when we get there.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, to the House for the first time since he assumed his role.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I would sit down now if I were you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Waide for his opening statement, which I listened to in my office. I want to pick up initially on the national car testing service. Mr. Waide said the average lead-in time for an appointment for tests is currently 24.5 days. I am online at the moment looking at dates. The booking system is telling me the earliest slot is 19 April for Deansgrange and 3 May for Drogheda. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Chairman for his input, but I am trying to save the planet as best I can by keeping it on the road longer. The next slot in Letterkenny is 25 January. I can find nothing within 24.5 days anywhere. Where does this figure of 24.5 days come from? This is based on what is available online. I presume the vast number of the RSA's customers do this first before they ring in a panic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: In Drogheda, where Deputy Ó Murchú is from, it is further away than that. What is the explanation for Mr. Waide's figures versus what is online?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: As it happened, the priority list was still quite a bit away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Eventually, I found a slot that was in two days' time and jumped on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: That is correct. When I did need it, however, and when I actually tried to do it within the 90 days to get it done well in advance of looking for it the week before I needed it, it was not offering me anything for six months at that point.