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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. I am conscious of the time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I wish to draw the attention of the public, Chamber and Leader to the fact that Ulster Bank today announced it is going to start freezing accounts. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach will appreciate, Ulster Bank has been a very large and important financial institution in the history of this State, really since the foundation of the State. It is a major thing for a large bank like Ulster Bank to...

Seanad: Data Protection Act 2018: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive opening statement. Each Member has six minutes, which we can regard as a maximum rather than a target, necessarily. I call Senator Crowe.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: If I were not in the Chair, I would have said that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Senator McDowell probably knows that better than most Senators.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Or forbidden?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 37 in the names of Senators McDowell, Boyhan, Craughwell, Keogan and Mullen cannot be moved.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Back to our old days of the development plan in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Ballyneety will be even better known after the Chairman's comment than it was before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: It has worldwide reach. I thank Mr. Walsh for being here. He has an enormous level of expertise and involvement with not only Irish aviation but now world aviation. Having someone such as Mr. Walsh, who represents 82% of the world’s airlines, here in person, and the fact he has travelled from Geneva for that, is very much appreciated by all the committee and particularly by me. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: What is the nature of that issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Where are the blockages? Is it at an EU level or a world level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Is that through EUROCONTROL or is it a wider issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Does that need to be at the level of EU transport Ministers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: As a committee, we will visit Schiphol, Rotterdam and The Hague airports tomorrow. What we are told is happening in Amsterdam is the Dutch Government has put a limit on what can happen at Schiphol Airprot and, therefore, Rotterdam, The Hague and presumably other airports in the Netherlands will pick up the additional capacity that just cannot now use Schiphol. Some people are talking about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: It is damaging not just to Schiphol Airport but to the Netherlands generally and to Europe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: To nobody's real benefit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: Dublin Airport is not just a base for Dublin but is the national hub, and more than 80% of the traffic that goes through Ireland and its seven international airports goes through Dublin. Where does Mr. Walsh foresee Dublin Airport's role in Irish aviation policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I am conscious of the fact people are trying to develop other airports as well. What scope, if any, is there to develop them? I do not mean at the expense of Dublin Airport, but how can we grow them?