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Seanad: Ireland's Military Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: This is the Minister's own fault, by the way.

Seanad: Ireland's Military Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I will be told when the bells stop and we will have to let the Minister go at that stage. We are nearly there.

Seanad: Ireland's Military Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: We now have the deputy Chief Whip here. I will now put the question.

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

Gerry Horkan: The Chairman acknowledged that Mr. Walsh was the chief executive of an airline and then of a bigger one. I recall when he was the boss of Futura. I am around that long. He went from Futura to Aer Lingus to British Airways to IAG, and now he is here. The point he made on Irish aviation generally, which I have made before, was that between himself and Mr. Michael O’Leary, Mr. Alan...

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

Gerry Horkan: With duty free, Irish coffee and even fuel farms involving countries we do not talk about anymore, the country has been very innovative. It has punched way above its weight and I would like to see us continue in that regard. Good news tends not to be news. I do not believe anyone appreciates just how large the contribution was. I am puzzled as to why Ryanair, having so many passengers and...

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

Gerry Horkan: Aer Lingus was a better company because of the competition from Ryanair.

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

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Walsh was a part of that. Aer Lingus may have had to up its game. Competition makes us all a little more competitive, leaner and meaner, and more aggressive in pursuing markets. I was interested in the figure on the margin. I am aware that a small margin on a gigantic amount is still quite a lot of money. Maybe that is the reason the margin is low. What is to stop an airline from...

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

Gerry Horkan: Do they exist anymore, not so much in the EU but outside it?

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

Gerry Horkan: Do the state aid rules not affect them?

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

Gerry Horkan: Of the European government-owned flag carriers that are losing money and that governments keep throwing money at, which ones are left?

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

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Walsh is referring to the likes of Sabena, Malev and Olympic, but they are all gone.

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

Gerry Horkan: Even Swissair went and came back as SWISS.

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

Gerry Horkan: Airlines may become more profitable into the future based on the interest rates.

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

Gerry Horkan: With high volumes.

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 again thank Mr. Walsh for all he has done for both Irish and world aviation and for coming here today from Geneva. I hope to see him here again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I read the opening statements last night and followed the earlier discussion from my office. I will try not to repeat things that have been mentioned. I thank the witnesses for attending to discuss this important topic. As one of the few members of this committee who lives in Dublin, I appreciate that running a public transport system is not the easiest thing in the world to do,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: It is clearly a testament to how important the issues are that so many members of the committee and other Members of the Houses are here. Councillor Damien O'Reilly from Ratoath points out that the Go-Ahead 270 bus service from Dunboyne to Blanchardstown fails every day. The service has been disastrous since Go-Ahead took it from Dublin Bus. Buses do not show up every day and the company...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: I do not wish to interrupt but I want to address the real time passenger information, RTPI, system. I can go on an app or a website and look at flight radar. It shows me where every aeroplane in the world is at a given time. This is the real frustration. Why do I have a situation where the Dublin Bus app is saying one thing, the TFI app is saying something else and the screen at the bus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Provision of Bus Services in Dublin: Discussion (8 Nov 2022)

Gerry Horkan: How can they be feeding different information? Either the bus is there or it is not. It is either on Baggot Street, Grafton Street or Dawson Street or it is not. Is it different sets of guesswork or what is it?