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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That is what I thought it would be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is there a possibility that there could be a domestic lane?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Ms Docherty.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: There is a photo of me on a beach in Achill as a six-month old or one-year old on my first holiday. The photo remembers me, but I do not remember the photo.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Gilmore is looking for the PSO. I will hear from Mr. Mulhern first and then Ms Considine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: That is in the opening statement. That is the big ask.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Mulhern. Ms Considine said we did not need to build any extra capacity, that we would just use what we have. I can see that from her point of view because there is a lot of existing capacity, so it is a valid point from her perspective.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I will bring in Deputies Ó Murchú and O'Rourke in a moment. It is very important that we have the regional airports. They generate enormous amounts of activity, employment-wise, in areas that otherwise have greater levels of unemployment. Tourism has a seasonal nature and the airports mean that we are able to bring in large numbers of people. In America, people do not think...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am going to have to cut off the Deputy. We have ten minutes left. Deputy Lowry is a full member who has a slot he is entitled to, and Senator Chambers and Deputy Ó Murchú have indicated as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If it is okay, Ms Considine might make contribution in response to Deputy Lowry's questions. I do not doubt he will have an interest in Shannon as well as everything else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Deputy for his brevity because it means we can bring in Senator Chambers and anyone else who wants to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I might stop you, not just because it is 4.30 p.m. To be fair - the Deputy was not here for all of the debate - they did a very good job defending all of their existences, and I do not think they have time to do it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: You should be conscious that we are over time. This room is needed again later in the evening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am being flexible. That is why I did not shut you up 20 minutes ago. I want to bring Ms Considine back in to conclude on the remarks made before I brought in Deputy Lowry. You have all done an excellent job advocating for your own airports and your own regions, in pointing out the necessity of and how valuable airports are to the regions they serve and how much activity, innovation and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: It was referenced earlier, but go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I am going to bring the meeting to a conclusion. Again, I thank you all for all you are doing in your regions for domestic consumers, for tourists who come into your areas, for the businesses in your areas and for the people who live here now but who visit friends and relatives back home where they have come from and for bringing people to Ireland for all kinds of reasons. I look forward to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to contribute at today's committee meeting. I welcome both ambassadors presenting before us, H.E. Ms Larysa Gerasko, from Ukraine, and H.E. Ms Larisa Miculet, from Moldova. I also acknowledge the presence of our Polish, Lithuanian and Georgian colleagues, among others, in the Gallery. They are all very welcome. They are much more familiar with how...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Senator had been long in the workforce by then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: We are not supposed to impugn people when they are not here to defend themselves.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)
Gerry Horkan: No, I am here.