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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State is saying he will deal with this within the next month.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I wish the Minister of State and his staff well with their work. I look forward to the updates as they progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State could have included Fianna Fáil at least.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The Chairman is right to raise this issue which has been ongoing now for a long time. It is more than 20 years since the contract for the entirety of the country's phone books was contracted out to a company in France and a fairly significant portion of the staff of the Smurfit organisation on the northside of Dublin were laid off. We later discovered that in other countries they do this by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: There are three Senators here.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Cox. His depth of experience as an MEP and as President of the European Parliament is very valuable to us. He has covered an enormous amount of ground in his opening statement. He covered almost the whole of Europe and made various references to Italy, Holland, France and so on. I am the Vice Chairman of the finance committee, which has separately been dealing with Brexit...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: They allow freedom of movement of people. Norway is agreeable to a single market of people.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: At the moment.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Did Mr. Cox cover the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The UK would have been an ally in opposing it to a certain extent.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Local Authorities (7 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I am not normally a member of this committee but I am delighted to be here. The session has probably been one of the most important if not the most important sessions to be held here in respect of the Border. I was a councillor for 12.5 years in the Dublin region and as Seanad candidates we go around the country. I was in Cavan recently and I have been in Louth. One can see the seamless...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Like other Members, I wish our departing Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, and Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, all the best. In fact, the Minister, Deputy Noonan, was in the House on the last sitting day discussing the sale of AIB shares. Members who were present wished him the best. As Vice Chairman of the finance committee, I have encountered the Minister, Deputy Noonan, on a...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We might see a new Leo.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We will thank her for that.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Katherine Zappone. Before we commence, I would like to remind Senators that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of an amendment, who may reply to discussion on the amendment. Also, on Report Stage, each amendment must be seconded. Amendment No. 1, in the name of Senator Fintan Warfield and his party colleagues, is out of order....

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: In her contribution, the Senator was dealing with amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, 13, 17, 18 and 24.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Does any other Senator want to contribute at this point?

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The Senator knows he can only speak to the amendments.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Correct.

Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Yes.