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Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: On amendment No. 1, Senators Conway-Walsh and Ó Donnghaile have tabled a substitute amendment by adding their names to the original amendment No. 1. As the original amendment No. 1 has already been moved and debate commenced on it, the Cathaoirleach has had to disallow the substitute amendment. This is a technical disallowance and does not in any way impede the right of the Members...

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Four more speakers have indicated on this grouping of amendments. They are Senator Conway-Walsh, Senator Murnane O'Connor, Senator Conway and Senator Ruane, in that order.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Conway-Walsh for her brevity. I remind Members that there are 54 amendments in 22 groups as well as some to be taken singly. We definitely will not finish today given that we are still on the first amendment after half an hour, with three more speakers to speak on it. If Members try not to repeat what others have said, where possible, we might get through it a little faster.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I will allow Senator Norris in after the next two speakers. We are almost a full hour into amendment No. 1 and there are-----

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I accept that. There are 54 other amendments and people should be aware it is not the only amendment to the Bill.

Seanad: Report on Dying, Death and Bereavement: Statements (4 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: It will be hard to try to follow that. I congratulate Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell; it is a fantastic publication. It is not my area of expertise normally, but I am delighted to be asked to speak on behalf of my colleague. It is a very fine 256-page report. I cannot say I have read every page and all the details, but I have read and absorbed a considerable amount of it. As it happens,...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Can I formally second that proposal?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I am only formally seconding the proposal.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I formally second Senator Swanick's motion on life-saving equipment and damage to it and thank other Senators for their support for the Bill. As Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, I welcome the ongoing investigation into motor insurance. It was announced yesterday that there was an investigation by the Competition and Consumer...

Seanad: Life Saving Equipment Bill 2017: First Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I second the proposal.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: It is a Government amendment.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Sinn Féin is not in government yet.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Not down here.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for the clarification. I am not sure whether it is the first time ever we have seen a Government amendment that is worded exactly like a Sinn Féin amendment, but perhaps that is new politics. It is helpful-----

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: If Fine Gael and Sinn Féin want to co-operate in power, that is their own business.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: That is it - like us all. The Minister of State may have been a member of the select committee at the time the Bill was being discussed. I am not sure whether he was there at the time but I do think it is a good idea that there is a definition and there has been agreement between all sides. It is to the benefit of the consumer and, ultimately, wider society that this happens, so I am...

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 2, 6, 9, 11 and 14 are all Government amendments, while amendment No. 15 is in the name of Sinn Féin Senators. I assume that Senator Conway-Walsh and the Government are happy with amendment No. 15.

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the amendment. These things are difficult and involve legal costs and so on. Advisors might be involved, and it becomes very expensive. Where possible, mediation should at least be tried. It might fail and matters might have to progress to the next stage. People are being put under pressure, having gone to the FSO. If there is a situation in which mediation can be used we...

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I move amendment No. 13:In page 7, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Section 57CI of the Principal Act (as inserted by section 16 of the Act of 2004) is amended by the insertion of the following after subsection (5):“(5A) The Financial Services Ombudsman Council shall review on an annual basis the maximum compensation ceiling prescribed by the Regulations of the...

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2017)

Gerry Horkan: All I am doing today is addressing the Sinn Féin Bill originated by Deputy Doherty. That is why I am bringing the amendment forward. It was not included in the original Bill. We are dealing with the Bill, not anything else, today. The Government Bill may address it. We can have a look at that in the fullness of time. I am simply trying to improve the already substantially...