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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: A Common Vision for Cybersecurity: Discussion (31 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I thank all our witnesses in the room and online. I will not list them all as there are so many of them. The meeting is now adjourned. The next meeting will be a private meeting on MS Teams on Tuesday, 13 June at 4 p.m.

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy James Browne.

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Courts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: Apologies have been received from Senators Gerard Craughwell and Regina Doherty. Deputy Brian Leddin is substituting for Deputy Steven Matthews. Today's meeting comprises two sessions. Session 1 is with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who is very welcome, as always, and officials from the Department of Transport. Session 2, at approximately 3 p.m., will be a meeting with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: The time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: The Deputy's time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Deputy O'Rourke. I am going to take a little bit of time at this stage. The Minister has touched on a lot of issues and we have covered quite a lot. He referenced planning in his opening statement. We need to examine the concept of where we are building everything from our houses and dwellings to jobs. I recall at one stage being on the regional authority and being told that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: It is actually more hazardous at the moment because there are signs everywhere but I get the Minister's point. It is a work in progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I am not trying to be negative. I am being positive about a lot of the stuff. A place like Dún Laoghaire has so many buildings that are not being used in the way they should be able to be used. They do not all have to become shops again. Some of them could be residential properties Quite often, there is empty space above the shops. This applies not just to Dún Laoghaire but to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I do not think any of us mentioned 24-hour buses. We need far more of them. I know it is difficult to find drivers but there are routes in Dublin that are 24-hour and they are very beneficial in terms of people being able to work, particularly young people working in the night-time economy not having to spend huge amounts of their hard-earned income on taxis home. The Minister is as close...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: A bus with 20 passengers on board produces far less emissions than 20 taxis does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I am conscious of the Minister's time but have a question on children and younger people being facilitated with a trial bike scheme. I am not saying that everybody has an issue with costs but some people might not be willing to go off and buy a bike if it is only going to be used for the occasional trip. A lot of people have bikes anyway but if people wanted to get a bike, could we have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I do not know of any examples. It is not something that I saw elsewhere. I just think that some people, before they go off and spend €300 or €400 on a bike, would like to try it out. When they actually try it a lot of them will realise that it is fine, that it gets them from A to B more quickly than the car and that it does not rain as much here as we think it does. Children...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: People in offices will start to tell each other that their commuting time is shorter now than it ever was.