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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If there is anything Mr. McGarry feels we can help with, he should let us know. He has outlined all of his plans and prospects. Many of us did not know as much yesterday as we do now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Sometimes great public servants are frustrated because they are doing their bit and pleading but it is not so much that it falls on deaf ears but on ears that are very busy with 15, 20, 30 or 40 projects.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Sometimes the immediate gets the attention rather than the longer term, even though the longer term is more important. If the kitchen is burning, we must deal with the fact the kitchen is burning and not with the longer term. This is long term and very important-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: -----not only for our balance of payments because we would not have to import fossil fuels but there is also the energy security aspect and the decarbonisation and climate change aspects. There are many wins in this. It is important that we push ahead as quickly as we can while, at the same time, not spend money unwisely and not make unwise investment decisions for the sake of rushing it....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: If Mr. McGarry had a magic wand, what are the three, four or five things he would do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I get it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: There is cross-party consensus to do all of these things. Sometimes things get caught up and we would prefer if they did not. Whatever we can do we will.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The sooner the better for everybody's benefit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is there anything Mr. McGarry would like to add that we have not addressed? We have covered many topics comprehensively. He has probably said many of the things a few times in response to a few people asking the same questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. McGarry and wish him well for the rest of this term and I wish him well in the future, including in what he does in his private career and on behalf of the State, Tailte Éireann and other bodies. I am sure he will be approached to be involved in others over time. I thank him for all his service to date at Shannon Foynes Port Company and other State companies.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 7 is out of order.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 11, 29 and 30 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is the Senator pressing the amendment?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: The Senator can say that again, when he is ready.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I must stop the Senator, I am afraid.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: No, not on Report Stage. As it is 6.30 p.m., the debate on this Bill must now be adjourned in accordance with the order of the Seanad today.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2023)
Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2023)
Gerry Horkan: I express my appreciation and thanks to Noel Murphy who is retiring. Child labour must have been permitted when he started back in the day because he could not possibly be 40 years in the Houses. Clearly, he started young. When I first started in the Chair, Noel would often be sitting here to my right. He offered great counsel and was a great source of reliable advice when I was not...
- Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2023)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?