Results 281-300 of 402 for long speaker:Gerry Horkan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Gerry Horkan: ...in order that people who are contemplating any other position, which I do not anticipate, can articulate their opinions. Perhaps if there had been a debate in Britain about the value of the EU a long time ago, we would not now be facing Brexit.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: .... I refer to what happened in Strokestown. Strokestown is an area I know a bit better than people might think because my grandmother was from and grew up in Strokestown although she has long since passed away. Strokestown was formerly known for having one of the widest streets in Europe despite the fact it is in a relatively small country town. I appreciate that much of what happened in...

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...Senator Conway-Walsh for their co-operation. I also thank all other parties, the Department of Finance, the officials and the Ministers. Deputy Michael McGrath has been looking for this for a very long time and has done all the work on it. I am just making sure, as the party spokesperson on finance here, that it gets through the House as quickly as possible. I thank the Minister of...

Seanad: Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for outlining, very comprehensively, what is proposed in the Finance (African Development (Bank and Fund) and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018. I have quite a long set of briefing notes here but they are very much in line with what the Minister of State said. This is a very important Bill, which my party supports. In ways, it is quite similar the Asian...

Seanad: Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform when it held an in-depth investigation and discussion about motor insurance in late 2016. The Minister of State mentioned it in his report along with the work being done by the cost of insurance working group. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this long-awaited Bill which we will be supporting as a party. The Bill, as the Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...growth will move beyond potential for 2019 and that overheating will emerge in later years. He is also warning that predicting the Irish economy's performance will be very difficult and that the long-term spending plans of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, "lack credibility and look unrealistic". I call on the Deputy Leader to invite the Minister for Finance to the House to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...Finance Bill will end that refund. This was done without any consultation and was not even mentioned on budget day or in the budget documents. It may have been temporary in the beginning but 25 years is a long time for a temporary measure. Senator O'Reilly will remember a temporary student centre in UCD, which was there for 40 years before a permanent one was built. Temporary can mean...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Committee Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...Oireachtas a report on the different rates of VAT charged on food supplements and on whether certain categories of food supplements should be retained in the zero rate VAT category. I have a very long note on what was said about that in the debate in the Dáil. Is the Minister of State familiar with this?

Seanad: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Second Stage (5 Dec 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...loan book. They are choosing not to do that and we have seen regular sales by many of the large institutions to get the loans off their books. As we know, many vulture funds are not interested in the long term or in protecting the homeowner. They want to get in, get an asset and get that asset in such a position that they can get the tenants out, get the owner out and sell the asset as...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...as being like electricity or running water. It is essential in the 21st century and it would do a lot for the Minister's other portfolio of climate action because people would not be driving long distances to work in offices and incurring massive overheads for those companies when they would be much happier to get up and work at home. Much research has been done to show that many people...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...and Sport about traffic in the greater Dublin area, the provision of public transport, BusConnects and other matters. The Minister has been in the Chamber previously but generally he just gives a long speech and does not get enough time to answer the questions raised. The quality of life for people living in the greater Dublin area, people travelling long distances into Dublin and the...

Seanad: Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...us is necessary in order to provide for the criminal sanctions and penalties for infringements outlined in MiFID II. The Minister of State also highlighted the changes that will come about in the long term. At the relevant joint committee, the Minister of State and I discussed the regulation of long-term policies and how far people could go back in order to investigate. I welcome the...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...this point. Even though everything is related in some way to the budget, there is separate matter and a very crisis appearing and becoming more apparent every day in the secondary schools sector. Long before we bring in the Minister to discuss religious education, or instruction, as Senator Ó Ríordáin referred to it, I would prefer to see the Minister in here to discuss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...and headline items in respect of which it had to be informed. I know that happens in other organisations. They are dealing with so much compliance, they do not get any time to deal with long-term strategy, and Professor Lane mentioned that. Is there a genuine issue in the five main banks with planning and looking at their long-term futures, and that of the country? Regardless of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Behaviour and Culture of the Irish Retail Banks Report: Central Bank of Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: On will happen in the long term and the short term, it is fair to say that in the past a lot of performance bonuses, incentives and rewards were based on the amounts of money lent, rather than on the amounts the banks got back. Banks lent money all over the place to enable people to buy fields in counties Wicklow, Meath and Kildare in the hope they would be rezoned and that all kinds of...

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: .... There are ongoing maintenance costs. There are significant funding challenges. The Minister is not transferring Dublin Airport, which is profit-making, to Fingal but he is transferring a loss-making operation with very significant long-term issues and infrastructural challenges. It behoves the Minister to say to his constituents in Dublin Rathdown, but also to the constituents of the...

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap) Information Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Bacik. We are all doing our best to get it through the House tonight but that will be a function of how long everybody wants to speak for. I call Senator Gavan and then Senators Clifford-Lee, Humphreys and Conway.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: ...is something we need to examine. We should have time to talk about that specifically, separate from the debate today. Each time the Minister, Deputy Ross, comes before this House, he tends to speak for a long time initially - he might not do so today - there are a certain number of contributions from Members and then the Minister has a very short time to respond, which is usually not...

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister to the House, with which he is very familiar, having spent a long time in the Seanad before he was elected to the Dáil. I welcome him back. I will make a number of points particularly on the transport matter. I came in this morning by bicycle. I was very glad I was cycling because there was a tailback through the heart of the Minister's constituency where I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships - Liquidation of the Carillion Group: National Development Finance Agency and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (26 Jul 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Chair. I do not think I have gone on too long.