Results 3,101-3,120 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Walsh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The Chairman acknowledged that Mr. Walsh was the chief executive of an airline and then of a bigger one. I recall when he was the boss of Futura. I am around that long. He went from Futura to Aer Lingus to British Airways to IAG, and now he is here. The point he made on Irish aviation generally, which I have made before, was that between himself and Mr. Michael O’Leary, Mr. Alan...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: With duty free, Irish coffee and even fuel farms involving countries we do not talk about anymore, the country has been very innovative. It has punched way above its weight and I would like to see us continue in that regard. Good news tends not to be news. I do not believe anyone appreciates just how large the contribution was. I am puzzled as to why Ryanair, having so many passengers and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Aer Lingus was a better company because of the competition from Ryanair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Walsh was a part of that. Aer Lingus may have had to up its game. Competition makes us all a little more competitive, leaner and meaner, and more aggressive in pursuing markets. I was interested in the figure on the margin. I am aware that a small margin on a gigantic amount is still quite a lot of money. Maybe that is the reason the margin is low. What is to stop an airline from...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Do they exist anymore, not so much in the EU but outside it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Do the state aid rules not affect them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Of the European government-owned flag carriers that are losing money and that governments keep throwing money at, which ones are left?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Mr. Walsh is referring to the likes of Sabena, Malev and Olympic, but they are all gone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Even Swissair went and came back as SWISS.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Airlines may become more profitable into the future based on the interest rates.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: With high volumes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I again thank Mr. Walsh for all he has done for both Irish and world aviation and for coming here today from Geneva. I hope to see him here again.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: If I were not in the Chair, I would have said that.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Senator McDowell probably knows that better than most Senators.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Or forbidden?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 37 in the names of Senators McDowell, Boyhan, Craughwell, Keogan and Mullen cannot be moved.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Back to our old days of the development plan in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Data Protection Act 2018: Motion (9 Nov 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive opening statement. Each Member has six minutes, which we can regard as a maximum rather than a target, necessarily. I call Senator Crowe.