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- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 26 to 28, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 31 to 46, inclusive, 49 to 53, inclusive, and 71 are related. Amendment No. 32 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 31. Amendments Nos. 42 to 46, inclusive, are physical alternatives to amendment No. 41. Amendments Nos. 31 to 46, inclusive, 49 to 53, inclusive, and 71 may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed?
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I am working from the information that I get from the Bills Office.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That is not the opinion of the Bills Office clearly because it would not suggest that grouping otherwise. Everyone else is in agreement with the groupings. We can revisit amendment No. 69 later but are we happy to take the grouping as it is for now?
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Okay. I thank the Senator. We move to amendment No. 31 in Senator Warfield's name. He is in a position to discuss his own amendment and also the others in the group.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (24 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I acknowledge that it is quite a big group.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and my be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed. Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are physical alternatives.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: We are discussing amendment No. 8 only.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: We are dealing with amendment No. 8.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I call Senator Seery Kearney.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: According to the notes, you are the next speaker, Senator.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That is no problem.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister. I am not sure about tomorrow. I think it is next we week we are discussing it. I saw a few people questioning themselves and others and just wanted to allay their concerns.
- Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I apologise, but I am going to have to ask the Senator to report progress.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses for attending. I also thank them for their leaflets. I receive their IPU updates every two months or whenever the case may be, and those are informative and helpful. In his statement, Mr. O'Hara outlined that An Post, of which post offices are the customer-facing part, was one of the most trusted brands in the country. It is probably more trusted than any bank or...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: To add to that, we are all supportive of the network and individual postmasters and postmistresses. We understand the strain they are under. None of us is familiar with the situation unless we know a postmaster or postmistress. The funding model is per transaction. Presumably, some post offices in urban areas are doing well because they have many transactions. I do not know the range....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Is it fair to say that most of a post office’s customers are in the older band?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Every post office is different, but what is the greater revenue generator across the network?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)
Gerry Horkan: People come in, collect their social welfare payments and then pay their phone bills, ESB bills and so on.