Results 461-480 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It is not so much the discount scheme as the environmental scheme, which encourages airlines to bring the quieter, newer-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Based on everything I know about the Ryanair business model, why would he not want to pay 25% less?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Other people mentioned the tunnel. I keep finding that the power points there do not work. Maybe I am just unlucky, but perhaps someone needs to review all the power points. I know they can get broken one day having only been fixed the day before. Perhaps the USB ports could also be reviewed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: In the context of 100,000 passengers, that may not be that many.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA (19 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses for all they do and we look forward to seeing them again. I may not be back in time for the proposed finish time of 3.30 p.m. If I am, I am. We have to vote in the Seanad. There may be a few votes. Is it agreed that Deputy Duncan Smith take over as Chair? Agreed.
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for being here. I am pleased to be able to speak to this Bill on behalf of my colleague, Senator Diarmuid Wilson, who is a long-time spokesperson on defence. He has a son now serving in the Army, so he is very interested in the topic. While I am also interested, I do not have the same level of experience-----
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I am only about a quarter of a page in, so for the benefit of the Minister of State, I will start again. I am sure I will not use my ten minutes anyway. I thank the Minister for Defence and his acting Minister on defence, Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, who is very welcome. I am pleased to be able to speak to this. I am speaking on behalf of Senator Wilson, who is our Seanad defence...
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Nobody would ever say that about the Senator.
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It is a maximum, not a target.
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State is just very welcome here.
- Seanad: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (18 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (12 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: Apologies have been received from Senator Doherty. On behalf of the committee, I am pleased to welcome from Ryanair Mr. Michael O'Leary, chief executive officer, Mr. Jason McGuinness, chief commercial officer, and Mr. Eoin Kealy, director of regulatory and competition. On privilege, witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: I thank both representatives very much. We will now move to members. I thank them for that very informative presentation. We as a committee wanted to bring the witnesses before the committee because this issue was being spoken about on the radio. The Minister, the representatives themselves, Claire Byrne and the newspapers were all talking about it, and we felt it was important that we...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: It is my slot now and I have a few points. Sometimes we in Ireland think Ryanair started here and is our airline, which it is, but, equally, we forget just how gigantic it is now. It flies more than half a million people, a day, every day. It is the biggest airline, as Mr. O'Leary said, in Portugal, Italy, Spain, Poland, Ireland, obviously, and, I am sure, lots of other countries. Next...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: That was my point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: So there is no cap at all, really.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)
Gerry Horkan: He will be in your chair this day week.