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Seanad: Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is my first time in the Chair since the Deputy has been appointed as a Minister of State. It would be remiss of me not to congratulate him on that. He can consider having the legislation passed before Thursday as an early wedding present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I have a couple of questions. I will first thank Ms Canavan for all she has been doing. I have seen her on the television at various briefings over the past year or so. In what is either a coincidence or a perk of being a member of this committee, I just checked my email and have received my digital Covid certificate. I can now answer some of the questions people have been asking about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I saw a graphic relating to the digital Covid certificate yesterday. There were criteria for eligibility for a certificate, which were that a person has been vaccinated, a person has tested positive for Covid, a person has had a negative PCR test or an antigen test which may or may not be applicable in certain countries, including Ireland. Am I right in saying that if a person has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: For how long is the digital Covid certificate I have received valid after vaccination? That is the certificate most people will be receiving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: If someone has not been vaccinated and gets a PCR test, for how long is a digital Covid certificate valid in those circumstances?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: That certificate is almost literally just to get somebody on an aeroplane.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: In order to come back into Ireland, will a person who has travelled in those circumstances have to apply for another digital Covid certificate in another country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: In that case, people who are intending to travel should get vaccinated or have already tested positive for Covid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: No, obviously not. The certificates based on PCR and antigen tests are inflexible relative to those available for people who have been vaccinated or who have had Covid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I will put a question to Ms Canavan. Yesterday, I received a query from someone who was getting married to an American. The wedding is to be in Ireland in September, having already been postponed three or four times. The American relatives are reluctant to start booking flights and so on. Obviously, we do not want to import cases. I referred the person who contacted me to the website,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: An American tourist who gets off an aeroplane after 19 July, who has been vaccinated and who can prove that with a certificate can get on the Aircoach if it is running, go to a hotel, and go out and socialise in a bar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I accept that the hospitality element is a fluid situation. I was sitting in the Seanad while listening to this meeting on my earphones, so I believe I picked up most of what was said. The digital Covid certificate is being used by hospitality in respect of vaccinated status and recovered status, as it were, but currently not in respect of antigen or PCR tests. What is the logic behind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I notice on Twitter that Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív has raised the issue that the name of the country is the Republic of Ireland as opposed to Ireland. Is that an oversight or is there a particular reason the Republic of Ireland is being used rather than the official name of the State, which is Ireland, because I would have thought that would have been the preference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Just to clarify, the name of the State is Ireland rather than the Republic of Ireland - that is the football team. The name of the country is Ireland.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. This is a Seanad Bill that has been amended by the Dáil. In accordance with Standing Order 148, it is deemed to have passed its First, Second and Third Stages in the Seanad and is placed on the Order Paper for Report Stage. On the question, "That the Bill be received for final consideration", the Minister may explain the purpose of the...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I call on the Minister to speak on the subject matter of the amendments in group 1, namely amendments Nos. 1 to 3.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister for his comments on the amendments in group 1.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Does the Minister wish to respond?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I now call the Minister to speak on the amendments in group 2, which are Nos. 4 and 5.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I invite the Minister to speak to the subject matter of the amendments in the third group, namely, Nos. 6 and 7.