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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: What about places like America, north Africa, Australia, the United Arab Emirates and various other parts of the world? What will be the story for those places after 19 July?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: So Europe as a whole will be looking at the period from 19 July from an Irish perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I am just trying to tease it out. I thank the Chairman. I am trying not to delay the meeting. Could I have clarity on whether Dr. Holohan is saying that, after 19 July, the EU will have rules on where vaccinated travellers from Ireland can go without a PCR or antigen test?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank everybody.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Leader for outlining the Order of Business, which I certainly support. Unusually for Senators, I will talk about the Order of Business by acknowledging we are finally coming to the end of a Bill introduced in the previous Seanad by former Senator, Pádraig Ó Céidigh. I pay tribute to him, particularly, for the effort he put into bringing this Bill through that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I want to express my sympathies to the poor cyclist who was injured last night in a hit-and-run incident. That was the second hit-and-run in that particular area. I call on the Garda Commissioner to pursue what is happening in that area and to investigate it. Cars are being abandoned after accidents. That somebody was hit is bad enough. To do a hit and run and leave a person by the side...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State. It is my first time to be in the House with him since his elevation to ministerial office. We served together on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and I am delighted to see him in his current position. I am delighted for him. Well done. If I wanted to have a trade union representative, I suppose I could look to Senator Craughwell who referred to...

Seanad: Public Service Pay Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, of course.

Seanad: Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I am not sure I would call it a coup. I am just looking around the Chamber and seeing colleagues I knew in UCD but also a councillor in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council - Senators Ward, Boyhan and Conway, who was in UCD with me. Ireland feels that bit smaller today than it ever did. It is my first opportunity to congratulate Deputy Browne on his appointment as Minister of State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. McRedmond and Ms Byrne for the presentations. I am relatively new to the committee so I thank An Post. I came through a Seanad by-election conducted through registered post and I spent much time on the An Post website tracking and tracing envelopes to ensure they got to Leinster House in time for the deadline. It was a very efficient process and the result worked out okay. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I take it those 45 big ones are mainly in large urban areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: Grand. I am looking at the presentation sent to us in advance and the figures therein. There is a good gloss on them, which is great. I was in the Seanad in 2016 - perhaps in the Chair - when a different Deputy Naughten was the Minister responsible for An Post delivering news of a price increase from 70 cent to a euro, which was an enormous increase per letter at the time. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: It is positive to hear. I was not so aware of some of it, such as the children's account and maybe the amount of current account business. It is good we have these kind of meetings. We can also let people know about them. The brand is incredibly positive. People are so happy to put money into the post office knowing that it is the safest place in Ireland as far as they are concerned....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I will conclude now. There is a market there for An Post. There is a potentially large number of people who say that they would love to be able to give it to An Post and know that it has the guarantee of being dropped to every house in their constituency, electoral area or part thereof. There is business there for An Post if it was willing to look for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: To conclude, I am not necessarily looking for them to have, and there may not be the possibility of having, the address. If An Post knew the size and shape of Stillorgan, it could deliver without an address to every house in that area as the postman is doing his deliveries anyway. That would give many people comfort and they would be willing to pay. They would be happy to pay for a good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I thank everybody. I am relatively new to the committee so I did not have the benefit of meeting Professor Mark Ferguson and others who have spoken to the committee at an earlier stage. I thank Mr. O'Grady in particular for explaining the three-phase testing process and so on. One of my questions relating to that is what is there to compel people to do a third test? One obviously needs to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: On the argument as to the reliability of self-testing, is there a way to ensure an irresponsible person will not go to an event using someone else's test result? Is there a way to check? Will tests be numbered 1, 2 and 3 or have a code that will identify the individual tested? I am trying to work this out. Self-testing is much easier administratively than other forms of testing in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: May I continue my questioning once Dr. Mina is finished? I am more than happy for him to give his presentation. Afterwards, I can continue with my slot.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Gerry Horkan: I am more than happy to let Dr. Mina in now but I just want to be able to ask a few more questions afterwards.