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Seanad: Civil Registration Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Business of Joint Committee (18 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Apologies have been received from Senator Rose Conway-Walsh. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan will substitute for Deputy Pearse Doherty for part of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Today we continue our deliberations on a future framework for accountability in the banking sector with an engagement with representatives of the Central Bank of Ireland. I am pleased to welcome Ms Seana Cunningham, director of enforcement and anti-money laundering, Ms Mary-Elizabeth McMunn, director of credit institutions supervision, and Mr. Gerry Cross, director of financial regulation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Central Bank of Ireland (18 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I will bring in Deputy Quinlivan in a moment but I ask the committee to agree that Deputy Burke will take over the Chair for a moment because the Taoiseach is addressing the Seanad and I would like to be there for that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I also object to the Leader's outline of the Order of Business today. We have used the guillotine very infrequently in this Chamber which is to the credit of the Leader and all the Members of the House. I have chaired many hours of the debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017, among other discussions, and that has been a very useful debate. We have heard many interesting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: It always happens.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: We always do the honourable thing.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: It is probably weeks and months.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I am not aware there is any guillotine involved in this Bill.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senators Humphreys and Norris. As Senator Norris does not wish to say anything else, I call the Minister.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Is amendment No. 12 agreed to?

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 15 cannot be moved as it relates to amendment No. 5 was defeated.

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: The Bills Office did the grouping and I do not believe I have the discretion to group them at this stage. I will leave them as they are. Amendments Nos. 22 to 27, inclusive, and amendment No. 29 are grouped and will have to be voted upon individually. Does the Minister wish to come in on amendment No. 18 in the name of Senator Norris?

Seanad: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Does Senator Norris want to respond?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: I note a recent report on Dublin cycling figures. For the first time in over ten years, those figures have fallen. One would not have thought they were falling in my area because it is great to see so many people cycling, particularly with the weather yesterday. It is good for traffic. Reducing the number of people using cars is good for people's health, CO2 emissions and in many other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Dr. Hunt is very welcome and I congratulate him on his appointment. If €6 billion is about 9.6% of gross loans and €1 billion brought that figure down to 8%, one can probably say that another €2 billion and €3 billion will be required to get to 5%. I think that is a reasonable figure to put on what would have to be disposed of.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: That is a fair assessment of how this committee would much prefer all the banks to be dealing with people and not through transfers to ultra funds or whatever one wants to call them. To be fair, AIB has made great progress in getting from €31 billion in 2013 to €6.1 billion at the end of 2018, as Dr. Hunt outlined. I ask Dr. Hunt to contradict me if this is not the case but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: Dr. Hunt may not wish, or may be unable, to comment on the following but to get from 8% to 5% means that €2 billion to €3 billion needs to be removed from the AIB balance sheet of non-performing exposures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (11 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: New lending was mentioned at the end of Deputy Michael McGrath's questioning. I have heard anecdotally that everything is on hold and nothing is going out across the country but particularly outside Dublin. All the banks are deferring everything and none is meeting its targets in lending of anything right across the sector. What would Dr. Hunt say to that?