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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Therefore, it purely relates to how individual companies calculate things separately-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We are talking about credit unions. I was also on the trip to the Sparkassen. Is it correct to say many of the credit union deposits were actually with Anglo Irish Bank at the time of the guarantee? Are there figures for the percentages of credit union deposits that were with Anglo Irish Bank? At the time, I remember hearing that a substantial proportion were with it and that if it had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: That would be appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with the Central Bank (4 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We looked at the behaviour of credit unions and while some had made mistakes and got things wrong, the damage was a fraction of that done by the banks. It is important that people realise that while the credit unions were relatively okay in the end, had the bank guarantee not been put in place, they would have had a much greater problem. I do not think the Central Bank in its statement...

Seanad: Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: This is a Seanad Bill which 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 amendment made by the Dáil. This is looked...

Seanad: Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I call on the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Jim Daly, to speak on the subject of the amendment.

Seanad: Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Motion for Earlier Signature (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: No. It is done now. I might indulge the Senator for 30 seconds but I am not supposed to do so.

Seanad: Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Motion for Earlier Signature (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I did not see her indicate.

Seanad: Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018: Motion for Earlier Signature (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: There was no opportunity at the end. There was an opportunity before the end. However, once the end is reached, that is it.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 60 to 68, inclusive, are related. Amendment No. 64 is a physical and logical alternative to amendment No. 63. Amendment No. 66 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 65. Amendments Nos. 60 to 68, inclusive, will be discussed together.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 69 to 72, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 73 to 75, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 76 to 78, inclusive, are related. Amendment No. 78 is a physical and logical alternative to amendment No. 77. Amendments Nos. 76 to 78, inclusive, will be discussed together.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 80 to 81 are related. Amendment No. 81 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 80. Amendments Nos. 80 to 81 will be discussed together.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am normally my own party's spokesperson on this issue but I cannot say much because I am in the Chair. I thank the Minister of State and his officials and I thank Senator Higgins for her input. She has put a lot of time and effort into it.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: It is 45 minutes ahead of time.

Seanad: Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: This is the Upper House. We are very civilised here.

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We are discussing this topic as a result of a request I made on the Order of Business last Thursday that we have a debate on the DLHC transfer in advance of the Minister signing the order, and I ask him to clarify whether he signed it today. No Member has a problem with his strategy. It is a good idea for harbour companies to come under the remit of a local authority as they might be well...

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: That is my point. I want to let other Senators in but I also want the Minister to have as much time as possible to respond. I hope I have given the Minister enough food for thought. We all want Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown to prosper as a local authority. We all want Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, and, indeed, Dublin Rathdown, where I live and which the Minister represents, to do well but I...

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Gerry Horkan: No, I am in the Chair.