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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Harbour Authorities (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The next matter is in the name of Senator Victor Boyhan. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy David Stanton, who will speak on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. Harbours are not the Minister of State's usual brief.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Harbour Authorities (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State and I thank Senator Boyhan for raising this important matter.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to bring the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, to the House to discuss a matter of grave urgency. I understand that last night the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, signed an order consenting to the necessary statutory instrument to transfer Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council....

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I will respond when the Leader has finished.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: No. I apologise for having had to step out for a few minutes but I heard from my colleagues in this respect. I do not seek to divide the House and I do not propose an amendment to the Order of Business very often. However, there is a very pressing and urgent nature to this matter. I would hope the Minister will not sign the order for transfer before he comes into this House because he...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: My grandmother was from Strokestown and I support that too.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: And sign it as quick as he can, but anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I accept that and the Leader's bona fides on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Yes.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: If amendment No. 57 is agreed to, amendment No. 58 cannot be moved. It has already been discussed with amendment No. 13.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I am sure they exist.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 60 cannot now be moved because amendment No. 59 has been agreed.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 64 cannot be moved because amendment No. 63 has already been agreed.

Seanad: Inclusion in Sport: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The next speaker is Senator Dolan. I ask the Senator to move amendment No. 1, which will need to be seconded by another Senator.

Seanad: Inclusion in Sport: Motion (26 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: The Leader to continue, without interruption, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Dr. Djankov for attending. The report is vast and covers the future of work in the World Bank's 190 client countries. Everywhere is different. We have a limited amount of time at this meeting. Dr. Djankov is somewhat familiar with Ireland and our circumstances, having been a member of ECOFIN. I presume he met former Deputy Brian Lenihan and other Ministers while he himself was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: We are all in trouble, so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Dr. Djankov. He stated that education in technology for three to six year olds in particular was essential. In respect of planning for increased levels of automation, while my background is as an accountant, I am not sure that we could automate politicians yet. It is to be hoped it will not happen for a while. What about driverless trucks, cars, buses, trains and so on? A year or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: It sounds quite depressing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: World Development Report 2019: Discussion (25 Sep 2018)

Gerry Horkan: Many jobs and companies that exist now such as Google, Facebook and PayPal did not exist 20 years ago. There are two elements to this point. Forty per cent or thereabouts of our corporation tax comes from ten companies. All of them are US based, or that is the impression we get, and they are nearly all in the technology sector with possibly a few in the pharmaceutical sector. It is...