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Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We did not even have a go at the Senator over Cuba.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: No response is required.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank all of the witnesses who have addressed the committee during the first session this morning. Everybody gave a great contribution. We heard about the various roles that have been played by those with a historical involvement with the national anthem. I would like to address a few points to each of the speakers.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: That is what I am saying. I congratulate the Lord Mayor of Cork on the great initiative. He was a North Mon boy. I was a Christian Brothers boy in my day. They all come under the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. I have been on school boards of management for 15 years. I have spent nine years as chairman of a board. I think the Lord Mayor's initiative, which got schools involved, was a...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. The Minister of State has been in this Chamber many times but he used to sit in a different chair. I am sure he is not aspiring to get back to his old spot any time soon.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: As Fianna Fáil finance spokesman in the Seanad and having formerly worked alongside the Minister of State as a fellow member of the finance committee, we have interacted many times. I thank him for his detailed and comprehensive statement this morning. The various Departments which refer to the national anthem on their websites, including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade,...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: That alone would be a useful result. I thank the experts who spoke this morning, Dr. Eoin O'Dell and Ms Hazel Tunney, and the pupils from Bishopstown community college and Eureka secondary school. A past pupil of the latter school, Martina Fitzgerald of RTÉ, came in earlier and is still in the Gallery, which gives the delegates a good chance of making the news. Senators would love...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Status, Treatment and Use of the National Anthem (5 Dec 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I must clarify that I meant all other Departments should align with the Department of Finance.

Seanad: World AIDS Day: Statements (30 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for her thoughtful conclusion. We were both members of the regional authority together a long time ago. It is hard to believe that it was pre-2007 but it was and you are very welcome back to the Seanad. I thank the Minister of State and all the contributors.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality, Deputy Stanton. Before we commence, I remind the House that a Senator may speak only once on Report Stage, except the proposer of the amendment who may reply to the discussion on the amendment. On Report Stage, each amendment must be seconded. Amendment No. 1 arises from Committee proceedings.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State and Senators for contributing.

Seanad: Domestic Violence Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We meet to discuss No. 5 on the agenda, scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016, which is Private Members' business in the name of Deputy Michael McGrath. In attendance we also have Mr. Jer Buckley, public relations officer, National Forum of Communities Flood Committee; Mr. Pat O'Connell, president, Cork Business Association; and Mr. Paul Kavanagh, managing director, McCarthy Insurance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Deputy McGrath. I call on Mr. Jer Buckley to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Would Mr. O'Connell like to make an opening statement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. O'Connell and all the witnesses for their opening statements.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I wish to clarify something for my own benefit. They may not have said it to Mr. Thompson, but it could be the case that there is an insurance company that has taken its own decision not to provide flood cover again, but it has not told you about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Nothing has been said to Mr. Thompson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Before we continue on this, I want to let the committee know there have been a couple of developments in recent minutes. The Senator mentioned Mountmellick. We have had an apology from the Minister of State, Deputy Moran-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of the Flood Insurance Bill 2016 (23 Nov 2017)

Gerry Horkan: He is now on his way with his officials to Mountmellick.