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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: If there are no other contributors the Minister of State can reply.

Seanad: Visit of Czech Delegation (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I am sure Members wish to join me in welcoming a parliamentary delegation from the Czech Republic led by Mr. Jaroslav Kubera, Vice President of the Czech Senate. He, his ambassador and the rest of the team are very welcome. On my behalf and that of all my colleagues in Seanad Éireann, I extend a very warm welcome to them and good wishes for a very successful visit to Ireland.

Seanad: Visit of Czech Delegation (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I hope my pronunciation was not too bad.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, to our new Chamber. I welcome all Members as it is my first time in the Chair in the new Chamber. I hope we will get through the 43 amendments relatively briefly. Is Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell having a difficulty?

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I will try to project a little more.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I noticed that myself. I do not know if it comes down to acoustics or that we are a little further away from each other than we might have been previously. I will do my best to try to project my voice and I hope we can get through this.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I am well insulated enough but maybe some other Members are not.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We are only on our second day.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.

Seanad: Mid-Term Review of Capital Plan: Statements (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State. He is very welcome to our new Chamber. It is my first time speaking in it. A fine body of work has been done. I would not mention too much about possession being nine tenths of the law. The Minister might frighten a few people. Those were his words and not mine. I am sure we will be looking forward to going back to our new Chamber-----

Seanad: Mid-Term Review of Capital Plan: Statements (27 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: -----as soon as possible. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the mid-term review of the plan. It was announced with much fanfare in 2015 about the period from 2016 to 2021. We are only one year into it. It is probably not really a mid-term review, but a review of the early part of the term. Unfortunately, the announcement in 2015 did not say much. There was much fanfare but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I have a couple of questions, but I will try not to cover stuff already dealt with. On new business, there are many people, particularly in Dublin were there are high rental costs, who if they could secure a mortgage would pay a significantly lower amount than they do in rent. Nevertheless, they have a major difficulty in either finding or saving the deposit, as they might be paying...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Is that 36% of the historical or new market?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Mulhall is saying and we accept that the issue with deposits arises from Central Bank rules. The bank takes into account applicants' current circumstances and the fact that salaries are used to pay rent. The money would be available to pay the mortgage instead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: On staff numbers, there are approximately 10,000 staff, almost half of whom were recruited in the past four years. The figure is approximately 44%. Therefore, nearly half of the staff across the entire network were recruited in the past four years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We raised this issue last week with Bank of Ireland and will ask all of the banks about it. It concerns the bank's branch network and the services to be provided. Other competitors have moved to a process that they do not describe as cashless, rather they use the term "non-over-the-counter transaction branches". Cash is available from the machines, but one cannot deal with a human being....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Bank of Ireland stated only 2% of its transactions were manually conducted, so it seems AIB is doing five times as many such transactions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Byrne's opening statement mentioned funding for zoned non-planning permission land was a concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: For people looking in who are not experts, the witness is basically saying the bank is there to help them build once they have bought land with equity investors or their own cash or whatever. The bank will finance the building once there is a sure bet, if one likes. I accept the logic of not going back to buying fields all over the place with the idea they may get zoned. They may not get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Allied Irish Banks (26 Sep 2017)

Gerry Horkan: If someone has land zoned and planning permission on it, and if somebody wishes to buy that land, the bank would be willing to finance it.