Results 9,041-9,060 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: There is a consensus that the Minister of State goes first.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 10 has been ruled out of order as it involved a charge on revenue.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I remind everybody that we have about 22 minutes left to get through about 22 sections. Some of the sections do not have amendments so we will probably get through them fairly quickly. In order for every Senator to have an opportunity to speak I ask everyone to keep their contributions as brief as possible. I call Senators Norris, Dolan and Conway, in that order.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I call Senator Bacik. I again ask people to be as brief as possible.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: We would prefer to get it through, I think.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: We are trying to get through the business. Does Senator Colm Burke wish to make a contribution?
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Senators and the Minister of State and I ask the Acting Leader to propose a suspension until 3 p.m.
- Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: It feels almost like we are at a finance committee meeting between Senator O'Donnell, Senator Conway-Walsh, Deputy Pearse Doherty and a former member of the committee and newly-appointed Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy. I congratulate him. We will see him at a different side of the table at future committee meetings. I wish him the best of luck in his new...
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Senator Boyhan is sitting close to them as if he was one of them.
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I do not know if that was the Minister of State's first speech following his appointment. Certainly, it was his first speech in the Chamber. He stuck to his time brilliantly and was within 30 seconds of the limit, for which I thank him very much. Long may that continue. Senator Conway-Walsh will conclude the debate. She has five minutes.
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Deputy D'Arcy for his attendance in the House for the first time as a Minister of State. I also thank Senators for their contributions to the debate.
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to sit again?
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is the amendment being pressed?
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I came in in the middle of it. It had gone back to the Leader.
- Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: No one else has offered. I will put the question.