Results 9,081-9,100 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: To clarify, the Minister is not accepting amendments Nos. 2 to 5, inclusive, 17, 18 and 24.
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is the amendment being seconded?
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: This amendment has already been discussed with amendment No. 2 and Senator Higgins has indicated that she is not pressing it.
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 have been ruled out of order.
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 8, 11 and 12 are related and may be discussed together.
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are related and may be discussed together.
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: No, it was not.
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 16 is out of order as it involves a potential charge on Revenue.
- Seanad: Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Amendment No. 19 is out of order as it involves a potential charge on the Revenue.
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Cox. His depth of experience as an MEP and as President of the European Parliament is very valuable to us. He has covered an enormous amount of ground in his opening statement. He covered almost the whole of Europe and made various references to Italy, Holland, France and so on. I am the Vice Chairman of the finance committee, which has separately been dealing with Brexit...
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: They allow freedom of movement of people. Norway is agreeable to a single market of people.
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: At the moment.
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Did Mr. Cox cover the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB?
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on the Future of the European Union (7 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: The UK would have been an ally in opposing it to a certain extent.
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Local Authorities (7 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I am not normally a member of this committee but I am delighted to be here. The session has probably been one of the most important if not the most important sessions to be held here in respect of the Border. I was a councillor for 12.5 years in the Dublin region and as Seanad candidates we go around the country. I was in Cavan recently and I have been in Louth. One can see the seamless...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State. It has been acknowledged by other members that his own personal efforts have been put into this and he clearly is on top of his brief. It is cold comfort to those of us who did get increases. I acknowledge myself that the rate of increase, certainly in my experience, is better, but my initial claim came in €300 or €400 higher than the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: I refer to actions Nos. 61, 62 and 63. Even though the deadline was quite late they still look like they are likely to be delayed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Yes. If we can harness the technology better it is all about access to data, but it should not be impossible. If we can track cars going over the M50 and bill them if they do not pay the toll, why is this so difficult? What are the problems here?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: Is the orange dot now a green dot again?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Motor Insurance Costs: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)
Gerry Horkan: It is not as orange as the other orange dots.