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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: Even though this is mainly a Garda measure, it is still operated via the Road Traffic Act and so therefore it is the responsibility of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport rather than the Minister for Justice and Equality.

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: In the Minister of State's opening statement, he said that establishing a reliable set of data and commencing a review of the impact of legal and other fees is proving to be a more complex task. He noted that work is ongoing and progress is being made. Can the Minister of State elaborate on the complexity to which he is referring?

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: Our report, as well as the Minister of State's report, is all about data, information and knowing what is going on. Equally it is about getting a handle on why there have been such increases. We have spent months here discussing it and published our report before the Minister of State's report came along. It is all welcome analysis but we still have the situation where expensive claims are...

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 would like to refer to one aspect of public liability insurance. Members of both of the publicans' representative bodies were here before Christmas. Every member of the committee is being asked about this issue. Like the Minister of State when he is at a wedding, we are always being told about individual cases. The two-year Statute of Limitations that applies in this area means that...

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 there actual evidence of that, as opposed to anecdotal evidence?

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: The Minister of State is saying he will deal with this within the next month.

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 wish the Minister of State and his staff well with their work. I look forward to the updates as they progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The Minister of State could have included Fianna Fáil at least.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The Chairman is right to raise this issue which has been ongoing now for a long time. It is more than 20 years since the contract for the entirety of the country's phone books was contracted out to a company in France and a fairly significant portion of the staff of the Smurfit organisation on the northside of Dublin were laid off. We later discovered that in other countries they do this by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Procurement Issues: Minister of State at the Department of Finance (1 Jun 2017)

Gerry Horkan: There are three Senators here.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister for his very comprehensive statement. As it is likely though not certain that this may be the last time he addresses Members of this House as Minister for Finance, I wish him the very best in his future endeavours and a long and happy time when his period as Minister for Finance ends. I thank him for all his efforts on behalf of the State. This debate concerns...

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thought the Senator was having a go at me. It seems Senator O'Donnell is the real target.

Seanad: Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Statements (31 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: It was my first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Lardner. I now call Mr. Marc Coleman to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: If Dr. Regan has a phone beside him, he might move it because it affects the microphones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank all of the delegates for their detailed presentations. The committee has already considered the issue of the common consolidated corporate tax base, CCCTB, and put a recent opinion to the European Union in December 2016, utilising the powers of national parliaments under the Lisbon treaty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: The Deputy can go ahead because we will extend this session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements and interactions with members. We look forward to hearing from them again at a future date in regard to this and, perhaps, other matters. I propose that we suspend now for a few minutes to allow the witnesses to withdraw and our next witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We are dealing with No. 6, session B on Brexit matters relating to financial services, resumed. We are joined by Mr. Ed Sibley, director of credit institutions, Mr. Gerry Cross, director of policy and risk, and Mr. John Flynn, head of Irish economic analysis, from Central Bank of Ireland. I welcome Mr. Sibley, Mr. Cross and Mr. Flynn to the meeting. Before we hear from the witnesses I must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Mr. Sibley. A number of members have indicated that they would like to ask questions.