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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Quarterly Engagement with Central Bank of Ireland (4 Apr 2017)

Gerry Horkan: In terms of the average being €30,000, were there a number of cases on €500,000 and a number on €200,000? Can we get a breakdown of those redress systems, and perhaps a breakdown between the redress and the compensation? Is it possible for the committee to get those figures because it is not nice if someone is affected by €500, so to speak, but it is not the same...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (30 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: To clarify, my understanding is the Senator asked for the Minister, Deputy Naughten, to attend. It was actually changed by agreement between the Minister, Deputy Naughten, and the Minister, Deputy Coveney's, Department. The Commencement matter states, "The need for the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government" to attend. In fact, Senator Leyden wants Deputy Naughten...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (30 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I thank Senator Leyden. That concludes this matter. I suppose there is not much point in the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, responding.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Prison Accommodation (30 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Patrick O'Donovan.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister to the House. We were both members of the Dublin Mid-Leinster health forum a long time ago, when we were both councillors. Indeed, Senator Devine was a member of that forum subsequently. It is great to see this Bill pass. I spoke on it at length on Tuesday. It represents progress and I welcome it. I agree with Senators Devine, Ó Ríordáin and others...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: We will resume as soon as possible.

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I was not.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I also have to get in.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I will.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I want the Minister of State to have time to respond. I would have been in earlier only for a little oversight, but not to worry. I am in my 14th year as a member of the board of management of a secondary school and my eighth year as chairman of a school board. They are two different schools. I was a member of Ógra Fianna Fáil, one of the largest political youth movements in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Not yet.

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will be speaking on behalf of my colleague, Senator Swanick, who is unfortunately unable to be here today. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill as it was a specific commitment in Fianna Fáil's 2016 general election manifesto. Fianna Fáil supports this Bill which provides a medical card for all children in receipt of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Carville is aware of the interaction between the committee and the various bodies that were in attendance on Tuesday. There was a palpable sense of frustration and anger in terms of them being on the merry-go-round, as they call it, where the Department of Finance say it is the regulator and the regulator says it is the Department of Finance while someone else says it is the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Are the existing restrictions on investment appropriate or could they be adjusted in terms of other relatively risk-free types of investment? The credit unions seem to be frustrated. It has almost got to the stage where they do not want to take in deposits because they are putting them in banks where they are getting a negative interest rate. They are being charged by the banks to mind...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: While it is appropriate that they be looked at, does Mr. Carville envisage the Department either having or not having enormous concerns about the idea that those investment criteria would be adjusted and broadened out? There are very few places that credit unions can invest their funds. They are in an unusual position of having €11 billion on deposit and wanting to make investments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I was happy to be in the Chair when I was questioning the representatives of some of the bodies that appeared before the committee on Tuesday. They were agitated about the cost of the new regulatory environment under which they believe they are operating vis-à-visa previous environment. I tried to tease out with them if they consider it to constitute excessive regulation. I did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: Somebody is sharpening their steak knife as we speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: What about the breaches of regulations that have occurred?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I have a couple of further points. One of the points made by the bodies on Tuesday was that there is a deficit of meaningful engagement with both the Central Bank, with which we can deal in the next segment, and the Department. The Credit Union Advisory Committee's report highlighted that the sectors concerned need to be taken on board and that serious engagement needs to take place. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Overview of the Credit Union Sector: Discussion (23 Mar 2017)

Gerry Horkan: I do not doubt that everything the delegates are saying is 100% true but the tone I am hearing regarding the interaction and list of meetings Mr. Carville outlined is quite different from that of the credit union sector. Mr. Carville heard what the representatives were saying because he was watching the footage of the meeting. There is a palpable sense of frustration. The credit unions...