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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Relating to Road Safety: Road Safety Authority (24 Apr 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...weekends, rural areas and young people. In the other document the RSA sent us, the additional briefing information, it points out the counties most affected. Tipperary was number one last year. Cork, Dublin, Galway and Mayo were the others. Some of them, such as Dublin and Cork, have higher populations. There are large networks in places such as Tipperary and Mayo. The causes of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...event, although perhaps not some of our younger members. Deputy O’Connor might not remember the time before the motorway network. Some of us remember driving through loads of towns to get to Kerry, Cork, Limerick, Mayo, Galway and so on. The road network is far improved from what it was. However, there is much still in the process. TII, on behalf of the NTA, administers the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Gerry Horkan: ...in terms of TII objecting to all housing on a national road and that a one-size-fits-all approach does not necessarily cover it. I had another query from Councillor Liam Madden in County Cork about the M20 and all the issues that go with it. Separate from that, it was raised recently that TII seems to have bought up a lot of houses for CPOs, which are perhaps empty at the moment. There...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Large-scale Capital Projects: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (14 Feb 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I will not hold Mr. O'Neill to it, but when will people be able to drive on the M20 from Cork to Limerick or vice versa?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I have Sligo-Longford queries. I have Galway queries. I have Limerick-Ennis queries. I have Kerry queries. I have Cork queries. It is almost like Iarnród Éireann's arterial network. I have got queries from people about all those lines, and then from some people who do not have lines but want lines.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Gerry Horkan: I do not think Cork and Limerick could have a shared mayor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...okay, people travel and want to travel. We are an island. We have said all of that. We are the transport committee looking at aviation. Yes, it would be great if some of the traffic went out of Cork and Shannon, and equally Kerry, Knock, Donegal and so on, and even Waterford if it gets up and going with regard to scheduled or chartered flights. I am concerned that Dublin Airport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...for example, the UEFA Europa League final, which is in Dublin next year, with the greatest of respect I do not think many people coming to the UEFA Europa League final will really want to fly into Cork or Shannon and have to travel to Dublin. If they are here for the weekend, they will want to fly in and out of Dublin. Is Mr. Jacobs saying that those flights are likely to be refused,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Gerry Horkan: Mr. Jacobs's point is that caps do not work. They have not worked in Schiphol and they have not worked in other places. It is likely that Ireland Inc. will lose out rather than Shannon and Cork airports gaining from a cap that will have airlines saying they are coming to Europe but will not go to Ireland any more or else that they will base aircraft in other parts of the world where they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I think Mr. Rowland is absolutely correct and, on the other end of it, if we all drove to Cork at 10 miles per hour, it would take us an awful lot longer and there would probably be fewer accidents. There is a balance to be struck. If I saw everybody driving at 50 km/h in the 50 km/h zones, that would be a great achievement, because at the moment they are not. Speed limits on very few of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Gerry Horkan: When we visited either Cork or Dublin, they were talking about getting solar panels.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Security, Recruitment and Training at Dublin Airport: Discussion (14 Jun 2023)

Gerry Horkan: Before I bring in Deputy Crowe, Mr. Jacobs gave us a very nice passenger satisfaction figure for Cork Airport. We do not have the passenger satisfaction figure for Dublin Airport. I would be interested in that if it is available. It may not be as high as Cork Airport. I would be interested in that, if that is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...The purpose of the meeting today is for the joint committee to discuss the long-term strategy and plans for the future development of Irish ports. We are joined by representatives of the Port of Cork, Dublin Port, Shannon Foynes Port Company and Rosslare Europort. I am very pleased to welcome on behalf of the committee: Mr. Eoin McGettigan, CEO, Port of Cork; Mr Barry O'Connell, CEO, Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I know that Cork and Shannon have a number of facilities. Dublin Port is basically one entity. It comprises areas north and the south of the Liffey, but it is all one entity. It does not have any other operations anywhere else.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...of time. Mr. O'Connell might touch, with some of the others, on passengers because we did not have much reference to them and whether there is scope for doing more. I am aware that Rosslare, Cork and Dublin do a bit. I am not so sure Shannon does too much on the passenger side. It would be interesting to see. With the climate crisis, etc., depending on where one is going, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...by us all. We probably do not acknowledge enough the work they are doing but it is appreciated. I thank all the witnesses from the various different organisations who were here from Dublin, Cork, Rosslare and Shannon Foynes. They put a lot of work into their opening statements and answered all the questions well. I thank them for that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...across the country, in both urban and rural areas. They bring a lot to our culture and society. I am wearing a red tie today not to show support for Donald Trump or for the Cathaoirleach, who is a Cork man, but because red and white are the Polish colours. I am joined in doing so by Senator Craughwell and others. I congratulate the Leader, who is my party leader in the Seanad, on her...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Apr 2023)

Gerry Horkan: I thank the Minister of State for his very comprehensive response to the debate. Before we conclude, I welcome students from Mount Mercy College, Cork, who are here courtesy of Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan. I hope they enjoy their day in Leinster House, in particular their time in the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...'s national aviation policy. We are joined by representatives of Ireland's regional airports. On behalf of the committee I am very pleased to welcome Mr. Niall MacCarthy, managing director of Cork Airport; Ms Eilís Docherty, managing director of Donegal Airport; Mr. Stiofán O Cúláin, chairman of Donegal Airport; Mr. Gary Martin, deputy chairman of Donegal Airport; Mr....