Results 1-7 of 7 for sligo speaker:Gerry Horkan

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

Gerry Horkan: ...Shane P. O'Reilly raised parking around the N3 and that there is not enough provision for people who are trying to car-pool and so on. Councillor Donagh Killilea in Galway raised the Tuam to Sligo route following the success of the Limerick to Tuam part of the M17. Councillor Brendan Mulroy in County Mayo raised pedestrian crossings in Newport - it is a national road. Councillor Mark...

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: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Minister for Transport (17 May 2023)

Gerry Horkan: ...quality of life due to not having to spend hours a day commuting, regardless of how people are getting from one place to the other. We should give people those jobs in counties such as Leitrim, Sligo and Meath where people end up quite often having to travel long distances to work. Remote working is helpful in that regard and the broadband roll-out is good. I heard this comment from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Gerry Horkan: ...involvement with their community. It is great to see that. While I am a Senator living and born in Dublin, I have a constituency comprised of councillors from every part of Ireland including the Sligo, Galway, Limerick, Mayo and Tipperary areas. I have three west of Ireland grandparents, two from Mayo and one from Roscommon. I would be very familiar with much of the area that we are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)

Gerry Horkan: ...hour while the Tyco rate is €23.50 an hour. We are not really getting a lot of value for this extra money. It would seem to be rather inefficient. Councillor Martin Baker and Councillor Michael Clarke of Sligo County Council have highlighted the fact that some people have been given lists of private contractors that they can hire themselves if they want. It is a bit insulting...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2019)

Gerry Horkan: ...term. I also wish to flag the fact that we have the highest trolley numbers so far this year with 631 people currently awaiting a bed in a hospital.It is a nationwide problem with Limerick, Sligo and Cork being particularly badly affected. This House should hear from the Minister for Health as to what is being done. This happens every year but this is the highest number so far. One...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Gerry Horkan: ...is Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council where we had two area committees with 20 members each. Those area committees were larger than many county councils around the country, for example, Sligo, Leitrim and Cavan in terms of members, and the chair of the committee got no allowance. That was fine but people chairing municipal districts with as few as six members were getting...