Results 101-120 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys

Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (5 Nov 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister might have trouble in selling that to some of his colleagues.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: There has been a fundamental change in the building programme of the Department of Education and Skills. The previous Government had, rightly, started to look forward at future demand for school places. It looked at census figures and children's allowance claims and started to develop a programme to build schools so that they would be in place in time for young people to start in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I am moving that amendment today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for Education and Skills would come into the House today to discuss that issue.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: To spell out the way developing schools are being treated compared with established schools with respect to pupil-teacher allocations.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I am sorry for not being clear enough on that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: We have already exceeded the limits set in the World Health Organization's air quality standards, particularly in terms of exhaust pollution from diesel engines. My information is that we will exceed the European standards in January with respect to those limits. There is no question of our exceeding them, that is definite. I have talked to the Environmental Protection Agency about its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: -----one cannot build communities, houses and cities-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: -----by having only a market economy.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: In light of the Leader's comments, I withdraw my amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is lost for words.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I must be careful in future when I yield the floor for one question and get back in a long time later. The Minister is welcome. I thank her officials and the staff of her Department and across all of Government for the volume of work that has been put in. I made the same remarks in the Seanad. Behind the scenes for every single Minister, there has been a professional corps of civil...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: It will affect small businesses. That is where the impact will be felt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: One can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: However, that duty is much less. It is hugely financially advantageous to bring a car from Northern Ireland and pay the vehicle registration tax, VRT. The Minister can ask the car industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Everybody agrees that Brexit is not good for anybody. Everybody here has said that. There is a huge job of work to do now, because the agreement leaves an awful lot of detail to be sorted out. It is very difficult for everybody, including the Minister, to get a grip on it. There are a lot of different interpretations of the same statements. During the coming weeks, months and years this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: With respect, we did not lead the discussion that way.

Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. Tourism is a very important industry for Ireland and has been so for many years. As the Minister of State has said, it is worth €9.4 billion. Unfortunately, if my children came to me today and asked me if they should make a career in the hospitality sector I would advise them against it. It has poor pay, poor conditions, poor...

Seanad: Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I know she has had some interaction on it with Senator Nash. Unfortunately, he cannot be here today. He sends his apologies but he acknowledges the work the Minister has done on bringing the Bill to the House today. No one knows the possible impact of a hard Brexit on the Border counties better than the Minister. She represents and lives in a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I very much welcome the tweet and Facebook post by the Minister, Deputy Harris, on dementia services. It is the first time he has acknowledged the need for funding for dementia advisers. It will be a significant breakthrough if a follow-up to that happens at 2 p.m. today when the Minister is due to outline the impacts of the Budget Statement on his Department. The work of the Alzheimer...