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Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 27a:In page 12, line 3, to delete “apply for gender recognition” and substitute “live in his or her original gender for the rest of his or her life”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 27b:In page 12, line 5, to delete “and”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 28a:In page 12, line 7, after “person,” to insert “and”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 28b:In page 12, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“(D) the child has reversed the transition or ceased transitioning into the preferred gender,”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I accept and understand that people are concerned about the experience of transgender children in schools. Perhaps I am wrong, but I think this is why these amendments have been proposed. Issues regarding school admission policies are a matter for the Minister for Education and Skills and we discussed this earlier. The Deputy proposes that I introduce an interim gender recognition...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Between now and Report Stage, I will endeavour to talk to the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, on this issue.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. If it is the same case which I read about, when that gentleman discovered his situation he said he had no intention to trans because he saw himself as a man and as a male. I read the case with interest and how this whole area can become very complicated in the future. The purpose of this Bill is to address the need for provide a legal recognition for the position of...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 36a:In page 14, to delete lines 32 to 37 and substitute the following: “(4) In considering an application under this section the Minister shall consider the information furnished by the applicant and may request further information from the applicant regarding any information or evidence furnished by the applicant or on his or her behalf.”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 40a:In page 15, line 27, to delete “will;” and substitute “will.”.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 41:In page 15, to delete lines 28 to 36.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I intend to bring forward amendments to the Passports Act 2008 on Report Stage. It is just to acknowledge that applications for gender recognition certificates for persons aged 18 years or older do not have to be accompanied by a medical supporting statement.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Gender Recognition Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The effect of gender recognition is established in section 18 of the Bill, which sets out in detail the effects of the granting of a gender recognition certificate, so I do not see the need for the amendment and I do not accept it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (18 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The aim of Community Employment (CE) is to enhance the employability and mobility of disadvantaged and unemployed persons by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their communities on a temporary basis. The Department’s priority in supporting CE is having access to schemes that can provide jobseekers and other vulnerable groups with good quality work...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The rent supplement scheme provides support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. There are approximately 68,000 rent supplement recipients, with over 2,060 recipients in the Wicklow area. The Government has provided over €298...

Topical Issue Debate: Postal Services (23 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. He was right about the number of post offices that had closed. I have just noticed in my notes that 198 post offices closed between 2007 and 2010. I reassure the Deputy that the Government has consistently stated its commitment to maintaining the post office network, as is clear in the programme for Government. It is a key piece of the social...

Topical Issue Debate: Postal Services (23 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Kerr report comes under the remit of the Minister of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Alex White, but as far as I am aware it is open for public consultation. I suggest that all Members and the general public make submissions in that area. We are all used to An Post, but the model of business is moving very quickly. We have only to look at our own...

Topical Issue Debate: Postal Services (23 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: That is positive for the economy and for society. The unintentional consequence is that there is less business from the Department of Social Protection going through the post office network. Therefore, there is an urgency in developing that business model to ensure that post offices survive the next decade.

Credit Unions: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank Fianna Fáil for tabling this motion because it is overdue. Deputy Liam Twomey suggested sending the issue back to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform for a prolonged engagement. I was on the committee the last time the credit unions came before it and Deputy Michael McGrath and I played an active role during the engagement. The credit...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: There are currently no plans to change the eligibility criteria to allow persons who do not currently qualify for Community Employment to participate. Persons not in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment may be eligible for other interventions and can be advised of such by their local Intreo Office. Pathways to Work 2015 includes targets for Quarter 3 2015, to develop options...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (23 Jun 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The rent supplement scheme provides support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. There are approximately 68,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided over €298 million for 2015. In Dublin, there...