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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: There are more gardaí on the streets than ever before and more civilian staff than we have ever had. The Government is absolutely committed to providing the necessary resources to the Garda Síochána to enable it to carry out its job.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The long-term response to Brexit is for companies to become more competitive, more innovative and to diversify their export footprint into more markets. I am confident that the agencies under my Department have the supports to enable companies to consolidate market share within the UK and also to become more resilient by broadening their sales to other international markets. Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (21 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...in Kildare or elsewhere - for reasons of commercial sensitivity and confidentiality. Instead, IDA site visit data is collated on a county-by-county basis. In the first quarter of 2019 there were three site visits to County Kildare. More broadly, the Agency's efforts to attract more investment to Kildare will be assisted by the County's strong profile as a home to overseas...

Outbreaks of Covid-19 in Meat Processing Plants: Statements (21 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Non-EU migrant workers have rights under the permit with which they come in here. We are very careful that they get paid more than the minimum wage. In certain sectors they get paid considerably more than it. In particular, meat boners receive €27,000 per annum. The WRC is the inspectorate that checks the conditions of employees. They are being taken care of.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...; the number of carers who receive a reduced rate of the half-rate carer’s allowance due to means, categorised by recipients aged under 66 caring for one person, aged under 66 caring for two or more people, aged over 66 caring for one person and aged over 66 caring for two or more people; and a breakdown of these rates by the number of person’s receiving a carer’s...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: It will have more powers such as search and entry powers and powers that enhance its ability to gather evidence that is held electronically. The legislation will bring about improvements in the supervision of liquidators and more simplified systems when the ODCE is going to the High Court to access phone records. I want to make sure that what happened will not happen again.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: We need to look at this more widely to improve the situation for all people with disabilities. Of course I want to do more. As part of the cost of disability report, my Department is looking at the whole area of disability payments and at how we can make the system fairer. One of the recommendations in that report is to move away from the flat rate of €208 towards a tiered payment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...excluding those on a half-rate CA; the number of carers who receive a reduced rate of CA due to means, categorised by recipients aged under 66 caring for one person, aged under 66 caring for two or more people, aged over 66 caring for one person and aged over 66 caring for two or more people; and a breakdown of these rates by the number of person’s receiving a reduced rate CA...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ..., mapping and registers of assets, geographic mobile coverage, consumer information, and innovation and proof of concept projects. Those are the sort of things we will be looking at. They are more complex, more knotty, as they say, and they are more time consuming. On whether my phone, the Deputy’s phone, or anyone else’s phone is secure, that would be a matter for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Allowance (3 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...report will look at all the issues that have been raised and I hope and expect that it will address them. My Department is doing much to help people with disabilities. This year alone, we spent more than €4.7 billion across various payments, such as disability allowance, invalidity pension, carer's allowance, partial capacity benefit and blind pension, and that is to name but a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Recreation Policy (26 Sep 2023)

Heather Humphreys: It has been my pleasure to travel to Waterford a few times and I will be delighted to get back down again to see more of the projects. The good news is that I will be announcing more projects early next year. The applications have not closed for measures two and three. They will be closing on 27 October. They will be coming in at the end of October and then they will be assessed. We will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. We are exceeding our targets every year. Every year we are building more houses and we will continue to do that. The Deputy acknowledges that capacity was a problem. That has been built up. Much work has gone into upskilling and retraining young people into the construction sector and it is working. I stated clearly that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Court Procedures (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...Government approval for the Family Courts Bill 2022, which was published on 1 December. These are the mechanisms by which it is intended to reform how our family justice system operates to make it more supportive and protective when there are vulnerable parties, particularly in cases where there is a history of domestic violence. It will also make it more efficient and user-friendly and...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Let me finish. On 27 February, EU Commissioner Malmström unveiled a 15 point plan to make the EU trade and sustainable development chapters more effective. Contained in this plan was a commitment to more assertively enforce the commitments under the trade and sustainable development chapters in free trade agreements. Our engagements allow us to influence the Brazilians and others on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Genealogical Services (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...civil records of all births, deaths and marriages which occurred in Ireland. These records extend to 1864 for births and deaths and 1845 for marriages.Genealogical records of births that occurred more than 100 years previously, deaths that occurred more than 50 years previously and marriages that occurred more than 75 years previously are made available online via the irishgealogy.ie...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: IDA Ireland (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...growth, I launched the regional enterprise plan for the midlands in Mountmellick on 6 February, which will build on the recent strong performance of job creation in the region. At the end of 2018, more than 3,400 people were employed in IDA-supported companies in the county, which was 53% more than in 2011. Recent job announcements include 200 jobs at Neueda Technologies in County...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...has provided €400,000 for the purchase of additional ebooks and e-audiobooks to meet the rising demand for these services. Library users now have access to an extensive online catalogue: more than 48,000 ebooks and 33,000 e-audiobooks, 4,000 magazines, 2,400 online newspapers from over 100 countries, more than 500 elearning courses and more than 100 online language courses. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...appreciate I am working from a very strong base. I inherited a great Department. Deputy Canney and Deputy Ring did a great deal of hard work and it is my honour to build on that work as I deliver more projects for rural Ireland. To go back to Deputy Canney's original question, to date we have provided additional funding totalling €6.3 million for 20 projects, which are listed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...and people identifying opportunities, weaknesses in their community, looking for funding to address those weaknesses and building on the strengths. The population in rural areas is increasing. More and more young people are coming back to live and work in their home areas. We have been able to afford them that opportunity through remote working. More than €100 million has...