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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: -----as long-term damage could be caused. This pilot project may cause long-term damage to our environment and to the farmers who are the custodians of the countryside.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: We have nearly 25 years of history in respect of this matter. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have been in government during that time and all three parties made progress in protecting the environment. The unintended consequences of this amendment - I believe they are unintended - will be enormously harmful. It is not that there are hundreds and thousands of farmers lined...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Will the Minister yield for one question, which is allowed under Standing Orders? Will the Minister agree to that?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Standing Orders allow that the person speaking to the House can yield to a Senator for a question.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: An intervention, yes.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I totally accept the amount of time the Minister has spent in the Seanad. That is why I referred to unintended consequences. The Minister has outlined the process. The Minister's offices have highlighted the contradiction in law.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: It is an intervention.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Will the Minister outline why it was not brought to the House on Second Stage or Committee Stage? Why are we only getting it now on Report Stage where we cannot fully discuss and debate-----

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister outlined that this has been highlighted on several occasions yet we are only seeing it now on Report Stage. Why was it not taken on Second Stage or Committee Stage?

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Senator McFadden has started.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I will keep it short. It is an issue I have raised in the House on numerous occasions. This morning in the papers we read about the shortage of rental accommodation across Dublin. Since records started it is the lowest number of vacancies in the Dublin region. I have raised the issue of long-term rental apartments that have moved to the short-term rental market. We have referred to...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I certainly know that last night should have been a night of joy and happiness for many parents, when their children were in many cases going to a concert for the first time unaccompanied, or when younger children were accompanied by their parents. For such indiscriminate bombing of those children and that concert to happen is totally unforgivable. My group here within the Seanad sends its...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I do not have a right of reply.

Seanad: Public Service Broadcasting: Statements (23 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister to the House. He has a very wide-ranging and challenging brief. I wish him the very best in that. I have no great problem with the sale of land at Montrose but we need a whole-of-government approach to housing and housing in the capital city. One major developer's proposal, Project Montrose, is to put 500 apartments on the site. In many ways, this is within the...

Seanad: Public Service Broadcasting: Statements (23 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Is the Minister from the midlands?

Seanad: Public Service Broadcasting: Statements (23 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I am sorry to interrupt, but it was not dealt with through the planning process. The 25% was agreed outside of the planning process. Given the fact that the Minister is the main shareholder, I believe that we could look at-----

Seanad: Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (24 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I commend my colleague, the leader of the Labour Party group, on the work she has done on the Bill. Senator McDowell mentioned that many Bills are coming forward but nothing is happening. This is constantly happening in the House. I have counted 141 Bills that have been passed Second Stage in the Seanad and the Dáil but have not progressed. To me this is unacceptable. If the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I acknowledge the decision made on the national maternity hospital and I hope it proceeds with all speed. It is a badly-needed hospital. The building on Holles Street is very old and not fit for purpose. I would like to see the new national maternity hospital built as soon as possible. I acknowledge the work the public did in highlighting the role of the religious orders. I compliment...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I formally second my colleague's amendment regarding the sale of AIB shares. It would be a nonsense if this House did not express an opinion on this issue. This will probably be the biggest fiscal decision made in the past two years. We have young children in the Public Gallery today. We constantly hear of the problems and the need for investment in schools. We constantly hear of the...