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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Courts Service (28 Sep 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I appreciate the Cathaoirleach's comments which are constructive. I do not want to have a go at the Minister of State, Deputy English, as I understand his position, having been in a similar position previously when I have delivered a script. I appreciate he is representing the Minister for Justice and Equality. I wish to correct what he said. EU law demands that we must either let...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Courts Service (28 Sep 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I acknowledge that.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Yesterday, I spoke about the baby friendly health initiative being paused and its funding being discontinued, and the importance of increasing breastfeeding rates in this country. I asked the Leader to organise bringing the Minister to the House for a debate. It will take far too long for the Minister to come to the House so I ask the Leader to use his good offices to ask the Minister to...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Am I generous? I thank the Senator. We need action. On the most recent occasions the Minister has come to the House we have heard all about the Rugby World Cup and very little about public transport. The inaction in filling these positions shows how unconcerned he is about the travelling public of this country.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I do not know that.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister is very welcome. He faces many great challenges, not just in regard to social housing but also affordable housing and affordable rental housing. I do not want to go over the statistics that have been outlined. The Minister needs to have a short-term, mid-term and long-term plan to resolve this issue. He has been working on mid-term and long-term solutions but he needs to...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Like so many others, I extend my sympathies to the families who lost their nearest and dearest yesterday. It truly is a tragedy for those families. Like many others, I want to thank the services that turned out so well, including the Garda Síochánna, the ESB, Irish Water and the local authority workers. I was looking at social media on Monday morning, and there were people...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I wish to raise the issue of the thousands of people who have been affected by the tracker mortgages issue. In 2008, the Central Bank notified the lending institutions about treating their customers fairly in relation to tracker mortgages. It raised the issue again in 2009 and 2010 and its website refers to concerns following an examination of tracker mortgages. In October 2012, Bank of...

Seanad: Flood Prevention Measures: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: No matter what the Minister of State does, there will be flooding in the future in various towns and villages. That is so because climate change is a reality. We must challenge those who deny that reality every time they open their mouths. Such denials give solace to those who wish to continue putting further investment into developments that very much damage our society. We cannot claim...

Seanad: Flood Prevention Measures: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: We have not in any way challenged the effects of the diesel engine on urban areas across the country. We have started off badly and poorly. We now need to step up to the mark for the sake of our children and grandchildren. I do not want to have to tell them that I remained silent and protected the vested interests, that I said nothing because it was unpopular and, if I did so, I would not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I rise to raise a serious issue relating to Shellybanks Educate Together school, which opened in 2014 as a single-stream school. At the request of the Department of Education and Skills, it expanded to a double-stream school to facilitate the demand for school places in the area. The Department of Education and Skills has purchased Roslyn Park, an old secondary school that served the Dublin...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State for his response and his commitment to ensuring the additional information I require will be forwarded to me as quickly as possible. My concern regarding the operation of temporary accommodation on the build site relates not only to building issues, but also to the question of how to maintain temporary access and the possible knock-on effect of such access. We...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: It is very much welcomed.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: On two occasions during the Commencement debate I have raised the lack of provision of affordable housing and affordable rental accommodation. Last July, I highlighted the delay in the construction of social housing and the absence of affordable schemes. I understand Dublin City Council is trying to get around the problem and ensure social housing construction proceeds on some of its sites....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Hopefully the Chairman will give us a coffee break at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Dublin Bus is the best of all of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I was thinking we might take a break at 1.30 p.m. for lunch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I think that might have been Deputy Catherine Murphy's phone as she left. The witnesses are very welcome. It has been quite a long morning for them so I will try to be brief. The Chairman referred to the fact that we have three male witnesses and inquired about gender balance on the board. That question has been answered but have any of the companies carried out a review of the gender pay...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Okay, but they are not paying you any longer, Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Rail, Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus: Chairpersons Designate (25 Oct 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Is there also one in the market at Grand Canal Harbour?