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- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I wanted to point out that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Can I seek a point of clarification from the Leader?
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Children with complex medical needs is an important matter. There is a Minister, who is scheduled to speak in the House today, available to give a report I ask the Leader of the House to arrange for the Minister to briefly address my matter today when he is in the House. Failing that, I seek a commitment that the Minister will be in here early next week to address this important matter....
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Unfortunately, I have to divide the House because I did not get a clarification from the Leader.
- Seanad: Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister and thank him for the time he gave to explaining the Bill in his remarks. The Bill stands on its own. It is not just about building confidence with our EU partners in the context of Brexit. It is a necessary and long overdue Bill. We will certainly be looking at safeguards on Committee Stage. In fairness to the Minister, he will want the safeguards on data...
- Seanad: Vehicle Registration Data (Automated Searching and Exchange) Bill 2018: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister for the promotion.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I would make the fair comment that we should all reflect on what is fair debate and what is bullying and that should be considered in future debates. We have huge challenges. I certainly welcome announcement by the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, on the affordable mortgages scheme. It will help some but not enough people. We face challenges in delivering affordable housing, addressing...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I ask that the Minister, Deputy Murphy, attend to explain his position on directly elected mayors for urban areas. Last month in the Dáil, he said there would not be a mayor in situfor Dublin for the 2019 local elections. There is a real urgent question of who speaks for Dublin because Dublin generates €85 billion of our GDP. It has 1.3 million citizens yet the funding for the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I thought we were careful not to mention names.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: In the boot of the car.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I will not mention that Fianna Fáil bankrupted the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Such as Cork.
- Seanad: Education (Welfare) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (6 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I formally second the Bill. I congratulate, on behalf of the Labour Party, Senator Ó Ríordáin on the work he has done and on the fact that the Minister is accepting the Bill. I grew up in the inner city. Part of the south docks is a mirror image of the north docks. It is an area that has not recovered since containerisation. We have seen much unemployment in the core of...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Name them.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and it is good to see him here. I mean no disrespect to him but I would have hoped the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, would have attended due to the importance of this legislation.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Okay. The provisions in the Bill follow on from the recommendations in the Mahon report as well as those in the McCracken and Flood reports. This was a particularly grubby and corrupt time for planning throughout the country. Former councillors, such as Bernie Malone and Deputy Joan Burton, stood up in council chambers and said that there was corruption and bad planning. Trevor Sargent,...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: People are still suffering the consequences of those decisions. They are living in houses that are built on flood plains and do not know when they will be flooded. People purchased houses which they thought would be located near services, such as shopping centres and schools, that were never provided. We saw rezoning at will in the interests of the few and not the many. I, for one, am...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: This is a time for politicians to show leadership.
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: This is a time for politicians to show leadership. We should represent people, as Senator Boyhan mentioned, but there is also a responsibility to show leadership. We must say to people that there is not something for everybody in the audience. We must make key decisions about where to spend the billions of euro that will be available so all our citizens can benefit. Unfortunately, all our...
- Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I referred to observations.