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Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister. We must put the housing crisis and where it started in perspective so that we do not make the same mistakes again. I am evidence driven. In the 2000s, the idea was that the market would resolve everything and there was an over-reliance on rent allowance, which was an emergency measure that became a housing policy. Much of this dates back to when one of the...

Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I have outlined the impact of the build-to-rent sector on the housing market in 2018. I hope the Minister will respond on that issue and also introduce legislation on short-term lets.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: For the sake of the Minister of State, I will set out a brief history of the matter I raise. When the greyhound track in Harold's Cross closed, Councillor Mary Freehill and I ran a campaign for the site to become an educational campus for primary and secondary schools. It was always our intention that local children would be able to attend the secondary school rather than have a system...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Enrolments (31 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I am very disappointed with the answer. For two years now, parliamentary questions have been asked about this matter and I have raised it in the House on many occasions, as has Senator Ivana Bacik. The system of postal codes is not the proper way to decide on demographics. It simply does not work in this case. The Minister of State referred to creating options for children in Dublin 8 and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I echo the sympathies to the families in Donegal on the very sad occasion of the deaths of the four young men. It is very difficult for the families and community. I certainly wish them the very best. I echo the request that the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, return to the House to discuss housing. He indicated yesterday that he would like an opportunity to return and answer the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Senator has my attention.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Senator should study the history behind the hospitals sweepstake.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I was but we made sure we did not waste the money-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: That is only if he is still there.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I acknowledge the efforts of the Leader to get the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to come to the House on the question of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. I appreciate the work he and his office have done on this issue but unfortunately, at this stage the Minister still has not indicated when he will attend the House. I have been patient on the issue but I feel I have no alternative...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I agree with the Senator that the Minister is a disgrace. I compliment the Leader and his office on the work they have done to facilitate the dementia group in regard to meeting the Minister for Health next week. I want to express my appreciation to him and his staff. They acted honourably at all times. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government was in the Chamber yesterday....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: That is the crowd that said the banks would not fail, is it not?

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Senator Norris spoke extremely well about how this issue affects people on the ground. It has been my experience that people have used parental leave in day slots when it was badly needed such as when a child was sick, for a hospital appointment or whatever. The purpose of the three amendments before the House is to ensure that where the child has passed the age of eight the parent would...

Seanad: Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I am sorry. I am asking the Minister of State to facilitate Government time for Report Stage.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Last Saturday I marched with the communities of Sandymount, Ringsend and Irishtown on Pearse Street because of the fear of the loss of social and affordable units within them. Last week there was an announcement that the 40 housing units to be provided in the South Lotts Road area, which is in a strategic development zone, SDZ, were to be provided instead in Rialto. The units were to be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: They are related issues.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister of State clearly knows what I have said to him. Council officials have probably blown the whistle on him if they are saying there will be no social or affordable housing in the areas of Dublin 2, 4 and 6. They are already implementing that policy. The Minister of State mentioned provision in an off-site development nearby. That is not what happened in the South Lotts...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Rialto is not nearby.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: There are 1,720 planning applications, but there have been only 26 deliveries-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Senator Clifford-Lee called into question the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, and I have called him into question numerous times. At the beginning of this term, I spoke about collective Cabinet responsibility and the Minister was not very good at following that concept. In considering what has happened in recent days, it is the Cabinet that is responsible rather than...