Results 5,461-5,480 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (26 Sep 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: One must plan for societal change and analyse housing trends.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I wish to raise an issue in respect of National Breastfeeding Week. I have raised many times in the House the lack of supports for women who wish to breastfeed but do not have the opportunity. One of the major concerns is Brexit, which is imminent. People might ask how it will affect breastfeeding but the only breastfeeding milk bank is in Northern Ireland. As yet, there is no clarity as...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I support Senator Kelleher's requests, but the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, must attend the House today. For three years an all-party committee has been raising the issue of the lack of support for people with dementia, but its requests have fallen on deaf ears. The group has met the Minister and organised several open days in the AV room which many Members have attended....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I formally propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, attend the House today to take statements on dementia services.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: It is.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: Under Standing Order 62(3)(b) I request that the division be taken again other than by electronic means.
- Seanad: Beef Sector: Statements (3 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I hope the Minister will take it into consideration that I am probably the most disconnected person from rural Ireland. When I went back through my family tree recently, I discovered that on the Humphreys side we have to go back to the 17th century to find somebody involved in agriculture. It is a little more recent on my mother's side - I think we had someone involved in agriculture in...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I very much welcome the tweet and Facebook post by the Minister, Deputy Harris, on dementia services. It is the first time he has acknowledged the need for funding for dementia advisers. It will be a significant breakthrough if a follow-up to that happens at 2 p.m. today when the Minister is due to outline the impacts of the Budget Statement on his Department. The work of the Alzheimer...
- Seanad: Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: The Minister is very welcome to the House. I know she has had some interaction on it with Senator Nash. Unfortunately, he cannot be here today. He sends his apologies but he acknowledges the work the Minister has done on bringing the Bill to the House today. No one knows the possible impact of a hard Brexit on the Border counties better than the Minister. She represents and lives in a...
- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: The Minister of State is very welcome to the House. Tourism is a very important industry for Ireland and has been so for many years. As the Minister of State has said, it is worth €9.4 billion. Unfortunately, if my children came to me today and asked me if they should make a career in the hospitality sector I would advise them against it. It has poor pay, poor conditions, poor...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: There has been a fundamental change in the building programme of the Department of Education and Skills. The previous Government had, rightly, started to look forward at future demand for school places. It looked at census figures and children's allowance claims and started to develop a programme to build schools so that they would be in place in time for young people to start in...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I am moving that amendment today.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for Education and Skills would come into the House today to discuss that issue.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: To spell out the way developing schools are being treated compared with established schools with respect to pupil-teacher allocations.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: I am sorry for not being clear enough on that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: We have already exceeded the limits set in the World Health Organization's air quality standards, particularly in terms of exhaust pollution from diesel engines. My information is that we will exceed the European standards in January with respect to those limits. There is no question of our exceeding them, that is definite. I have talked to the Environmental Protection Agency about its...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: -----one cannot build communities, houses and cities-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: -----by having only a market economy.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: In light of the Leader's comments, I withdraw my amendment to the Order of Business.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Oct 2019)
Kevin Humphreys: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is lost for words.