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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: No. They are family homes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I acknowledge Senator Kelleher's work on dementia and her concerns about it. We thought we were making progress, where there was a line referring to it in the latest budget. I refer to the issue of Saint Joseph's Shankill, which was debated in the House with the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, as recently as 12 November. A notification was sent out earlier this week that no further beds...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: -----but perhaps Pinocchio is growing a very large nose on issues like this.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister asked for Saint Joseph's administrators to enter into intense negotiations with the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, which they did. In those discussions, the NTPF identified that the cost for a patient to stay in this facility was approximately €1,783 a week. Why did it offer to maintain the same patient for €1,350 a week? When that came to light, Saint...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Saint Joseph's is a brilliant facility. The family members I have spoken to in recent days are deeply concerned that those beds will be lost-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: -----and that 340 patients on the waiting list to enter that care centre will no longer have any hope.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Yet the Minister had the brass neck to make those statements in the Lower House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: It is not acceptable, which is why I proposed my amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: On a point of order, can the speaker be shown some respect instead of being heckled by the Leader? People with disabilities in this country are being treated dreadfully by Fine Gael.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: The speaker should be allowed to be heard.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Fianna Fáil would just bankrupt the country.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I ask the Leader to yield for a point of clarification. He said he would endeavour to bring the Minister to the House in the morning. If he is doing his best in that regard, I will not push to divide the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: In light of what the Leader said, I will endeavour to work with him to have the Minister come into the House and will withdraw the amendment to the Order of Business.

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

Kevin Humphreys: I first will pay a compliment to the Leader and his staff. They have tried to facilitate a meeting with the Minister for Health on St. Joseph's, Shankill and the closure of 60 beds for dementia patients there. Unfortunately, the Minister has not been able to facilitate that despite the good work of the Leader and his staff. Consequently, I have no alternative but to propose an amendment to...

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: Senator McFadden hit all the notes correctly in her contribution. With the funding decision made in 1977, the blame for the destruction of local government has to be laid at the feet of that Fianna Fáil Government.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I have obviously hit a sort spot.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I apologise for upsetting the Senators by reminding them of Fianna Fáil's involvement in the destruction of the country on so many occasions.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: I fully accept the point by the hecklers about the decision to abolish town councils. It was a wrong decision. I, by voting for it, made a mistake and I own up to it. Unfortunately,-----

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: -----Fianna Fáil Members can never own up to their own mistakes.

Seanad: Local Government Funding: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: They never own up to their own mistakes which is part of the problem. After coming through the recession, we often say we have learned the lessons of the recession and we will never go back there. Listening to Fianna Fáil Members, it is clear that they are quite prepared to rush back into the same mistakes.