Results 661-680 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: How will that be benchmarked?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the delegation. I compliment the inspectors for the courtesy they show, especially during oral hearings. Over the past ten years I attended several of these and the professionalism shown by staff has been excellent. The board should be very proud of the way they treat the public, especially people without expertise in planning. They give time and consideration in hearing their...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: There is a difference between a once-off development, a small extension or house and a major development. Local authorities do not get the true cost of examining a large development planning permission application. I am trying to differentiate between an extension to a house and a shopping centre or major housing estate development to get some type of reimbursement for the time and cost of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: Dr. Kelly did not deal with my question about Government policy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Decision-Making Processes: Discussion with An Bord Pleanála (9 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: Thank you, Dr. Kelly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Election of Chairman (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: I nominate Deputy Ciarán Lynch. He has vast experience of chairing meetings and it is an honour to propose him as Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Election of Chairman (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: I wish to thank the former Chairman, the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White, and I congratulate him on his new role. He chaired the meetings in the most efficient manner and some very worthwhile reports were generated from the committee under his chairmanship.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: Reference was made to resources provided to the Central Bank. I am of an age with those who were affected by the PMPA. Reference was made to brokers not working with Quinn Insurance Limited and inquiries were being made from outside the State. For the Central Bank to say it was under-resourced and that it could not act unless there was firm evidence does not hold with the public, and it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: How long will it be before we get an outcome from those investigations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: To whom will the witness report that first level? Will it be to the Department, the Central Bank or the courts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: Can I ask the Central Bank witness about Pricewaterhouse-Coopers and the companies mentioned in the report? Is the Central Bank still using those as agencies as a resource or for consultancies?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: When was that report made?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: When would Mr. Cullinan expect the Central Bank to get a response to that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: Surely it will come back to the Central Bank. If the Central Bank made a report on PwC to the CARB, surely it expects to get an answer or be notified of the outcome of its investigation. Mr. Cullinan must have made those inquiries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: Does the complaint disappear? Will Mr. Cullinan explain to me the steps the Central Bank has taken?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: By the Central Bank.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: Is there not an onus on them to come back to the Central Bank even though it reported them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: That is unsatisfactory.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: They would notify the Central Bank of the outcome of the investigation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quinn Insurance and Insurance Compensation Fund: Discussion (10 Oct 2012)
Kevin Humphreys: What Mr. Cullinan is saying is that they are self-regulating.