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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Departmental Staff Redeployment (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: There are only ten departmental staff working there. The Department office in Teeling Street is not a public office, and the Senator is probably aware of this. It administrates the Gateway scheme, the rural social scheme, Tús and the community services programme. With 20% occupancy, the Department of Social Protection is the minor tenant in the building on Teeling Street and the...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I compliment Senator van Turnhout on the constructive manner in which she has dealt with this matter with my officials. While I do not propose to accept this amendment on this Stage, I will engage further with the Senator on it for Report Stage to ensure we do the right thing in this regard.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank both Senators for their good wishes. Go raibh míle maith agaibh. This is an important and detailed Bill. Of course I will tread carefully. There is a need to tread carefully. I want to be extremely sensitive to the family members who are here. I understand why Senator Walsh is probably being a little emotional. If one is a father, one cannot help being emotional when an...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: Recently, there has been some uncertainty about the definition of a "place that is open to the public" with regard to where marriages and civil partnerships may take place. Legal advice has clarified that outdoor venues are not included under the current Act. The Department conducted a consultation process with the relevant stakeholders. The opinions put forward have been considered in the...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Senator and I sympathise with the family involved. Deputy Ciara Conway also spoke to me today on this matter. The circumstances are very tragic. I do not want to say anything during this debate that would add to the family’s distress. The photograph the Senator showed me before I came into the House will stay with me for a long time. I can well understand the...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The points raised by Senator Walsh on reproduction are not framed in this Bill because this is the Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill and those points fall under the remit of the Department of Justice and Equality and relate to the setting of policy. They are interesting points and I thank the Senator for raising them - they could be raised when policy is being developed. I thank Senator...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: There are exceptional circumstances and these are framed in the legislation with the protection of the child in mind. Some of the examples are abstract, such as assisting in tracking down a father when a mother cannot give sufficient details. I will consider the Senator's points and return to him in the next week with a detailed answer. I am not trying to avoid the questions.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The questions came out of left field and I am happy to discuss these matters with the Senator at a later date.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank Senator Moloney for the warning. Only when discussing this today did I remember that I knew my childhood next-door neighbour as Mr. O'Toole but, on his death, learned his name was actually John McCormack. In case people are concerned, I have not used real names. Everyone knew him by his wife's name. When I ran for election in 1999 I introduced myself as Humphreys but everyone...

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: This is a technical amendment due to a typographic error. It inserts the word "not" into the existing text of the published Bill.

Seanad: Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (17 Sep 2014)

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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Plaques (16 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 8. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has a registry or list of the many local monuments, plaques and statues in counties and towns across Ireland that commemorate specific events and people associated with the 1916 Rising; if not, her plans to compile one in advance of the centenary commemorations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31146/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Plaques (16 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 16. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a system of once-off grants will be made available to local communities, local authorities and resident committees to ensure that the many local monuments, plaques and statues in counties and towns across Ireland that commemorate events and people associated with the 1916 Rising are renovated, restored, cleaned or improved in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (16 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop a permanent school building at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 2; if it is a temporary site to accommodate another school during redevelopment works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31712/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (15 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 199. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the cost of the foreign earnings deduction in each year since its introduction; if he will provide a breakdown of the deduction by country visited and the number of persons that have claimed this relief in each year; to outline his plans to reform, restrict or extend the FED; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31158/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Application (15 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the yield in each year since 2011 following the changes to the tax treatment of gains arising from various types of share schemes; if he will provide a breakdown by tax type yield; the taxes that apply; the types of schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31159/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (15 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the projected costs to the Exchequer on an annual basis since 2011 of the tax exemption on approved profit-sharing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31160/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Rate (15 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a higher rate of property tax for residential units that are left vacant for more than six months as an incentive to ensure properties are either leased or sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31521/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (15 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the plans for a new school building for a school (details supplied); when will it move off site; if a temporary location been found while construction takes place; when the project is expected to be finished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30994/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Yield (15 Jul 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the yield from the extension of PRSI to unearned income for first six months of 2014; the projected outturn for this period and for the year as a whole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31032/14]