Results 4,141-4,160 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax Assessments (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the valuation the Office of Public Works decided on for Farmleigh and other residential properties in the estate for the purposes of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24525/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Property Tax Assessments (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the valuation the Office of Public Works decided on for Ardilaun Lodge, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, for the purposes of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24526/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Reports (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the report from the Boundary Commission on the Local Elections; if so when he intends to publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24531/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Classification (22 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all roads downgraded in County Dublin from 2010 to date in 2013; when the downgrade occurred; the name and stretch of road; its previous designation and current designation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24509/13]

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the motion because it is important that we discuss this issue. In that regard, I do not agree with the previous speaker that it is ever the wrong time to discuss our position and role in Europe. I fully support the Government amendment to the motion and commend the work done by Ministers, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste in particular, and civil servants in the past five months as...

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I am just asking that it should not be done. This affair has raised questions about the impact on civil liberties, as well as how information is recorded and comes into the public ether. Will the Minister explain clearly how this information came all the way up to the top of the Garda and was then given to the Minister as a kind of gossip?

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister for coming into the House and making a statement and taking questions because this is the proper forum for this discussion and debate which has not happened in the past. I welcome the Minister's coming in to the House. I confirm that it is not only journalists who find him awkward but a few of us in the House do so as well.

Issuing of fixed ticket charges and exercise of Garda discretion: Statements (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I have three questions but first I want to put them in context because this discussion and debate is a disclosure of personal information. It is not about penalty points or all the dossiers or any other issues which are starting to cloud it. I am similar to the Minister but I was in the wrong. I got a tap on the window from a garda and got the finger. I said sorry and moved on. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Office of Public Works Projects (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 378. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the supports or design work the Office of Public Works has provided to the Irish Jewish Museum; the costs of those supports; if the OPW has been reimbursed for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24356/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Office of Public Works Projects (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the programme or initiative from which community groups receive access to the design services of the Office of Public Works; the criteria that applies for access to those services as provided to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24357/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Architectural Heritage (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 455. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a copy of all correspondence to his Department related to any recent negotiations with Bank of Ireland over the Irish Parliament Building on College Green, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24359/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 625. To ask the Minister for Health when will the national allocation to fund disability services for school leavers be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 626. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will be awarded funding for rehabilitation training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23789/13]

Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Legislation is promised to underpin research and development. A previous speaker pointed out how important this work is in cancer research. Ireland has been at the forefront of research in DNA, and today there has been an announcement of a breakthrough in cloning research. Legislation was promised in the programme for Government that would underpin research and development in a way that...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (14 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person who signed up online to pay the local property tax by direct debit has had the payment debited already when the forms indicate that the payment would not be due until 21 July; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22347/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (14 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of qualified nurses currently employed in non-direct nursing care in (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22348/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services for 2013
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Could I clarify my question? There is real concern out there about what was published. Most people have listened to the tapes. As regards my question, the tribunal is most familiar with the evidence that was given. Could we see whether or not this information was already assessed by the tribunal? Can the Taoiseach make provision in his Department's Estimates for that?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services for 2013
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (9 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Taoiseach for his attendance. While a provision of €2.1 million has been made for the referendum on the abolition of the Seanad, I could not discern a figure for an information campaign whereas in the previous referendum campaign, approximately €2 million was put into such a campaign. In respect of travel, I accept the Government has been very careful in its travel...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Is it possible for this committee to see the paper after it has been presented on 22 May?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance (9 May 2013)

Kevin Humphreys: Has the NTMA given the Department some indications of its view? Has the Department requested anything? Has any information come back from the NTMA?