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Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Parliamentary questions do not constitute a budget. A budget has to be assessed in its entirety. Asking questions to elicit answers is not putting forward a budget proposal. What Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin did was a joke; they formed a budget based on a number of parliamentary questions.

Financial Resolution No. 9: Income Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: They did not submit it to the Department of Finance, as every other political party has done going back years. It is a joke and they know it. They are sitting there and are embarrassed by it.

Order of Business (5 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Last Monday, I attended a meeting with Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Ó Snodaigh relating to problems in the city where many worthy charities are collecting money. Nevertheless, a significant minority of so-called chuggers are causing severe problems through the aggressive collection of money on the streets. The Charities Act 2009 was to introduce measures to control the activity but...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (4 Dec 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the Programme for Government commitment to reform the current law on employees right to engage in collective bargaining the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001, so as to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgements of the European Court of Human Rights, if this will happen next year to coincide with the...

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Properties (28 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I welcome the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to the Chamber. I tabled this topical issue to try to get people to start thinking about the Bank of Ireland and the space between it and Trinity College. It was not necessarily that I did not expect the response to the request to organise a swop. I am keen to put out the idea. Earlier...

Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Properties (28 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter. I know he has been quite active on the issue of the College Green site. We need to institute a process to examine and encourage the potential of a building swap between the Bank of Ireland on College Green and the Central Bank offices on Dame Street. I, along with many Dubliners, believe College Green has the potential to become one of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of money at which a pension becomes subject to the marginal rate; the number of pensioners that were subject to taxation at the standard rate in 2010; the number at the marginal rate in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51936/12]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I will briefly echo the point made by Deputy Crowe. While I do not believe it necessarily can be dealt with in this Bill, a small minority of tenants create a huge amount of damage to communities throughout the city and country. I do not expect this Bill to address that but it is worth a conversation at a later stage with the Minister of State, to which Members can bring all their...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Inquiries (21 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the Banking Inquiry to be established; his plans to set up a special committee of investigation for same; if he will be bringing forward legislation for that purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51430/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health the long term care options available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50990/12]

Topical Issue Debate: National Maternity Hospital (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It was very welcome.

Topical Issue Debate: National Maternity Hospital (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: It is a matter of urgency that the National Maternity Hospital on Holles Street, Dublin, is moved to Elm Park, Dublin 4, so that it is co-located with St. Vincent's University Hospital. The National Maternity Hospital has been located on Holles Street since 1894 and has provided 118 years of service. However, the site is unsuitable for future expansion and there have been a series of...

Topical Issue Debate: National Maternity Hospital (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State for the response. As he outlined, a new operating theatre was added to the hospital while a new two-storey educational and medical centre is planned for the site. It would be more cost effective to redevelop the Elm Park site for the new National Maternity Hospital, however. I remarked earlier that there are more than 19,000 sq. m. in one block alone in Elm...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Financial Services Industry (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times civil servants from his Department have sat at meeting of the IFSC Clearing House and related sub groups and working groups in 2012; if he will list those staff and their duties and the meetings they attended; if he will indicate in each instance the topics of discussions and the decisions that were made; if he will release the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Financial Services Industry (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times that staff from the Central Bank of Ireland have sat at meetings of the IFSC Clearing House and related sub groups and working groups in 2012; if he will indicate in each instance the topics of discussion and the decisions that were made; if he will release the relevant briefing notes or reports prepared before and after each meeting by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Financial Services Industry (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of times that staff from the Revenue Commissioners have sat at meetings of the IFSC Clearing House and related sub groups and working groups in 2012; if he will indicate, in each instance, the topics of discussion and the decisions that were made; if he will release the relevant briefing notes or reports prepared before and after each meeting by the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Financial Services Industry (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether it is appropriate for staff from the Central Bank of Ireland to sit on the IFSC Clearing House group when it is the regulatory authority for many of the banks and financial institutions located in the IFSC; if he is concerned at the potential for regulatory capture and previous mistakes being repeated by the Central Bank of Ireland being...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times civil servants from his Department have sat at meeting of the IFSC Clearing House and related sub groups and working groups in 2012; if he will list those staff and their duties and the meetings they attended; if he will indicate, in each instance, the topics of discussion and the decisions that were made; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health the number of companies that are engaged by the Health Service Executive for the provision of home help services; if the HSE maintains a list of eligible companies; if the HSE supports Irish small and medium enterprises; the way this policy fits with the Government's Action Plan for Jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50723/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (15 Nov 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health his views on the ongoing delays home helps are experiencing in being vetted by An Garda Síochána; the efforts being made to tackle this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50724/12]