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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I ask the Leader for a debate on home care packages with the Minister of State at the Department of Health present. I acknowledge the significant increase in the provision of home care packages in the previous budget but for some reason since January or February, certainly in respect of the south side of Dublin city, almost no home care packages have been awarded. People have contacted me...

Seanad: Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank the families who have supported him through their campaign for this legislation. The fact that they shared publicly their stories and losses helped the Minister to get this Bill as far as it has come. I thank the Minister for his diligence, bravery and efforts to ensure the legislation got to this House on Second Stage. I thank his staff for...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Bankrupting the country-----

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: We raised this matter as well.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: No, we-----

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: To clarify, my understanding is that three Labour Party Senators also signed that motion.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: We did.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister will be glad to hear that I will be brief. There has been a long debate. At least two Fine Gael Senators have now expressed concerns about the Bill. They have also spoken about the distrust shown by the Bill towards the legal profession and the Judiciary. Senator McFadden was correct when she said that the independence of our courts is of the utmost importance. As this...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I am getting to section 10.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I am getting there. It is a long journey but these points have all been mentioned during the debate on the section. I was replying to Senator Mark Daly's remark on the cost of the appointments. That is where that element comes in. I have been attendance for, or listening in my office to, all of this debate. I am raising these items in response to issues that were raised over the past two...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I am sorry, Acting Chairman. The Minister was indicating something. I am not quite sure what it was.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I thought he had a wooden spoon in his hand for a minute.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Senator Norris is calling for a quorum.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Leader of the House.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: The Leader thinks the Bill should fall. I think that should probably be seconded.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I am certainly not suggesting the Acting Chairman is not capable. I always find him a very capable and fair Chair, as are most Chairs in this House. I do not know if the Leader is going to stay in the House or if he is off again. I was just saying before the quorum was called that the Leader might have a discussion with the Deputy Leader and look at scheduling a debate on GRECO.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: He would not be of any use to the debate. That is the problem.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister for the invitation.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister for his answers. He has certainly done his best to answer the questions in full. I welcome the number of judges the Minister has appointed since taking up office. He has been proactive, if we are to believe media reports that he had to push them through Cabinet. If the legislation is passed, or when it is passed, it will be nine, 12 or 24 months before the commission...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I wish to sound a word of caution. I spent 24 years in the pharmaceutical industry. Pharmaceutical companies always pay for their own clinical trials. I know that it may be unpopular to say that. Now, the medical profession is putting pressure that nation states pay for the clinical trials. If we are to pay for those clinical trials we have to be paid the profits. We cannot hastily go...