Results 681-700 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Light Rail Projects (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister for taking this Commencement matter. He could have asked a Minister of State to come in so I appreciate him taking the matter in person. The Minister knows the area well. He has lived in this part of Dublin for a long number of years. He is well aware of the proposal for MetroLink, which will erect a wall in the middle of the community of Ranelagh. It is proposed...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Light Rail Projects (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is not my intention or that of the residents' groups to put the Minister in an awkward position, but the residents in Ranelagh believe the consultation process was deeply unfair. As I said earlier, others had access to the transport committee, to the National Transport Authority and to senior Ministers. This is not what happened on the southside of the city. When we requested a two-week...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: He does, yes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I second Senator Ivana Bacik's amendment to the Order of Business. We mentioned the word "GRECO" and that goes over the public's heads. What is GRECO? I think it is worthwhile to state that GRECO is the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption. We know that everybody in this House today knows that GRECO has issued a yellow card to Ireland. The State is not formally replying...
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: We did not even know what the amendments were.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is a fact. We did not know what the amendments were.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is in our hands.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Does the Minister agree with them?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Civil servants
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: If the Minister is talking about 15 years as being the decontamination period, he should look at the lobbyist legislation and make it 15 years for politicians before they can become a lobbyist.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: If the Minister wants to set standards, then they should apply across everything, including politicians.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Maybe we should go back and look at this standard. I find it hard to say to somebody they cannot apply for a particular job for 15 years. Will the Minister answer the direct question? Is the GRECO report in his possession? If so, has he read it?
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: The Minister said there are no earthquakes in it. There is a contradiction there.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I did not make any allegations.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I have not made any allegations against the Minister.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I am not an alligator.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: The Minister just said he had not seen or read the report. However, he has told several Senators they will not be disappointed by it and that it is not ground-breaking. I am not sure whether he has read extracts or clear definitions.He is in the legal profession and may have given himself a get-out clause somewhere. Perhaps because of my working-class background, I have not phrased this in...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: The vote on the Order of Business this morning was on our desire to see the report prior to the debate. That did not prohibit the Minister taking it to the Cabinet to allow it to be released here to Senators. On a note of real caution, the Minister is bringing the legislation through this House and has said clearly he has not read the report that came from GRECO. I am very disappointed...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I ask that the Senators yield to me to allow me to ask a question. Under Standing Orders, it is allowed. The vote today was-----