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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 36a:In page 47, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 21 (Power to Make Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy) of Principal Act 10. The Principal Act is amended in section 21(3) by inserting the following paragraphs after paragraph (b):“(c) In the case of a regional spatial and economic strategy for one or more parts of a...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply, including his reply to amendment No. 47a, which has been ruled out of order.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I do appreciate it. I do not say that lightly. It was quite a comprehensive reply. I do not particularly want to press this amendment because there are difficulties in drafting detailed amendments on this issue and in respect of the impact on other legislation. However, there is an enormous difference, for example, between Fingal, which has 98,000 residents to one representative, and...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 42:In page 53, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "Exemption from fees for submissions and observations by councillors on planning applications 24.Section 246 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is amended by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (1):"(1A) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not apply to the making of a...

Seanad: Visit of Georgian Delegation (29 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I join in the Cathaoirleach's welcome to the delegation from Georgia to the House. They have built up a very good relationship with the House, especially since - I apologise but I cannot pronounce his surname - George's appointment.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: The Parkinson's Association of Ireland has been discussed in the House previously. I ask the Leader to have a debate shortly after the Easter break on services for people suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: The Parkinson's Association of Ireland has 12,000 members who receive no State support. We heard heart-moving stories yesterday, especially from Gary, a young man suffering from Parkinson's disease, who said support from the HSE has been excellent and that support has helped him to live a fuller life. Certainly, there is a need for practice nurses and for support workers with regard to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: However, we need proper planning and a cost-benefit analysis. Putting massive rail lines through communities such as Rathmines and Ranelagh, where they may not be needed, is probably the wrong way to go. I am very concerned that engineers are planning our cities. We wish to see a city of villages and living, breathing communities, for which we need proper planning, whereby people of all...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to the House. I thank him for his leadership and hard work on this issue. It has been difficult and time-consuming. He has certainly travelled a journey because we had earlier discussions on this in the previous Government. I thank Senator Noone and her committee for the excellent work they have done. We had a conversation in the House...

Seanad: An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Down Syndrome Ireland has stated that this debate is not about such a thing yet that false claim was made in this House this evening. I fear that there will be more misinformation and unequal comparisons made with the worst cases. Senator Higgins made a very good point about the comparisons made with Switzerland. This conversation will be tough. Let us join in the battle to convince the...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: On a point of order-----

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: When Senators operate on instruction from outside the House-----

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: On a point of order, as the co-signatory of the amendment, the reason given by the Chair for ruling it out of order is that it could give rise to a cost on the Exchequer.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I ask the Leas-Chathaoirleach for guidance on the matter.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (8 Mar 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Would an amendment be accepted if it did not involve a charge to the Exchequer?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I pay tribute to the work of my colleague, Senator Ó Clochartaigh. He thanked everybody in the House and I take this opportunity to thank him for the service he has done during the past seven years. I came across the Senator for the first time when I was a Minister of State and was dealing with a Commencement matter he had raised. He taught me a very good lesson, namely, that if one...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Was it not Michael D. Higgins?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: So am I.

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State for coming before the House to take this debate. This must be very close to his own heart. I formally second Senator Nash's Bill. The Minister of State is probably engaged in several conversations every day, every week and every month. He must hear about how young people, and not-so-young people, are suffering out there in the market. They are being forced...

Seanad: Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (28 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Hear, hear.