Results 861-880 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I have heard the same thing as Senator Reilly. Sometimes the wrong question is asked.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I did not realise I was the first one to indicate. I thank Mr. Felzen for his presentation. I apologise for the over-run earlier. I thank the credit union movement for the assistance it gave me when I was a Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection. Certainly a lot of initiatives we got off the ground would not have happened without the support of the credit union movement....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: There are significant differences between those figures. It was pointed out by Senator Reilly with regard to the affordability of borrowing. There is certainly a significant difference in affordability with regard to borrowing not just in rural Ireland but in urban Ireland. With regard to access to borrowing for SMEs, affordability is very important. My next question is general. Only...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Jan 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: How much investment would be needed to create a central service provider? What kind of figures are involved?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: A cuddly Leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: Like many others, I wish the staff a happy Christmas. Judging from the television this morning, it will be a difficult Christmas for people who lost family members in that terrible fire in London. It has been six months since the fire in Grenfell Tower. We remember our own people who were lost in the Stardust fire. Those families have never got over the loss of their children. They raise...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: I did but got no answers.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: Trump was at one.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: In fairness, Donald Trump did when he attended them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: I want to raise the issue of affordable housing. In March, the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Damien English, promised there would be a scheme for affordable housing and affordable rental units. We are still waiting for it. In September, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, made a similar...
- Seanad: Special Needs Assistants: Motion (13 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: I am particularly proud to stand here and support the SNAs. Ever since I came into politics, I have always fought the battle for the parent, and parents certainly values the assistance that an SNA gives to the child in the classroom. Those parents know that their child could not go through the educational system without the support of the SNA. On many occasions I have had to support the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: I would like to comment on the issue of work permits. One thing we have to ensure is that our long-term unemployed have an opportunity to get back into the workforce. I compliment Mr. Parlon and his association on their engagement with the local employment service, LES, in focusing on upskilling and training people who have been out of the workforce for a long period. A lot of that has...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: Does Mr. Cummins accept that it involves rental of public space?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: However, Mr. Cummins is not doing his industry any good by not calling it exactly what it is, namely a rental of a public space. It is not a tax.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: The Chair is right but I am taking issue with the concept of renting the public space from the citizen. In turn, the money goes back to the citizen through the local authority. We need to be more careful with our language in this regard.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: Mr. Cummins will have to accept there is pressure on the four Dublin councils about the inappropriate positioning of chairs and tables forcing pedestrians, pushchairs and wheelchairs onto the main road.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: Could it be targeted better?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2017)
Kevin Humphreys: Mr. Cummins is misunderstanding my question. I accept there are EU rules on VAT. However, if one puts the value of the 9% rate in real terms it comes to hundreds of millions of euro. If the rate were returned to 13.5%, it would yield between €500 million and €600 million. In turn, that could be spent in a more targeted manner in assisting growth in the tourism industry in...