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Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Amendment No. 4c has been withdrawn.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Can we not finish section 8?

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: That is okay.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I will withdraw amendment No. 5a, but I would be grateful if the Minister or her officials would enter dialogue on the amendment.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I acknowledge the Minister's engagement on this issue and her openness to the removal of the term "grubbing or destroying otherwise" from the Bill. We should acknowledge the progress we have made in the Seanad in respect of the debate. Unfortunately, I am not convinced about the pilot scheme. I just do not see it there, across the 26 counties, so I cannot in honesty vote for this section...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Everybody in the House is in a state of shock and amazement at what is happening in An Garda Síochána. There is a substantial crisis of public confidence. We have listened to commentators say it was carelessness or a systems failure and give many other excuses. What we have is a management failure. I am seeking to amend the Order of Business to have the Tánaiste and...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: It is not good enough to let it drift on and not to have a statement made in the House. I call on Senators to support the Labour Party's proposal that the Order of Business be amended to enable the Minister to come into the House to make a statement and take questions. That is the least we should do. There is an onus on us to do this for the public and the citizens who have been accused...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: It does, indeed. The 14,700 errors and the almost 1 million falsified breathalyser tests.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: As long as the Leader makes sure the Minister does not come in just to talk about the Rugby World Cup.

Seanad: An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: You know that Deputy Shane Ross loves Garda stations.

Seanad: An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Tánaiste for attending. We must stayed focused on what is the problem. Senator Conway did not do the House or the debate any service when he started talking about the Garda Training College in Templemore. Of course if was wrong that it was closed but it has been reopened.

Seanad: An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Yes, it was wrong to put people in prison for not paying their television licences.

Seanad: An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: It was right that certain Garda stations were closed but that is not the issue today. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Shane Ross, told a public meeting in Stepaside that it is a question of "when" and not "if" Stepaside Garda station will reopen. I am not sure the report has been issued but such a statement undermines the independence of what is going on. It takes a...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: There is a real need to invite the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, to come to the House to discuss what is happening in RTE. I know that a briefing is to take place today and understand we could see up to 300 job losses at the State broadcaster. Questions must be asked about the sustainability of the organisation and the investment needed....

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: It amounts to €25 million per year.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the Minister. I am not going to try to portray myself as an expert on fisheries, even though the college I attended was originally set up as a fisheries school. I have real and serious concerns in this regard. I have said in the House on a previous occasion that I would have preferred to see this measure go through pre-legislative scrutiny, where we could have had proper...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I do not think we are doing justice to them today by discussing this Bill in a vacuum and without having given them a fair hearing. Senator Nash mentioned boats registering in Northern Ireland. Can the Minister give guarantees that Dutch mussel producers have not been registering vessels in Northern Ireland or registering holding companies in order to claim a legal right to fish in our...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: How many Irish boats fish in Northern Ireland fishing waters?

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: I did not use such an example-----

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: We did not mean to imply in any way an anti-Six Counties or anti-UK sentiment earlier. As a matter of fact, I would say the thoughts and prayers of everybody in Ireland at the moment are probably with the citizens of London because of the atrocities that have taken place there this afternoon. Certainly, my thoughts and prayers are with them.What Seán Lemass done with Terence O'Neill-----