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Order of Business (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: They have gone. Deputy McGrath should go to Specsavers.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The Deputy was factually incorrect with his questions.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Calm down.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Is Deputy Mattie McGrath going to be a Fianna Fáil candidate?

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: If Deputy Robert Troy cannot get his figures right, it is not surprising that Fianna Fáil broke the country.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The school meals programme operated by the Department provides funding towards the provision of food services to some 1,600 schools and organisations and benefits over 207,000 children. The school referred to by the Deputy was allocated over €15,000 in respect of food costs for the school year 2014/2015, including an allocation for a breakfast club. The Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55, 56, 64, 104 and 120 together. Rent supplement plays a vital role in supporting approximately 67,000 families and individuals at a cost of €298 million. Details of rent supplement recipients and expenditure each year since 2008 is provided in the attached tabular statement. Information on rent supplement expenditure by county is not available. A...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: As at 9thJuly 2015, a total of 43,144 individuals commenced JobBridge internships since the launch of the programme and there are currently 5,111 individuals on a placement. To date, a total of 728 individuals commenced childcare provision internships and there are currently 95 interns in such placements.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsPlus Scheme (16 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: The JobsPlus incentive is designed to encourage employers and businesses to focus their recruitment efforts on those who have been out of work for long periods or on young people seeking work. JobsPlus provides a direct monthly financial incentive to employers in the form of a monthly grant paid over two years with two levels of grant payable - €7,500 or €10,000 provided the...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I will make a brief contribution.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, for the work that she has done throughout this Bill. I am delighted to be back in the Seanad today as we move towards the enactment of what is a ground-breaking and quite a complex piece of human rights legislation. It has been the target at every Stage to try to get this legislation through both Houses by the...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I will reply to group 1 because it has been so wide-ranging. I thank Senator Zappone for her remarks in the beginning and for her work and for the Private Members' Bill that she published. She is quite right. The debate in this House did influence and change legislation as it travelled through. I am truly grateful for the work of everybody in the House.Senator Marie Moloney may take my...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: These are technical amendments regarding a reference in the Bill to the registrar of inter-country adoptions and the foreign birth register.It is section 90 and not section 91. Amendment No. 3 is necessary in order that the reference in the same sub-paragraph (iv) reads "section 91(1)(b) of that Act". Amendments Nos. 14, 19 and 20 relate to the foreign births register. They amend the...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Amendments 7 to 13, inclusive, were passed on Committee Stage in the Dáil and amend section 12 of the Bill, "Application to court for exemption", by 16 and 17 year olds. The amendments provide for the inclusion of the supporting statement from the applicant's primary treating medical practitioner, either an endocrinologist or a psychiatrist, to confirm that the child has transitioned or...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: To Cabinet. Yes.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: That is what I said.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: There was an exchange of correspondence in regard to it but no amendments were brought to Cabinet, and amendments would need to have been brought to amend the Bill on this Stage. There was correspondence from the Tánaiste to the Minister. The engagement with the Irish College of General Practitioners, ICGP, was very good. It engaged positively with the Department in regard to...

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: No.

Seanad: Gender Recognition Bill 2014 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: Group 4 relates to updating of the Passports Act 2008 to reflect the introduction of gender recognition legislation based on a model of self-declaration. We do not have the time to go through it in detail. This is to reflect the current legislation when this was passed. The amendment will be made to the Passports Act 2008.

Seanad: One-Parent Family Payment: Motion (15 Jul 2015)

Kevin Humphreys: I support the Government amendment. I thank everyone for their contributions. I was present for the entire discussion. The Senators who have remained in the Chamber are probably familiar with my record in this House. I come in, I listen and I try to work on the basis of any viable and good ideas I hear. It is very rarely that I take offence in either House, but I have to say I took grave...