Results 381-400 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: The Leader would not let us down on the final day.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: This is an important point.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I join in expressing our thanks to the staff for the support they have given to all Senators in the House. I wish them a happy Christmas. I thank all the Senators who have chaired the Seanad over the year for their work. I thank the Leader for his courtesy during the year and I wish him a happy Christmas. As Senator Rose Conway-Walsh said, this is his first Christmas as a married man. I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Everybody wants to be nice, today. The Leader should calm down.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: They were in Fine Gael originally. Know the history.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: The Senator should not be like that. There are more "progressive democrats" in the House in the House than ever.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Over the past year, problems relating to poorly-built apartments during the boom have been raised on the Order of Business and in Commencement matters but we have no holistic approach to the issue. Only recently, residents from the Beacon South Quarter protested outside the Dáil because they are being asked to raise €50,000 to €60,000 per household to fix the problems...
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: That is absolutely disgraceful.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is astonishing for the Senator to make a remark like that on the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I want to make it clear that throughout the referendum campaign, Senator Bacik and I were among the many people who argued that these services should be free, legal and safe. There should be no misunderstanding in that regard.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Senator Mullen is mentioning a person who is not in the House so I do not think that should be allowed.
- Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: My point of order concerned the fact that the Senator was mentioning a person, not the newspaper.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Chairman, I am fine with Deputy Ryan speaking before me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I have no argument whatsoever with you promoting me, Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I also wish to raise the Rathmines route. Lengthening a route for a cyclist will only discourage more cyclists and put them off the road and not necessarily increase the number of people using bikes. The first maps for the corridors came out in June and July. The bus routes were next and now we are back to the corridors. We had a press release from Dublin Bus to which Deputy Shortall...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: As Deputy Coppinger has to leave, perhaps the question on compulsory purchase orders will be addressed first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: This is a prime example. One can understand a corridor on Merrion Road, for example, because a huge number of buses use it but when one moves to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: There are still one or two questions that I asked-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I asked this question in a roundabout way but other members have also asked the question. Can I confirm that we have the same understanding of the compulsory purchase order as the NTA? My understanding is that letters have gone out on the north side. The NTA has offered the meetings and it will cover people's costs on whatever experts or legal advice will be needed under the CPO structure....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Does the letter seal the valuation at the moment it is issued?