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Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Is has been debated at length.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Correct.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I have great respect for Senator Wilson, and he did not speak at length, but these amendments have been spoken about at length and I am objecting to the withdrawal.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I welcome that the Dáil voted through the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018 last night and that it will be coming to the House this afternoon. At the forefront of my mind in debating the Bill is the responsibility we have to the citizens that voted overwhelmingly in the referendum that the legislation should go through and that we should deal with it in a timely...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: If An Bord Pleanála makes a decision on the issue we will get 350 units, because that is all the current legislation allows for. An Bord Pleanála has no other option than to make a decision on that basis. In all conscience, I cannot allow a situation whereby the 550 units would not go ahead. They are to be part of the affordable rental scheme and possibly the rent-to-buy scheme....

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: We have had it.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I got no answers.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Acting Chairman for clarifying the matter. I was here when the Minister made a very thoughtful opening speech on the Bill. He explained that he had to go to Brussels on Council business. It was prearranged, which I accept. I followed the progress of the Bill in the Lower House very closely. I disagree with Senator Ó Domhnaill in that we will have adequate time to deal...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I echo Senator Boyhan's complaint about the fact that this House was treated with contempt yesterday in the context of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Act 2015. That Act clearly states that Ministers are to be held to account by both Houses of the Oireachtas. The Ministers clearly failed in their statutory duty yesterday. They lined up in the seats beside the Public Gallery,...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Again.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Rather than oppose the Order of Business, I seek clarity from the Cathaoirleach or the Deputy Leader on the proposals concerning the debate on climate change. I asked for the legislation to be honoured not only by the letter but by the spirit of it. The legislation was passed in 2015, which means we take a whole-of-Government response. What happened yesterday evening was a disgrace. I ask...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: That was a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: It was a disgrace.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: What mechanism is open to Seanad Members in regard to the enforcement of the 2015 Act? Is it open to us to make an official complaint to you, a Chathaoirligh, or to a committee of this House on what happened here yesterday evening?

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I follow the previous speaker's remarks on Grafton College, Portobello, where I attended the protest last night. It is disturbing to see language specialists who teach English as a foreign language being discarded so close to Christmas. They have been put in a position in which they do not know where the next euro will come from. Many of them are owed at least four weeks' salary and some...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: On a point of order, I ask the Chair to clarify if the statements that have been made on environment and climate change are under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. If the statements are being made to be compliant with that Act, the Act is not being honoured in the statements that have been made here. If it is to fulfil the 2015 Act-----

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: I believe the statements have been made to fulfil the statutory requirements of the legislation, but they do not.

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: Is it not being done under the Act?