Results 441-460 of 5,587 for speaker:Kevin Humphreys
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Does that mean we will have statements under the Act at a later stage?
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: They are either compliant with the Act or they are not. The speech-----
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: So we will have statements compliant with the Act.
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: That is grand. The clarity is that there will be further statements that will comply with the 2015 Act.
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: When I hear Senator Buttimer state that there are no climate change deniers, I wonder that he does not look more closely at his party and its record over the past three budgets. Senator Lombard stated that he welcomed the seven line Ministers to the House. They have to come here because they are obliged to do so under the relevant legislation. The Government has not honoured the Climate...
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I know the Leas-Chathaoirleach is in a difficult position-----
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: -----and that he needs to protect the Government so I will sit down at this stage.
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: However, I very clearly state our disappointment at the coach and four this Government is driving through what I thought was decent legislation enacted in 2015. It is totally despicable.
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I have. I have been here.
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: We are talking about Government action, not about the actions of farmers. They are custodians of the environment. I accept that.
- Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: We can adjourn the debate.
- Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister for her comments on the situation at Grafton College. I attended the protest yesterday evening and many of the teachers had never had any direct involvement with the social protection services. Will the Department provide an official to give them solid advice over the coming days to ensure they get their entitlements? It is a short period between now and Christmas....
- Seanad: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Everybody knows what Senator Ruane wants to do and we are all supportive of that, including the Minister. I accept the Minister's commitment in that regard, which I believe she will honour if at all possible. I understand that she cannot put it into legislation but could she give a commitment on Report Stage that, for example, the WRC would be commissioned to carry out a review on it within...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Members of the House who attended the information meeting on Alzheimer's and dementia in the audiovisual room. It is one of the hidden diseases and those affected do not get the support they should get. The simple ask of the group that presented is an additional eight advisers for dementia and Alzheimer's to be connected to the primary care centres. I would like to see the day...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It was the minimum salaries.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is €30,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Is Mr. Donohoe putting on his IBEC hat now?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: I welcome the witnesses. Dr. Trant is getting most of the questions. In my last days in the private sector I negotiated a deal for shop-floor workers which gave an individual education and training budget to the employee as part of the salary package. At the time I was encouraged by SIPTU to go down that line on upskilling and automation in order to be able to see how the jobs will go, and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: It is something that the two Departments need to work on together. A high-skilled worker without a permit who returns home might not bother to come back again even though an employer would have made an investment in him or her. There seems to be a gap between the two Departments that needs to be pulled together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Nov 2018)
Kevin Humphreys: Could the committee get clarification on it? It is important that we would do so. We need to hammer that out and if the Department of Justice and Equality is the problem, we will need to follow that up.