Results 1-20 of 29 for destroyed speaker:Kevin Humphreys

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...the Health Service Executive. Yesterday, a lady explained that she left for work in her car and when she got there her engine had seized because rats had climbed up into the engine. Her car was destroyed. She will have to carry that cost, which will be very difficult. For people living in inner city homes, and I know Senator Devine has this issue also, this problem must be addressed....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Graffiti Policy (3 Apr 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...The financial hardship that householders are suffering when trying to remove graffiti must be acknowledged. People have pride in their homes but are waking up to find the gable end of their houses destroyed by criminal activity. The fact that there is no assistance available to them to remedy the situation is unacceptable. The Minister of State may have been provided with a stock...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...subsidised because cities and communities make other positive gains. Lastly, the NTA must take on board the fact that this city is made up of villages and, therefore, we must ensure they are not destroyed by the proposals. I urge the NTA that the streetscape is not changed so much that the villages are no longer viable. I lived through the development of the Luas line on Harcourt Street...

Seanad: Progress in Relation to Climate Change: Statements (14 Feb 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...covered the Twenty-six Counties. To me a pilot scheme is carried out in a small area and exactly what is happening can be seen. The Heritage Bill allowed hedgerows throughout the country to be destroyed, and it took away the supporting legislation. Thankfully, many farmers who emailed me with their strong concerns about that Bill are not going out to destroy the hedgerows. The fact...

Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (24 Jan 2019)

Kevin Humphreys: ...was greatly reducing its output of peat and we saw the redundancies for so many people in the midlands. I think we will be judged by how we treat the midlands with regard to this. We do not want to destroy communities but to make sure that there are sustainable communities. The Government has to lead in making sure that there is climate change justice around the country and that we make...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Light Rail Projects (3 Jul 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: ...immediate area, not only Ranelagh and Rathmines but the entire southside of the city. To put the number of people who use the green line back on to other public transport or in their cars would destroy the southside of the city for up to two years. The economic impact would be substantial. I ask that the Minister look at continuing the MetroLink further underground past Milltown, which...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Apr 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: ...in the community in which I live, my neighbours feel that the Government no longer has any focus and only worries about the next headcount, which is getting bigger. Urban villages in this city are being destroyed due to a lack of planning, a lack of commitment from this Government and a lack of policy. I am sorry the Minister of State is here because it should be the Minister of State,...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (7 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: ...saw rezoning at will in the interests of the few and not the many. I, for one, am glad to see that period over. I see elements in this legislation that will prevent it from happening again. It destroyed the reputation of good politicians in this country who fought hard against wrong and corrupt decisions. Those really bad decisions, which resulted in prosecutions in the courts,...

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: ...is not the tax base. There is now a real need for that investment. Our footpaths are decaying and our public roads are in a dreadful condition. One probably cannot drive from here to Ballsbridge without destroying one's tyres on the main road. One cannot get comfortably from Swords to Dublin. There is no rail link. One cannot travel from Tallaght to Swords without coming through the...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (31 Jan 2018)

Kevin Humphreys: ...meant that right through the boom era, no social or affordable housing was built. That was directly related to Martin Cullen, and the influence the Progressive Democrats had on that Government. It destroyed our housing stock over that period. We have to learn that lesson and not make the same mistake again. I was part of the Government, as was the Minister of State, Deputy English,...

Seanad: Garda Overtime Budget: Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: ...go out daily and work to build up trust. However, we then see their morale torn apart by what the Minister seems to be saying are false reports. If they are false, action has to be taken. We cannot allow the morale of our gardaí to be destroyed in such a cavalier fashion. They have to be able to plan their lives in some way. They are ordinary workers, like ourselves, and they...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Apr 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: ...considered. Senator Norris mentioned Teagasc earlier. Among the Teagasc guidelines for hedge cutting is a recommendation that hedge cutting should take place between January and February to avoid destroying the food supply of seeds and berries in the autumn for pollinators. Even our experts in the agricultural sector are saying we should be careful here-----

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

Kevin Humphreys: .... I was accused earlier of just being a Dublin 4 person. Hedgerows are an important part of our environment. I thank the Minister for the indication that she is removing the words "grubbing and destroying". I also notice she has changed her language. In the Bill the word used is "cutting" but she is using the word "trimming". Does that refer to a different length or distance? A job...

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

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister has said she will remove grubbing and destroying at the next stage and I want to acknowledge that progress. Senator Ó Domhnaill tabled the amendment 3b, to delete "land" and substitute "roadside" which meant that internal fields could not be cut. I want to mention that I have an amendment which would mean that 10% of hedgerows in the State. A huge quantity of hedgerows...

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

Kevin Humphreys: I move amendment No. 3a:In page 12, lines 2 and 3, to delete ", grubbing or destroying otherwise". I moved the amendment but I will not press it because the Minister has indicated that she will come back on Report Stage.

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

Kevin Humphreys: ...where we are proposing to give licences for boats coming down from Northern Ireland to our mussel beds on the east coast. The Minister has said there are safeguards. Where are they? This has destroyed mussel seed beds right across Europe, yet we are now opening up our mussel seed beds without proper consideration. I do not have enough knowledge to support this Bill. I believe it...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (8 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: ...the Supreme Court lightly and exposed themselves to such huge costs if they were not sincerely concerned about this matter. Unfortunately, we have a history of throwing fishermen under the bus and destroying their livelihoods. That is not a criticism of any single party, it is just historically correct. Fishermen did badly when Ireland joined the EEC and since then every Minister for...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: ..., west Cork and Galway, in small villages and towns. I very much understand the issues and everybody in the House wants to ensure rural Ireland is viable, with a strong agricultural community. Destroying the food source of pollinators, however, such as the bees in hedgerows, will cause immense damage to farmers struggling for a living. Is there the possibility of compromise or a way...

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Mar 2017)

Kevin Humphreys: Destroying our natural habitats is not the way to build a strong tourism industry. It is a case of doing a pilot study over the entire Twenty-six Counties and then seeing what wildlife is still alive after two years. There may be bloody little and we will not be able to get it back. It will be destroyed over what is being called a pilot period. I am not anti-rural. I ask the Minister to...