Kevin Humphreys (politician)


Kevin Humphreys is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South-East constituency from 2011 to 2016 and a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2016 to 2020. He served as Minister of State for Employment, Community and Social Support from 2014 to 2016.
From Ringsend, he was first politically active in the campaign against the Eighth Amendment in 1983, which had gave constitutional recognition to the right to life of the unborn.
Humphreys first ran for election in 1999, when he was elected as a councillor on Dublin City Council from 1999 to 2011, representing the South East Inner City area. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2009, topping the poll both times. During this period, Humphrey's worked with then Lord Mayor, Andrew Montague to deliver the Dublin Bikes scheme.
He was elected as a TD for Dublin South-East at the 2011 general election. On 15 July 2014, he was appointed as Minister of State with responsibility for Employment, Community and Social Support at the Department of Social Protection. He lost his Dáil seat at the 2016 general election, but was subsequently elected to the Seanad. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Dublin Bay South constituency at the 2020 general election.