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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...about him in the future. Well done and many thanks. I join with Senator McGreehan in respect of the Irish Thalidomide Association. It is something that has been sitting on all our desks for a long time. Yet again, I too appeal to the Government to re-engage with the Irish Thalidomide Association in its quest for justice. That goes for all of us on all sides of these Houses. It has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...in north County Dublin but also in other parts of Ireland; and, of course, the issue of the new farmers' charter. I call on the Government to finally release the new farmers' charter, which is long expected and so important to agriculture, horticulture and forestry. Ultimately, the charter sets out the expectations of those concerned and their right to engagement with the Department of...

Seanad: Waste Management: Statements (22 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...an overarching policy, strict regulation and independent validation of the regulation, but let us talk to the local authorities. Let us talk to the CCMA and about the GMA to see where we can go. If it is agreed that incineration is the long-term Government policy then the mixing of waste and how it is lifted at source at doors is a key component of that bigger debate. Let us have local...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Farmers Charter (14 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for outlining the progress on the farmers charter. It appears it is imminent, which is really positive. It has been a long time in the process, but that process has been consultative, which I welcome. While considering the general scheme of the agriculture appeals (amendment) Bill 2024, I raised the issue of the farmers charter because it goes hand-in-hand...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...Minister of State. The Taoiseach understands how physical and mental difficulties can impact on a person's life. He has his own personal experiences. He championed issues in terms of disabilities long before he came into politics. He shares Senator Clonan's vision of a fairer place for everyone and particularly has a strong focus on disabilities, as he indicated when he became...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...timber. Therefore, the implementation is really important. The Secretary General referred to confidence. In many ways, I do not see a sense of urgency or emergency in Coillte. It just strums along. There is no one kicking it if it does not deliver, but the private sector has lost all confidence. Forestry is in crisis, despite any Minister in Agriculture House telling us otherwise....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...said, the Department does not plan trees, but it can assist through promotion, engagement and incentivisation. I will just park that with Mr. Gleeson. To wrap up, the nine-month process is too long. Does the Department have sufficient resources to bring that back to six to nine months, ideally six months? It is far too long. We are talking about instilling confidence in people. Are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...body made up of representatives of our heroic health workers. Its simple ask, made in a formal request to the Government, is for the HSE's pay and numbers strategy to be published. This has been long promised. I ask the Leader to use her good offices and we in the Seanad to use our connections to ask the Government to produce the HSE pay and numbers strategy. Clearly, we need workforce...

Seanad: Flooding on Lough Funshinagh: Statements (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ....We need to find a solution and possibly an emergency order, as Deputy Fitzmaurice suggests. I wish to hear more about that from the Minister of State. We also need short-term, interim, medium-term and long-term solutions because we cannot drain lands at Lough Funshinagh only to have this doing potential damage elsewhere in County Roscommon. We have to follow the science and take...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: .... I am a former county councillor for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. I get the sense from councillors across all four Dublin local authorities that they are working exceptionally well. It has taken a long time to bed them down. Mr. Henchy touched on the reasons this new structure came about and the unwieldy old Dublin County Council, as it was. Mr. Edge touched on the Government...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...establishments and the European Union and rural communities and farmers; environmental inspections; the lack of a new revised charter for farmers and agriculture, which needs to be updated - it has long been promised; horticulture; food production; local authority farm inspections, which are especially challenging at this time; and the need for accurate calculations in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...regulations. As outlined by our guests, the text will now be subject to inter-institutional scrutiny, as per the EU's ordinary legislative procedures, which will take many months. There is a long trajectory to all of this. I ask our guests to outline the inter-institutional scrutiny process. I will outline my other queries and if they can, I ask that our guests would assist us. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Would it be possible for the Department to share a summary of those concerns with the committee at some point? It would be helpful to us. We are a long way out from this and we have a lot of time, but it would be helpful for us to understand the concerns of the stakeholders, with whom we engage as a committee anyway. That would be helpful. Finally, just to finish, there is the issue of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: .... It is brilliant. Everyone talks about how positive it is and how it impacts and assists families who wish to see their children being nurtured in the community in which they live. In the long term, I would like to see the further expansion of early childhood care and education because it is the right way to proceed. The Government is to be commended on its work but today I want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise for delaying proceedings, but people sped up. I indicated earlier. It has been a long day for the Cathaoirleach and it has certainly been a long day for us in Leinster House. I have two or three questions. The first is to Mr. Towey from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. In his submission paper, he stated the Department allocated funding for five EPA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all the witnesses for their time. This has been a long session. There have been many sessions on this particular issue, so we really value the witnesses’ time and I thank them for joining us here tonight.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...O'Gorman, will publish the opening of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, which has approval by Cabinet. We now know that this scheme will go live on 20 March 2024. It has been a long time coming and many people have been waiting. I have personally been involved in this issue for years. I have had personal experience of it. We debated this to a great extent and at great...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...care for its service users. That is the crux of the problem. Today, the board of St. John of God is meeting, as are people in the HSE. It is important that we resolve this matter. In the long term, we have to ask ourselves about the impact of having one agency charged with the care of 8,000 vulnerable people in our State and the challenges around that. Are we serious about taking...

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...and the Acting Chairperson, Senator Kyne, of that request. I will keep my remarks tight because I am conscious everyone wants to get moving on it. Amendment No. 4 seeks to address an issue of long-standing concern, namely, the power afforded to local councillors. It is well documented that executive decision-making in local government has, for far too long, been extremely undemocratic....

Seanad: Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. He said he would listen and reflect. I did not quite know to what extent but I see in amendment No. 19 much of what we debated about regeneration.It seemed to take a long time to hammer out something there. We will come to amendment No. 36 later. Nevertheless, I will indicate now that I think amendment No. 19 addresses it. I work with people and I think...