Results 1-13 of 13 for waste management speaker:Victor Boyhan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...places, with the smoke coming up to their bedrooms in draughts. There is noise. They have to confront bottles, alcohol and dirt. I will finish by saying that, in this circular, we also need to cover how waste management is dealt with so that the issue of private sector bottles, food and rubbish being dumped in public bins in the public realm is addressed. I support the initiative but...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...and future generations are at the key of this proposal and central tenets of this legislation. I thank the Sinn Féin Senators for using their time to bring the Bill and for championing the cause of waste reduction, promoting responsible consumer behaviour and encouraging the development of innovative recycling and resource management. That is what they are seeking to do. Together,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the two management teams from Mayo and Longford for coming before the committee. It is meaningful. It is nice to meet the representatives and see the whites of their eyes. This debate gives us a human dimension to all of this topic, which is what this is all about at the end of the day. I do not have any more questions for Longford County Council other than to say we are concerned...

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...but that is the nature of politics and pragmatism is a necessity. I make no apology for being a strong advocate for sitting county councillors. I work exceptionally well with city and county managers or chief executives as they are now called. I am somewhat concerned about the suspension of Part 8 for two years. The Minister of State will be aware of what is meant by a Part 8, and I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Waste Management (17 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, to the Seanad Chamber. This Commencement matter relates to the burning of green waste and, in particular, the derogation he is aware the Minister signed in January or February. I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This issue has exercised that committee but it has also exercised farmers...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...what needs to be done. I had major concerns about the data issue. The Bill contains a number of provisions, including general data protection regulation-compliant uses of technology such as CCTV for waste management. It will be a good Bill. I am supportive of what I have seen and read about it. It is timely that we have a debate about local government, especially accountability,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Services Separation Bill 2021: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (28 Sep 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...the way this Bill is progressing or appears to be. Another key objective we must always be mindful of when we are talking about water, particularly if recent weeks have taught us anything, is of the broader environmental management systems of water and waste networks. Sometimes we forget that issue in this debate, and I know the Cathaoirleach will be especially interested in this issue....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Land Development Agency (2 Oct 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...to dispute it. While I am concerned about this, I welcome the principle behind the establishment of the Land Development Agency and what it will achieve. It is, effectively, the State's real estate manager. I am not going to get into specifics, but I see enormous potential in the Dublin docklands. We have also discussed the docklands in Cork and Galway. I am familiar with a number...

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

Victor Boyhan: ...sustainable development. A just transition is a vision-led, unifying set of principles, processes and practices, which mean approaching the production and consumption cycle in an holistic and waste-free way and in an environmentally friendly and sustainable manner. We want to gradually decarbonise society but the transition must be just and equitable. It must redress past harms and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Victor Boyhan: ...regular conduct of a comprehensive condition service of local housing stock. As someone who has been involved in local government for many years, I know there is a different application for the management of housing stock versus the standard inspectorate that would go with the private sector and with the local authorities. I made contact with a particular local authority recently which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Impacting Apartments and Multi-Unit Developments (19 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. Rouse and Mr. Maher for a very informative presentation. I have been a director of two property management companies and everything that has been said resonates with me. The witnesses spoke of the civic-mindedness of the people who live there. That has been always the case. At every annual general meeting we found it impossible to get directors. We had to beat them out of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Finance: Discussion (9 Nov 2017)

Victor Boyhan: ...of pain and hurt. The reality is that many communities were left disadvantaged. I am not going to give a lecture here today about the performance of local authorities in housing, value for money and waste within the services because we know the position. I was a councillor for many years in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and I have a particular interest in governance and accountability. ...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Victor Boyhan: ...within their budgets. This is one of the common problems with the property tax because no one quite knows what they are paying it for or quite understands the autonomy of local authorities to manage their affairs in a professional way. I believe in water and waste charges. The difference is I believe in fair water and waste charges, with the services being given to people explained to...