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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I share colleagues' frustration with the deadlock on the beef market task force. Farmers are agitated and disappointed, as are Senators and Deputies. I welcome the decision by the Minister, Deputy Creed, to meet with the protestors, but the situation still requires urgent resolution. The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association has expressed serious concerns in regard to Bord Bia, the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to speak first on amendment No. 7. This is a Government amendment that further adds to the definition of what a layperson is under the Bill, adding a subsection (d) to ensure that no legal practitioner from outside the jurisdiction might constitute a layperson. It seems the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, is truly a believer in the conspiracy theories of the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: To be clear, I have checked it. After all the debate, nobody in this Seanad mentioned the necessity of preventing foreign legal practitioners from having a role on the judicial appointments commission. We are open to correction on this; this is the process. This is the first amendment the Government has put forward. The Minister may say what he has to about this in a minute. What is the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: There was zero debate on this matter.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I am not finished.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I was allowing the Leas-Chathaoirleach to speak. What is this all about? We need some explanation. The stenographers do a great job here. There are many hours so there is a lot of reading. By doing a few word searches, it is quite easy to find out what happened or did not happen in this House. Why is the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport so afraid of persons who may have had...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to this committee. I also welcome the representatives of the Association of Irish Local Government AILG, the Local Authority Members Association, LAMA and anyone else who is tuning in. I read the Minister of State's statement last night and there was nothing new in it. I have a few questions. The Moorhead report was commissioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Role and Remuneration of Local Authority Members: Discussion (27 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: He is not a Minister yet.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I listened to Senator Horkan's comments but I support my colleagues, Senators Craughwell and Norris, on the proposed change to the Order of Business. It is our function or role and ultimately this is a matter for Members. Will the Leader update us at some stage on the land development agency Bill? There was great fanfare with the announcement of the agency over two years ago and we were...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I welcome the Minister of State here and thank him for coming into the House and providing us with the courtesy of going through this two page statement, which I welcome. I also want to acknowledge the work that is being done in the Department of Finance on how this budget has been set out in simple format for people to read and follow on the website. It was a safe budget...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: -----and I just want to make that point. I am not in government, I am not involved in any confidence and supply arrangement and I am not in any political party so I just wanted to make that point. It is worth saying because we can get ourselves all tied up in the figures and percentages. Let us call it as it is. At this time, we have virtually full employment and we have thousands of...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: There may well be. I am not aligned to any of them.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I stand here on my own.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We are talking about the finances that are there or should be there to put in place coherent Government policy. A policy to serve-----

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I was never with Deputy Ross.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I am happy to take this opportunity to say I was never involved with Deputy Ross. I acknowledge we need a Government but let us not pat ourselves on the back too much. There are serious deficiencies in services in this country and they need to be addressed. Hopefully times will change and we will address them.It is important that we do not lose the run of ourselves because there are big...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Lovely, thank you.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: She is back.