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Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 6:In page 6, lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including “may,” in line 15 down to and including line 16 and substitute “shall”. I wish to hear the Minister's response to the amendment.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his considered reply and note the emphasis on the templates. It makes a lot of sense. I also note the emphasis on the word "mandatory" and all of the restraints and constraints surrounding it. I am happy to withdraw the amendment at this stage, while reserving the liberty to re-enter it on Repoert Stage.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 8:In page 6, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:“(a) have adequate personnel, financial and time resources in order to implement the provisions of the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Act 2019,”. Again, I wish to hear the Minister's brief response.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister again for his considered response. I agree with him. He makes a good and rational case and therefore I would like to withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 9:In page 7, line 4, after “school” to insert “, its teachers”. I would like to hear a brief response from the Minister.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his considered response. He has made a reasonable offer to work with Senator Craughwell on the rewording of the amendment. He is positively disposed in principle to the idea or the concept of the amendment and therefore I propose to withdraw it with the liberty to re-enter it on the next Stage.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I support this amendment. It is important, as I said earlier on, and I am on the record of mentioning on many occasions the importance of the independence and impartiality of the office of the Ombudsman for Children. It goes hand-in-hand with education and children, and the formation of children. That right is always important and that independence and impartiality Senator Ruane talks...

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 11:In page 8, to delete lines 35 to 39.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I note the Minister's considered response. I propose to withdraw the amendment with the liberty to resubmit it.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 9, to delete lines 9 and 10.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 14:In page 10, line 17, to delete “the” where it secondly occurs and substitute “appropriate”. I note we are dealing with section 7 and the two amendments. I formally move the amendment and would like to hear the Minister’s considered response to both.

Seanad: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his considered response and the logic behind it. I do not have a particular difficulty with any of what he says. I also note Senator Ruane's concerns and I undertake to pass them on to Senator Craughwell who cannot be present. I have heard what has been said. I am not far removed from any of that myself on a personal level and I share many of Senator Ruane's...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, and acknowledge his enormous track record in the few years he has been Minister of State with responsibility for this area. I thank, in particular, the rapporteur for the committee, my colleague, Senator Ó Céidigh, and the Leas-Chathaoirleach who is its Chairman. It is a really important piece of work. As I was listening to Senator...

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The Senator should not encourage her.

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The rates?

Seanad: Report of Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Statements (6 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We are Senators. We are not Deputies yet.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wool Forum (5 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. He will be familiar with the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, ICSA, with which he and his Department work closely. It has raised the issue of capacity to expand and develop the wool industry. Sheep wool is natural, renewable and biodegradable and has many uses. There is a strong case for its usage in the greening and insulation of houses...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wool Forum (5 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. He was honest and frank and I always like to hear that from a Minister. He tells it as it is and I acknowledge that. It is encouraging that the Minister has shared with us the possibility for developing the Japanese wool trade market. That is something I never knew that I have learned today so I will take that away with me. I note the Minister is not prepared at...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The telephone is ringing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Senator Hackett and wish her well. I also welcome her husband, daughter and son. This is a demanding role. It is great to have a Green Member back in Seanad Éireann. The Leader will be aware that the family of the late Shane O'Farrell brought their campaign to the gates of Leinster House today. I do not know how many Senators took the time, or got time, to meet the family,...