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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. The reply is helpful and there is a great deal of information in it. I am pleased because at least we now know that after two years the working group has met on five occasions. I do not have the dates but that will be my follow-on question at a later date. Clearly, the problem goes on. We still have councils telling their elected members that they cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Deputy Martin Kenny for attending and presenting his Bill with such passion. As someone who lives in a rural community, it is clear he knows and understands the issue. As Deputy Scanlon said, we must encourage and support people who wish to live in rural communities outside the cities and towns, but in a sustainable and environmentally healthy and responsible way. It is becoming an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: What is happening and at what stage is it? I am not familiar with the ins and outs of the school's work, apart from being aware that it was doing something related to the matter. The partnership is doubtless good and I have a sense that Leitrim County Council is proactively engaging with TCD. Will Deputy Martin Kenny comment on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social Housing Bill 2016: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for that great presentation. I join him in acknowledging the substantial work that the Oireachtas Library and Research Service has done on the briefing paper. It was circulated to all of us and is very comprehensive. It is important that we acknowledge the enormous amount of work that the service does. It is a wonderful resource for the committees, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have two questions about the climate action plan launched earlier in the week. Senator Mulherin referred to the additional work permits we were awaiting in the horticulture and forestry sector, for which applications had been submitted. The action plan includes an ambitious target of putting an additional 8,000 ha of land under forestry per year. That is good news, but it brings with it...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will speak about An Garda Síochána in the context of these matters. I acknowledge that some Garda associations have expressed disappointment with the decision made by the Government not to extend trade union status to them, but the Minister has made it clear that there are serious issues with national security and the special...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We had some efficient arrangements.

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I want to endorse what other people have said. I thank the Minister's officials. I have always found them to be courteous and helpful. I know something of the enormous amount of work they have put into this legislation. I sometimes think we always forget the backroom people. They are more central than we think. I want to acknowledge that...

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It takes a courageous and brave Minister to put the foot down. I love the word "pause" that has been used by Senator Kelleher and others. As Senators, we have decided today to defer this matter. I want to join others in making the point that the Minister has shown great respect to the House by coming in here and setting out her intentions. That is not something we can always say in...

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Tell us.

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minster of State to the House, and acknowledge and thank him for the enormous amount of work he has done in, and focus he has given to, the disability sector. No one doubts his commitment. He has to operate within the constraints of scarce finances and resources but he has nevertheless been an amazing champion and advocate for this sector. We all acknowledge that, and I want...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I refer to the Land Development Agency, which I have raised in the House on a number of occasions. The establishment of the agency was announced and a statutory instrument signed in September 2018. The agency is intended to manage the regeneration of land, particularly State lands, deliver affordable housing, work constructively and consolidate land banks on public lands between the private...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. It would be helpful if copies of his statement were circulated to Members. I understand that the aim of this Bill, which was passed in the Dáil on 12 June 2019, is to facilitate persons who are under the supervision of probation services in one EU member state to return to their home member state and continue their supervision there. The...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have not had much discussion on this Bill in recent weeks but-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: My contribution will be relevant to the section and the matters Senators have been speaking about.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: This legislation has become a farce. I will not dwell too much other than to say that I contacted the Courts Service today. There have been 45 appointments in the various categories of judges, including the Chief Justice, two in the Supreme Court, five in the Court of Appeal, 15 in the High Court, ten in the Circuit Court, and 13 in the District Court. The Minister knows that. All of...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It was relevant to things that have been said on that section.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the representatives for their presentations. I will be brief. I thank Mr. O'Neill for his very concise three-page report which is one of the shortest that has been presented to the committee. He referred to his experience of working with Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council, but he did not mention South Dublin County Council or Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Shankill is in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Does Mr. O'Neill mean Shanganagh?