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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No, three.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is cutting into my time.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Does he want to restart the clock?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Okay, three minutes. All of these relate to children. The chief executive of Barnardos, Mr. Fergus Finlay, spoke in some detail this morning on the launch today of its "Lost Childhood" campaign. This is an important campaign and I looked at the heads of it this morning to see what it is about. It talks about an equal start, equal access and equal opportunity for every child. That is the...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: As amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are related and amendment No. 6 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 5, they may be discussed together.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Only on this one, but we are discussing them together.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No. As amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are being discussed together, the Senators can speak to both amendments. Senator David Norris will have the right of reply on amendment No. 5.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Only amendment No. 5 has been moved. The Senator will respond to the debate on it.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It will already have been discussed with amendment No. 5.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: They are the rules.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will dig it out for the Senator.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will get out the rule for Senator David Norris. It is long-standing practice.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The mover of an amendment has the right of reply.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise the statistics that were published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund up to the end of January 2018. Some of those figures were published in two newspapers over the weekend. The difficulty is that one can never quite tell to what exact period of time they refer. There is a slight variance in the two publications that I read in the Sunday newspapers yesterday in that...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is disappointing that we have had a breakdown in respect of devolved government in Northern Ireland. It is a time for cool heads and calm words. At stake are the issues in terms of Northern Ireland and its people on all sides. There is great volatility and danger in Northern Ireland; there are the challenges of peace and economic prosperity and the challenges that come with Brexit. One...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is my understanding that the national planning framework must be approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas. There are differing views on this and I have spoken to several people about it. The matter was raised this morning at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. We were told that both Houses are required to approve this plan. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is right. It will be launched on Friday yet it has not been approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas. I am not critical of the national planning framework. I support it. There is a lot of good in it, but I ask the Leader to engage with the Minister who is coming into the House to deal with the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill later this afternoon. At the outset we might...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I endorse what Senator Warfield has said. Clearly, the Mahon tribunal report made many recommendations, and we see some of those recommendations echoed with regard to the legislation. This is a really important opportunity for us to give effect to those recommendations in primary legislation. I am supportive of this amendment.