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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's Water Quality and the Nitrates Derogation: Discussion (15 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Senator is not doing too badly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Dr. Cotter and her team. She kicked off nicely with the term "scientific integrity". I will be putting it to her that is not scientific and that its integrity is questionable. I will give some background. I have read the report in great detail. As the Chair said, I think this report has exercised many others. I have also read the IFA's submission on the validity of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have a supplementary question. Was this report peer-reviewed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I refer to the overall report in the context of the data being set. Remember, there is commentary being attached to this data; it is not all data. This report is significant and the outcome is particularly frightening for many on all sides of the debate. Was this independently peer-reviewed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is being peer-reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Has it been independently peer-reviewed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is the EPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Has it been independently peer-reviewed outside of the EPA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I know, but the EPA is not judge and jury on its own cause either. Has it been independently peer-reviewed externally outside of the EPA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: But it has not been independently peer-reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I know. Dr. Cotter said that three times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. That is grand.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, to the House. I thank him for coming in to deal with this issue, which falls clearly, of course, within his brief. I will be brief and concise. The Minister of State will be familiar with the Not Our Fault campaign that has been running. At the very outset, I salute the people involved in this campaign. These people have been affected by...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There is no reassurance in anything the Minister of State has said. We have heard all of it before. He said the Minister is working on developing a scheme "as a matter of priority" and he needs "sufficient time" to do so. The Minister of State is not in a position to tell us anything. He has given us no timelines. He has told us the Minister is working on a scheme. The Houses go into...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 was signed by the President this week, the day before yesterday, thereby completing the cycle of this very important legislation. It will be no secret that I am committed to campaigning for further aspects of issues we touched on in this regard. It was disappointing that we could not secure any support from the Government Members of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I might have other ideas, now.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traffic Management (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call the Senator, there is standard practice that we would have a script for Commencement matters and there does not appear to be any here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traffic Management (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is okay. We will get them on the way out. I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, to the House again. The next Commencement matter is in the name of Senator Seán Kyne and relates to the Government's commitment to index-link tax credits and bands.