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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am speaking only to my amendment No. 1. Is that okay?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. That is the reference to that. As I said in my opening remarks, I intend to concentrate all of my efforts today on this. I do not want to keep getting up here and repeating the same old story. Even now, I find it exceptionally difficult to keep saying the same thing. This is my swansong to a certain extent, in relation to this legislation. I want to thank the members of the...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: What does one say to all of that? At the outset, the Minister has accepted no amendments at any part of the process in this House. That is the record. I said before, from my experience of working with the Minister, that I believe he would have gone further. He may ask how I believe that. I talk to enough people and I listen to enough people in the corridors of power, both in Leinster...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will not support this Bill. I urge people not to support the Bill. On this side of the House, the Government will have no choice. It will be whipped into line, or it will not appear. It simply will not appear and I said to someone this morning: remember who is here and who is not in here, because that tells a story in itself. The simple majority plus one will be in here, but by golly,...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be very quick. I just want to say that I too have concerns. Senator Ruane articulated the issue very well. Part 2 of Schedule 1 refers to "St. Kevin’s Institution (initially the Dublin Union), Dublin" and lists the concluding year as 1935. I was born there in 1961. That is where it is wrong for starters. I know at least 30 or 40 people who were born there in the mid-1960s....

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I had made most of it, I think, but I was just flagging with the Minister that he had spoken with regard to his series of amendments, and I was drawing attention to Schedule 1, Part 2. There are three columns there: the reference number, the name of the institution, and the concluding year. I was talking about St. Kevin's Institution, initially the Dublin Union, and the concluding year was...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I really only want to flag this and am not expecting the Minister to come back with another response. There are a number of issues here. A lot of these people were not ever abandoned by their families. They were abandoned by the State. It is too simplistic to say that. In relation to the county homes, a lot of these women were held back. They went in as young girls of...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak to these new amendments tabled by the Minister. I had to step out for a minute to meet three families who are here for this legislation. I reiterate there is now uncertainty. Senator Gavan talked about the issues around Castlepollard. This relates to Schedule 1, Part 2 and the three sections concerning reference number, name of institution and concluding year. There is now a...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister is saying he does not accept the concluding year of 1935 for St. Kevin's Institution. On what basis? I am telling the Minister it is not correct.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Its use was as a place where women were incarcerated and gave birth, and where their children were taken away from them. Some of these women came from county homes and institutions. I do not want to be more explicit than that. Their children were taken from them and shipped out to these institutions, and they stayed in these institutions for up to 15, 16 or 17 years. These are facts. The...

Seanad: Gradam an Uachtaráin Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also want to take this opportunity to welcome my own colleague and friend, Councillor Anthony Waldron. I also welcome Professor Pat Guiry, the president of the Royal Irish Academy; Councillor Noel Heavey; and our other visitors to the Chamber. I want to acknowledge the work that my colleague Senator Keogan and other members of our technical...

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

Victor Boyhan: First, I associate myself with the Cathaoirleach's words about former Senator Paul Coghlan. He was truly a character and a great friend and he loved this place. Anyone who was here the day he was elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach saw those genuine tears of emotion. He was an emotional type of man, and a great character. He was one of the great people of this House. He was fiercely proud of...

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

Victor Boyhan: Yes. Finally, I want to talk about the news that broke regarding the 14 hooded men. What a travesty. We have all spoken in this House about the legacy of Northern Ireland and the dividend of the peace process. There are legacy issues on all sides of this political debate. However, I am glad that we have seen today an apology to these 14 men, half of whom are now dead. It is a travesty....

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome our guests. There is a lot to cover and I am conscious of the fact that we are here to discuss our generous infrastructure provision and residential development. That is why we have convened this meeting and why the witnesses have been invited to engage with us so I want to keep the focus on that. I want to direct my first round of questions to Uisce Éireann. We have read...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: How is that impacting on capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will go back to my question on Uisce Éireann being given appropriate powers. Can the witnesses set those out? If they cannot do so now then Uisce Éireann might drop a formal note to the committee. What additional powers is Uisce Éireann looking for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It would be helpful for this committee if Uisce Éireann could articulate those asks. I am most conscious of the people who are looking in and asking what this means and what Uisce Éireann is looking for, as it is a bit vague. It might be helpful for the committee, given the time constraints, to set out that ask. What exactly is Uisce Éireann seeking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It would be helpful for the committee, as part of this process, to have a clear view of the ask. I ask Mr. Fitzpatrick to address the issues relating to local funding he identified in his submission to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will finish with a statement rather than a question. Deputy Higgins put it well. The witnesses' organisations are involved but, although they have identified many problems, we have not heard their suggested solutions. I will leave them with this. In his submission on behalf of the CIF, Mr. Fitzpatrick stated that we must find a better way of paying for the timely construction of public...