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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will touch generally on the response to the three amendments with which the Minister dealt. First, I acknowledge that he has confirmed that he has written to the Catholic and the Church of Ireland Primates of All Ireland. I would be interested to see how that is all going. I am sure there are ways of finding out all that. That is no big government secret, and I am confident we could...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I hear what the Minister is saying but to go back to the point, many of these vaccine trials took place on children from zero up to six months so they are excluded. There is no redress. The Government has no scheme for them. Let us say a list was to be put in front of the Minister in ten days' time with 38 children on it and it was validated that they were all in State care and subject to...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Senator Higgins put it very well and set our her stall on both amendments. I am very heavily reliant in discussing the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill on the Bill digest that was done by the Library and Research Service. I acknowledge and thank Dr. Deirdre Halloran and Ms Michelle Lynch, senior parliamentary researchers in law in the Oireachtas, for their very extensive...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I have no difficulty with that. The committee made 21 recommendations, including that the six-month residency requirement for children be removed. The committee stated clearly it must be removed. The report was signed off by all those Oireachtas Members, who went around saying they were going to transform everything. I expected more of them and I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome our guests from Dublin Fire Brigade and thank them for the report, which raises many issues. We do not have all the answers but they are certainly very frank in setting out their issues. The witnesses identified areas and said they were in no order of priority so I presume they are all equal in priority and should be included and strengthened in the final document. They set them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate that. We have only a few minutes left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will stay for the next round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am conscious that I asked a lot of questions. Is Dublin Fire Brigade confident it has the necessary resources, personnel and supports in place to deal with fire safety and protect life and property within its jurisdiction? Clearly, fire safety and the protection of life and property are both important. Most people do not draw a distinction between them. I would like that teased out. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is not the Department. Mr. Keeley deals with the Dublin city chief executive and the other chief executives. What if he does not feel he has the necessary support or funding? He has to make a professional judgment. He is trained and charged with this responsibility of protecting life and property. Where is his next line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am sure he is tuning in, and I hope he is tuning in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Is Mr. Keeley telling he is happy, in as far as he can be, in terms of the infrastructure and plant? They are up to speed and he is reasonably satisfied that Dublin Fire Brigade has the resources, plant, mechanisms and machinery to carry out a professional firefighting service for Dublin city and county.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I understand it is more than just the expansion of the physical fire stations as such. Recently, I looked at a schedule produced as part of a press release by the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, with priorities A1, B1, C1 and so forth. Some of the local authorities and stations seemed to be falling back. I do not wish to name any specific one, as that is not necessarily appropriate and I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (18 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The next Commencement matter relates to the introduction of a 30% income tax rate. Senator Maria Byrne has four minutes to make her case.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (18 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I again thank the Minister of State for coming to the House and responding to the various matters in a comprehensive fashion. It is appreciated. The final matter is in the name of Senator Garvey. As she is not present, I propose that the proceedings of the House stand suspended until 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: At 7.45 this morning, I visited the international protection offices in Mount Street. The first thing I encountered were 31 tents, some of them elevated on wooden decking and plastic. These are occupied by people who are waiting for emergency accommodation and a humanitarian response by the Irish people under the international protection protocols the country has signed up to. We have an...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (18 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I only have a few things to say with regard to tourism and the Minister's brief. They are a little bit disjointed - I would not like to think I was too disjointed - but I want to share with the Minister two or three things. First, I was at the recent British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. We gathered in Jersey for a few days. The issue of tourism was...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Areas of Conservation (17 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donnell, for coming into the Chamber. The designation of special areas of conservation, SAC, ultimately falls within his remit. It has come to my attention through correspondence from various NGOs, other environmental groups and local councillors in County Kerry,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Areas of Conservation (17 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed response. In summary, he has confirmed to me that Ireland had legal proceedings issued against it by the European Commission in relation to its obligations under the habitats directive, which are to protect natural habitats, and for "failing to establish the necessary legal measures to ensure its conservation". It was great to hear the...