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Seanad: Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call the next speaker, I must flag that we agreed during the Order of Business that we would adjourn this debate at 2 p.m. There are three more speakers and I am conscious of the need to let everyone contribute. I am sure the Minister would like to add a few words to wind up. I call Senator Martin but ask him to be conscious of time.

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person (Amendment) (Stalking) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: In line with the Order of the House for today, we must be conscious that this Bill must conclude at 3 p.m.

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: FI thank the Minister for taking this debate. In preparing a few words for today, I want to open with a quote from someone who I much admire, a former abbot general of Glenstal Abbey, Mark Patrick Hederman. I think it is apt and appropriate for today's debate. He states: When we as citizens have courage, that does not mean we have the means. But it does mean that we can stand up for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the witnesses and I thank them for the quality of their presentations. To various degrees, they are really comprehensive and they cover a lot of ground. I do not propose to make a speech. I will be asking questions that either I do not know the answer to or I have not learned from the presentations. I want to cover one or two particular areas on which I would like general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I would like to hear what the Department has to say because it has a major role in terms of State agencies, but let us hear from TU Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Perhaps Ms Graham has something to add.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is great to have representatives of the FCI here today. The opening statement was quite complex but exceptionally good. The piece that jumped out at me was: A farm contractor cannot easily become a farmer... By purchasing a new tractor or machine grant-aided, supported by the TAMS scheme, overnight a farmer can become a farm contractor. That encapsulates the challenges and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I have a question on the contractor register. It is very progressive and we certainly did not have a sense of the detail that Mr. Moroney has given us now. This is the benefit of meeting people face to face and teasing out some questions. It is a really progressive measure. It addresses issues of VAT registration, insurance policies and training and professional development. These are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Well done and I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming in. It has been a useful exercise and exchange of commentary. We have slightly erred and strayed into the area of built heritage. It is clearly a different strand and is reasonably well protected. We have the record of protected structures. People spoke about Mountjoy Square. We have architectural conservation areas to deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Perhaps Mr. Kirwan will spell out who is the keeper of the inventory. Who keeps the inventory? Is there a consultation or engagement process on the process of adding and revoking? Perhaps Mr. Kirwan might set that out for me. Also, is there a role here for the planning regulator? Enforcement of all of these things is very important, and I note from the memo and detailed documents...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I asked, but no one has come back to me yet, about what Mr. Kirwan was talking about around the national inventory of heritage. On the consultation, the Minister has the power to add and delete, which is fair enough, but there has to be democratic input and there has to be some sort of meaningful consultation process. That would just be a suggestion I would have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I have two questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (27 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: With regard to Part 4 and the archaeological objects, we did not discuss that much. There is some ambiguity about who is the owner when somebody finds something on a piece of land. This Bill is proposing some changes. The Law Reform Commission had a report on this. The witnesses might comment on that. Where there is a known owner of an archaeological object, the State will give power for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Senator O'Loughlin to the Chair. It is befitting today, St. Brigid's Day, and I wish everyone well in the celebrations. I had the pleasure yesterday to be in Kildare at an eve of St. Brigid's event. It was a fantastic event and the people in the heart of County Kildare, which is Kildare town, were bowled over. It was also great to see how they have reinvigorated and redefined...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise just one issue, which is on the Irish Thalidomide Association. I have raised this issue twice in January. One of the most important functions and powers that we have as Senators is to shine a light in a dark place. I have said this very often, and I use this analogy because I believe it to be true. The association have been in touch with me, and in touch with all...

Seanad: Passport Office Service: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. I thank Fine Gael for bringing forward this Private Members’ business. There is nothing unusual in this, nothing exciting about it, and it is very obvious. Clearly, I took some time to look through the parliamentary questions. The Minister has answered a hell of a lot of parliamentary questions in the Dáil in regard to all of this, and all of these...