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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 (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chairman; apologies for being delayed. I welcome everyone, particularly Ms Virginia Teehan. Heritage Council representatives have appeared before us very rarely; there have been three outings. The council really is punching way above its weight and rightly so. I love the line in Ms Teehan's opening statement: "The Heritage Council remit is very broad." She is dead on. It is...

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 (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The OPW might kick off.

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 (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Will Mr. Kearney follow up briefly on INSTAR or send the committee some information? That would be great.

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 (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is appreciated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the witnesses here. It has been informative, if not a little disjointed. That is my observation. I read their submissions and I also took the time to research some of it. I myself have grown hemp. I am a professional horticulturist. I worked in the National Botanic Gardens here in Dublin and in Kew and in Canada, and I lived in Greece and that is where I grew it. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. McCabe mentioned novel foods. The EU designates certain foods as novel foods that cannot be put into any other category. Chia seed, for example, is classified as a novel food. The EU is talking about CBD and making that a novel food. That might be a bit of an Irish solution to an Irish problem but what is Mr. McCabe's view on it?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I take it that the Senator is sharing time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Office of Public Works Projects (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donovan, and thank him for coming to the House to respond to this matter, which is related to substantial works being done by the Office of Public Works, OPW, at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, Having had the privilege of getting an agricultural scholarship to study horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens, I know the place...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Office of Public Works Projects (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is fantastic news. I will go from here to spread the Minister of State's good news to all the horticultural magazines and publications in the country. It is a wonderful organisation and something of which we can be extremely proud. I am delighted to see that this phased programme is continuing and that money is in place. Clearly, tenders and planning issues must be addressed. I also...

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

Victor Boyhan: I am happy to support the Order of Business. Today, I do not want to ask anything of the Deputy Leader; I just want to share some thoughts. Earlier at 10 a.m., people of different traditions and faiths gathered in the heart of Leinster House to join in communion in the celebration of a Catholic mass. It also happens to be Ash Wednesday today. It was a great honour and a privilege to be...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Senators Ruane, Flynn, Black and Higgins for using their Private Members' time to highlight, yet again, the housing issues of concern to us all. I acknowledge that they have continuously done so over the past year and a half to two years. I welcome their guests, who are here to listen, engage and see what we are talking about and doing. I also recognise the work of the Minister of...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Could you please speak up, Acting Chairperson?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I agree with the Leader. We had a long protracted debate, and the Minister was not here. I know he is a reasonable and fair person. I thank him for the Grant Thornton report that eventually came. To give the Minister an idea of what went on, it was nearly impossible to get this report. The farmers could not even get it. We got it. We are discussing primary legislation. We are the...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It was helpful to listen to the consistency of message and approach throughout the House. I acknowledge the Minister is in a coalition government with the Green Party and Fine Gael. I acknowledge the Green Party has set out to close down the mink farming industry.That is the price to be paid for going into a coalition government. One party does not get everything the way it wants it and...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will exercise my three minutes.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House, and I really do appreciate his very genuine offer of engagement with the farmers. It is important. I also concur with the comments of the Leader of the House, Senator Doherty. Senator Doherty has previously spoken about leverage. I do not like using that word in politics, and especially in a constructive Chamber such as this. We do, however,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: One of the things about going last or waiting so long is that most of the questions have been asked. It gives me the opportunity not to repeat the questions already posed but to have a conversation with the witnesses. I want to start by welcoming the IFA. I was in the mart in Kilcullen last Tuesday and, over a cup of coffee, a number of people asked what the IFA was doing for them. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I acknowledge that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: A frank discussion. Hear, hear.