Results 2,501-2,520 of 5,029 for speaker:Victor Boyhan

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: Mr. Cullinan is giving us guidance.

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: Bring it on.

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 will reply to one or two points. The IFA has my support unequivocally. We have an agricultural panel in this Seanad, which always reminds me of how engaged our agricultural bodies are with that panel. It always strikes me. I acknowledge the enormous work of the agriculture members on the panel who are present, including Senators Tim Lombard, Paul Daly and others, who work exceptionally...

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: Good. I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Provision of Community Growing Spaces in Ireland: Community Gardens Ireland (1 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the witnesses. This is a great news story. I studied horticulture and I have had an allotment. I grow my own vegetables. I have a great interest in this area. As Ms Foreman said, Covid brought into sharp focus a desire for safe open spaces where people can meet in friendship, to engage in horticulture and grow items or to simply to be an observer. The reasons are diverse. She...

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: The pen is mightier than the sword. The IFA has significant editorial margins in publications, which could be helpful. Ms Brennan might talk about the seriousness of the peat issue.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Food Industry (8 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, for coming to the House today for Commencement matters. It is appreciated. I call on Senator Hoey who has a Commencement matter on the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival 2022.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: An Garda Síochána (8 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for that very comprehensive reply.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: No.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: No. It is Senator Hackett's turn.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I join with others in thanking my colleague and friend, Senator Keogan, for organising the coffee morning. It was fantastic. It was great to see such diversity, different backgrounds and different traditions, all together. It is important to acknowledge that. I ask the Leader for a debate at some point on the Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2022. I want to dwell on the positives...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (10 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, for selecting this Commencement matter. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I do not know how much he knows about the eastern bypass but I will take him through some of it and my understanding of it. The Dublin eastern bypass, or the Dublin Bay motorway, as it was called, was a proposal originally considered and drafted in 1971. That is a hell of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (10 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. The key point in his reply is that the review found that "the need for the scheme, as originally intended, was no longer justified". In addition, the strategic assessment report concluded that the eastern bypass had limited benefits for the M50. Those two factors were the reasons the scheme was originally proposed. I agree with the Minister of State on those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank our guests for attending. I do not think four doctors have ever appeared together before an Oireachtas agriculture committee. That does not mean we are daunted by them; we are an incorrigible bunch. There has been much bad publicity about this issue in the past. There is no Green Party member of the committee in attendance at the moment, although perhaps he is attending remotely....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I want to also ask about herbicide intolerance under this technology, which is a frightening thought for some. In many ways, I can see the benefits of controlling herbicides and it is clearly better than spraying all the bits and pieces. Will Dr. Doyle Prestwich explain that technology because there are people listening in here and those who will be looking at “Oireachtas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is not to confuse matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I accept that but there is confusion. They are conflated and people say that, so there is a lot of explaining to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses. That is very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban and Rural Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements and acknowledge the enormous work that has been done. Project Ireland 2040 sets ambitious targets and goals for making Ireland a better country for all. I like that "for all". We tended not to have the same distribution across the country. I also see echoing through the statements today local and regional ambition and, ultimately,...