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Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: No, we want to speak before that.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We will speak before that.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That should be on the schedule the Acting Chairperson has in front of her.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We are not going to speak after the Bill has passed. We are not going to speak twice.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We can speak now. We have started doing so. A precedent has been set.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: May I speak on the Fifth Stage as well?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: On a point of order, we are speaking on-----

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to outline the point of order. I am on my feet. We have not passed the Bill yet. We are speaking on Fifth Stage. A number of Members have indicated a wish to speak. We have plenty of time.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Acting Chairperson facilitate contributions on this Stage?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Report Stage (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his time today. It has been a difficult debate. A cohort of Senators from all sides of the House have followed this through on all Stages. I will put myself in a mink farmer's boots tonight. I think I would be disappointed and disheartened. They have come tonight from Donegal, the Minister's constituency, from Laois and from Kerry. They have businesses. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting what I think is a really important Commencement matter, which relates to the Land Development Agency, LDA, its commitments, and the Government's commitments to it. I am conscious that city and county councillors were very concerned about the power to transfer land outside of the section 183 process. It is something I raised many times in this House....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for the very detailed response. As the LDA is settling down, there is not as much suspicion among the local authorities about it any more. The key is its focus on acquiring and developing lands in a selective and targeted way to boost housing supply. That is great. I have just one question on foot of the Minister of State's response, which says it all. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will raise two issues. I support the Order of Business. I acknowledge the Government's announcement of the circular economy Bill. It is excellent legislation that takes on board concerns raised when we discussed Senator Malcolm Byrne's Bill. I acknowledge the work of the Senator. Most of that has been embedded into the Bill. The Minister of State with responsibility for the circular...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is important and timely legislation. It has been a long time coming. At the outset, I acknowledge the enormous work of a former colleague of the Minister of State, and former Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Maria Bailey. I am looking at her name on the report and the seven key...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the delegations from the Housing Alliance and the CCMA. I thank them for their work. I will focus on the CCMA now as we will have a second round of questioning and I understand the CCMA has equally important work to do down below, as it were. I welcome the CCMA, and Mr. Curran in particular, who has just taken up the role in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. He is in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: From what I have heard the CCMA is confident that the 47,600 units can be delivered until 2025 albeit with the caveat that has been raised about which we are all aware. We want to convey the message today that we are ambitious, we are confident 12,500 units will be built this year and we are on market to provide 47,500 units. That is what the people want to hear and I presume that is what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I want to focus on the Housing Alliance. I have been a councillor for more than 20 years and I have been an observer of housing. I have engaged in and I am really interested in this area. I acknowledge the approved housing bodies, AHBs. I am a great supporter of approved housing bodies, absolutely. It is important that we have a multifaceted approach with different people doing different...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We are under some time pressure so will Mr. Curran elaborate on how the local authority sector can feed into and support the alliance? It is a critical message we need to take home from here today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I have a final statement rather than a question. We must see more evidence of that collaboration. It is really important and I would like to revisit that as a committee. Perhaps we could get some hard data and facts in that regard. This is about providing homes for people. One can say we are committed but we must see evidence of that. Within a few months we should be looking at this...