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Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. We have had a good and positive debate. It is a start. It is a conversation. One of the things I like about our engagement here today is that everyone across the House got involved. I thank the Members who came to the House today to participate and gave up their time for this important legislation. I thank the Minister of State for his understanding. I...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator. Just before I call the Minister, I have been to Limerick and have seen it and I look at Covent Garden in London and see the potential, so I thank him for this very detailed response.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive response and thank the Senator for raising the issue.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Generation (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the pupils and teachers in the Visitors Gallery to the Seanad. I do not know what school they are from. We are now dealing with Commencement matters, which are matters raised very briefly by Senators in the House. A relevant Minister comes in to respond and the sessions are very tight. The guests are very welcome and I hope they enjoy their day. I hope we inspire one or two of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, back to the Chamber.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. I can recognise some of the logic in what Senator Higgins is saying but she might have made a proposal within her own argument. The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage is, and has always been, for as long as I have been around, a very active and progressive committee, and perhaps, as she suggested, it is something the...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, I am taking it because he is not here.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House. I acknowledge, as previous speakers have done, that there was great collaborative work on the Bill by the joint committee. I thank all those who were actively involved and participated in it. I welcome this Bill on the whole. I look forward to the debate, because there are a number of issues to tease out. I will not repeat...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Ambassador of Slovenia to the Chamber. I have visited the country on many occasions. I have attended a number of conferences for the European Liberal Democratic Reform, ELDR, party group in Ljubljana. It is a truly beautiful city in a truly beautiful country. I am delighted the ambassador is here. He is most welcome. I welcome the Government's announcement yesterday of the...

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I move: “That Seanad Éireann: supports: - the Patients Deserve Better campaign promoted by the Neurological Alliance of Ireland, an umbrella group of non-profit organisations which advocates for the rights of 800,000 citizens living with a neurological condition; recognises that: - neurological conditions which affect the brain and spine are the leading cause of disability...

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We will keep the seat warm for the Minister of State.

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State and echo what Senator Maria Byrne said. In her absence I told the House that I chaired yesterday's Commencement Matter debate and she had raised issues relating to Limerick. I acknowledged that and I thanked her earlier in the debate. I also acknowledge the considerable work Senator Conway has done on it. The motion has cross-party support. This is about...

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It was an excellent job. There was an energy there. I had no doubt even then that this would go somewhere. Members across all parties in this House are not unified too often. We are politicians with different perspectives. However, we are united as one on this message and tonight's debate has demonstrated that well. I also thank Robert Dunne, the research and communications officer in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I, too, ask for dedicated debate on health. It has become very clear from all the Commencement matters and engagement by Senators on all sides of the House that health is a recurring theme. I request that the Minister - not a Minister of State but the Minister with ultimate responsibility for health - comes to the House. It would be remiss of us to adjourn this summer without a dedicated...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 6, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(fa)an undertaking can also be defined as a local authority, for the purposes of this Act,”. I will speak to amendments Nos. 3 and 6. First, I welcome the Minister and his officials to the House. I thank them for this legislation, which I broadly welcome. I think it is very positive....

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Some of this has come about from engagement and conversation with Transparency International Ireland, which I am sure the Minister is well aware of, and how it observes and manages these issues. As I said, a number of councillors who engaged in the protected disclosure process found it difficult. I accept the Minister's assurances, which he has placed on the record, that city and county...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 8, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “(ha)an individual who is an elected City and/or County Councillor,”.