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Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive statement. I visited Tuam and spent time there on Monday. I spent the day in County Galway talking to a number of people involved in this case. I thought it was appropriate to go. It is important to visit the site and speak to the people involved. I had a long engagement with Catherine Corless and her husband. Walking the site gives a great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Graham and the other officials from the Department. These engagements have been meaningful. Most of what I say will reinforce what Deputy Ó Broin said. Ms Graham spoke first on the issues of clarity and consistency, which are two keywords. This is about communication and about people understanding the various players in the planning process and the clarity and consistency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Marine planning; absolutely.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the fact that the Minister for Justice will formally unveil her plans to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, DSGBV, later today. That is important. I wish to acknowledge the speed at which the Minister and her officials have progressed the work from the last time she was in the House talking about the package of measures. Central to the strategy is the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (29 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, to the House. He is no stranger to local government having being a Minister of State in that Department. He is hugely committed to local government, to reform and to the participation of the widest possible number of people in local government. He is a strong advocate...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Government Reform (29 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I am very familiar with the Independent group that was included last year because we lobbied for it. It had not been included in the initial proposals and we pulled together a group of Independents to make a submission to the then Minister of State with responsibility for the matter, Deputy Phelan, the year before last. To be fair to him, he was very keen to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (29 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Expenditure and Reform, Deputy O'Donovan, to the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The mayor of the city and county of Waterford, and his wife, are seated in the Gallery. I extend a very warm welcome to them and hope they have a good day here. Of course I am referring to Councillor Joe Kelly and his wife. Today, the audiovisual room was packed as we had a delegation from the Social, Economic Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland, SEEFA. The event was...

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

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

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

Victor Boyhan: There are three issues I wish to raise today: the Irish Thalidomide Association; scoliosis patients and the waiting lists relating thereto; and the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022, which relates to the Order of Business. First, I want to read a letter which many of the Senators will also have received today. It states: Today is Thalidomide Memorial Day and if you can at...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That explains a lot.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I would just flag to Members before I call the next Senator, there are now approximately eight Senators who are queuing up to speak. I will call them by their order on the list: Senators Pauline O’Reilly, Gavan, Boylan, Flynn, Kyne, Ó Donnghaile, Moynihan and then myself. We have plenty of time. This is what it is about. It is about scrutinising the legislation.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We have heard it.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It was confidence and supply. That was a coalition.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am last on the list.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I am fully committed to 16-year-olds having the right to vote. In this State, 17-year-olds can have consensual sex but cannot vote. Is that not extraordinary in a republic? It is profound in many ways and disappointing. We are talking about amendments Nos. 13 to 16, inclusive, and I acknowledge the enormous work of Senators Warfield and Ruane. When I...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am crazy.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Welcome to the party.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter. It focuses not exclusively on general apprenticeships but on cross-Border apprenticeships. This follows on from someone in Queen’s University Belfast, QUB, sending me a copy of a speech delivered in that university by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris. It was an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (6 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed response. The takeaway from that is that the funding call for PEACE PLUS is about to be announced. I welcome that. The PEACE PLUS cross-Border initiative is amazing and fantastic and we need to tap into it. We can mutually benefit from that cross-Border relationship. I also acknowledge the ongoing work with SOLAS. That is important and I am...