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Seanad: Scheme for Secretarial Assistance: Motion (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the motion.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Smith family to the House. It is great to see them here. I also thank the Leader, Senator Doherty, and Senator Seery Kearney for their proposed legislation. I look forward to supporting it. It is timely, appropriate and necessary. I particularly thank Senator Seery Kearney for sharing. We are not very close in emotional aspects of anyone's life. It makes it very...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all our guests for their comprehensive submissions, which very much echoed what we heard during the opening session of our meeting last Friday. Key issues and recurring themes included, in their words, diversity, inclusion, integration, accomplishing more together - that is a really good line - choices in education, social mobility and access to supports for people suffering from...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Young Voices on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Evan, Niamh, Karina and Ashling for their contributions. I will focus in particular on Karina and Ashling if they do not mind. They shared with us, and touched a raw nerve with us, as regards their lived experiences, which were very powerful. We have listened and heard. We have had similar representations in the past about CAMHS and mental health. These contributions are very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the two chief executives and their teams for coming before the committee today. Most of them are no strangers to me. They are welcome. I always make the point that witnesses before the committee are our guests. They have been invited here as part of a process of engagement. I acknowledge this and thank them for coming. My questions will focus on Dublin City Council. I thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I do not mean to be rude and cut in on Mr. O'Reilly, and that answer is perfect, but I am conscious of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: No, it is my fault as much as Mr. O'Reilly's. There are 650 vacant homes with the potential for redevelopment. Will Mr. O'Reilly tell us about them? How was the figure of 650 arrived at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: How many of these are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: There are 18 derelict units in the ownership of Dublin City Council.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That was a different question. I did not ask whether they were on the register; I asked whether there are derelict sites in the ownership of Dublin City Council. We know some local authorities do not have their derelict sites on the register. This is one of the problems.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: To keep focus and clarity, Dublin City Council does not own any derelict site at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Other than these 18.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We need to get a handle on the number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Are there any historically derelict sites that have been in the ownership of Dublin City Council for some time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I want to focus on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. From the outset, I wish the council well in its partnership with the Land Development Agency at Shanganagh Castle. I thought we might be there yesterday but that was cancelled, as the witnesses know. I am glad to see, because I have gone out on the site, that construction has actually started. I wish the council well. It has...