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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Will it all be drawn down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: How many are looking for accommodation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It would be interesting to get some figures from SDCC as well on the drawdown of funding, the allocations for the past year or two, how they were drawn down, how many people are currently in Traveller accommodation and how many are on the list looking for Traveller accommodation. I would like to get a handle on that. At another opportunity, the witnesses might outline what the impediments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementation of Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I ask that question in the context of a lot of media coverage over the past few months about a list of local authorities we were told were not drawing down their funding. There is a suggestion that the political will is missing or there is some other obstacle. I simply do not know. Each local authority has its own set-up, sets of circumstances and problems. It is important that we know...

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

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise two issues with the Leader. I formally welcome the announcement this week by the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, of the roll-out of €450,000 of funding for Traveller apprenticeships. That is a positive move which I want to acknowledge and which is important. It is not a lot of money but it is a movement in...

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

Victor Boyhan: I was there yesterday.

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I join the Leas-Chathaoirleach in welcoming Deputy Richmond, a former Senator, and the students from UCD. Indeed, I will be mentioning Deputy Richmond in my few comments I prepared for today. I am delighted, therefore, that he is here and may still be here when I am finished. I will say a few quick things and it is all positive. It is just as well that the Leas-Chathaoirleach flagged that...

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State and the Senators. The devil is in the detail though. At the end of that very comprehensive run-around of the national transport network, the Minister of State's conclusion said it all. She said that, "This motion is generally in line with the principles of this Government and is broadly acceptable in [terms of] aspects, particularly [in] its call to move...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: As we are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Ms Byrne, Ms Fay and Ms Wisdom to the committee. I think the Minister of State will feel the sense of frustration in the committee. Clearly, three Ministers and three Departments are overlapping and while I understand the reason for that, they do not operate in a silo. They are in government and the Ministers and Ministers of State have cross functions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is commercially sensitive. Is the Department carrying out research by a State agency?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is commercially sensitive. Is the Minister of State unable to give any assurance on how all of that is going?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Will Ms Byrne comment on how this research is being monitored and engaged, qualitatively, in terms of research papers? As a committee, we could get out there and go to those research stations and see it first hand. We have to believe in it. We are advocates for agriculture and the agrifood sector. We are in a role as strong advocates and political advocates for agriculture and the food...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am familiar with compliance PO requirements. Will Ms Byrne confirm where these trials are taking place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: What is the location?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is the Department in a position to furnish the initial results? When will the Department be in a position to furnish the initial results of some of those trials?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Byrne for her engagement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: My final question is to the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, on how we can move on from here in a positive light. I understand where she is coming from. In many ways she has a unique role, in that she is ultimately responsible for the horticulture sector and she also has a lot of knowledge about it, based on her constituency. How can we improve and how can she assure committee members...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rural Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for taking this Commencement matter. The Minister of State will be fully aware of the rural social scheme, commonly know as RSS. This scheme is aimed at low-income farmers and fishers. To quality for the RSS, people must be in receipt of a social welfare payment. In return, those participating in the scheme provide services that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rural Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for the comprehensive response. I am pleased with it. As he correctly stated, it demonstrates the Government's commitment to keeping the rural social scheme in place. It has an important function. I acknowledge the budgetary measures of the increase in the payment under the scheme. It is to be welcomed and is significant. That also demonstrates the...