Results 3,221-3,240 of 5,040 for speaker:Victor Boyhan

Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I do not think so.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will and I need some grass seed as well.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Senator Norris. I welcome all of our guests and acknowledge the Ministers who are present. I acknowledge the presence of Senator Buttimer's husband, family and friends. I want to acknowledge the great Fine Gael support that is here and acknowledge all of the Senators. I thank the father of the House who is in the Chair. It was a great honour for me when I was first nominated, in...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: He led this House. He elevated its status. He applied himself with energy and enthusiasm. In politics there is so much sniping at the edges so I want to say clearly here that he did a great job and whoever succeeds him will have a difficult act to follow. Again, I say to the father of the House, that it is great to see him in the Chair. Senator Norris is one of my greatest political...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ministers of Government, Senators and Deputies, and, of course, the bigger Oireachtas parliamentary family that is here in such numbers. I do not think I have ever seen as many people in the room. It has the sense of a carnival or a festival here today.Well done to Senator Buttimer. We have heard some...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: He saw talent.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I am conscious of time. I support the motion and our previous Cathaoirleach, Senator Mark Daly. If he is looking forward to a rest, I am certainly looking forward to a rest. I was looking at my diary this morning. I think I have been on every sub-committee he organised since he came to the House.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (16 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I do not think I have missed any of them either. I am really looking forward to the break. I will be leaving today and will not be back until 17 January. It has always been a pleasure to work with Senator Mark Daly. He is full of enthusiasm. They were not always easy times because there were challenges. When one pushes out the parameters, there will always be challenges and resistance....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It will be brief and sweet. Looking at the monitor, I would say there will be a vote in the Dáil shortly. I thank Ms Hurley and Mr. Carlin for their comprehensive presentation and the clarity of their message. Clearly, they are enthused and keen to get on with the job. We are all conscious that Coillte deals with planting, growing, protecting, managing, harvesting and replanting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Are there any simple takeaways Ms Hurley would like to leave with us as a committee that will be making recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: A one licence cycle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Bias between the sectors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Pushing on, the witnesses mentioned Beyond the Trees at Avondale. I have been there many times. It is fantastic. It is sad that we no longer have a forestry school in Avondale. I do not know what the future plans of Coillte are in that regard but I want to tip on in terms of education and forestry training. At the higher end there is the degree and all that, while further down there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Forestry is one of the only natural resource sectors without a development agency. Some would say that Coillte is a sort-of development agency. I know how people might be confused at that, but Coillte is not the development agency for forestry. We do not have a forestry development agency which is extraordinary for such a land mass and such a resource which has potential for further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Does Ms Hurley have a particular view about a national forestry development agency? Does she see merit in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am very impressed by today's presentation. I have followed Coillte for a long time. I studied horticulture. I am quite impressed by its website which I looked at earlier. Ms Hurley and Mr. Carlin are wonderful ambassadors for their sector. Coillte is in a good place with people like them in leadership positions. The Chairman is not here at the moment. With a committee that deals with...