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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Forget about the news; I am asking the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I accept that but I am asking the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: So the answer is "No". The Minister is not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Let us be clear and concise. No new planting applications can be put in place until the strategy is in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am asking the questions now. There is a different audience here today. The public are listening in. We are doing our parliamentary work. All I am asking if for a simple "Yes" or "No" answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is not the question I asked.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: "No".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Very simple.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Private Members' motion. I also welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming. I want to dwell on the issue of the establishment of a dedicated public transport unit within An Garda Síochána. Before I came here for the debate, I did a search on all press coverage on this issue from a few months ago. I have a printout. I was quoted in the Irish Daily...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The people know who they are. I want to use my time constructively.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The people know who they are. I want to use my time constructively.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I can say that some of them are present in the House. We called for a very similar policing unit and we had an extensive debate on the matter. The Cathaoirleach made a very engaging and constructive contribution - it takes up quite a lot of the debate transcript. Senator Horkan was in the Chair that day. I will not go into all of that now, but I am glad to see that there has been a bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the two management teams from Mayo and Longford for coming before the committee. It is meaningful. It is nice to meet the representatives and see the whites of their eyes. This debate gives us a human dimension to all of this topic, which is what this is all about at the end of the day. I do not have any more questions for Longford County Council other than to say we are concerned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: As many as 1,500 units is a very significant number. This seems to be common all around the country. We talk about solutions and we clearly know that we have these planning permissions. These are clearly a focus and are important to this committee. I thank Mr. Kelly for his response. I am concerned that the county council is not filling the additional 11 staff. Mr. Kelly set out the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is a difficulty and requires money. Mr. Kelly has told us about a scheme being conducted by Mayo County Council in Castlebar. How many units will be delivered in Castlebar?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is fine.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have just come from a meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts at which there was a very robust engagement by parliamentarians with the Secretary General of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the failure by the Department to draw down and spend all its money for last year and the carryover from the year before. I will not get into all the statistics and numbers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for coming before us. It has been a good debate. Clearly everyone in this room is passionate about forestry, which shines through. I also thank the Minister's officials for coming here and for being supportive of the questioning process. The Minister and Minister of State indicated that they had not published the policy strategy. I do not...