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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I also asked about open access and the Aarhus Convention.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the officials of both Departments. I have some points to put to them. I am conscious that we are dealing with dangerous dog breeds and sheep worrying. That is the heading we are dealing with. I thank the officials for the concise way in which they laid out their submissions. They were circulated to the committee members and we have discussed them. I will first deal with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The communications campaign and strategy. Will Mr. Geraghty share this with us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Geraghty has said this will be at a later date. When does he have in mind? I apologise for cutting across. Does the Department have the strategy? Is it still working on it or does it have it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Are we talking about in a month's time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Less than a month?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. Geraghty. I will push on with questions for Mr. Ryan. I thank him for coming before the committee. I want to be concise. I was a bit taken aback by something on page 4 of the written submission of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I have several questions to ask but I also have a comment to make. According to the opening statement, "People are rarely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I was speaking about the Working Together for Animal Welfare strategy that goes from 2021 to 2025. We are halfway through the strategy. What is very important is that it has five segments or elements. These are: working in partnership; evidence-based policy making; improving education and knowledge; consistent project evaluation; and assessment and effective regulation and legislation. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise for cutting across. Two meetings have been held but there are no terms of reference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We are not told this in the document. We have learned this through forensic questioning. We are told the group has met twice but there are no terms of reference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: They have not been finalised and the group has already started meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Ryan has made the point. It would be likely that the terms of reference will be due out very soon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There must be draft terms of reference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Geraghty is telling the committee that he is not in a position to do so or that he does not think it is a good idea to share it with us just quite yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome our guests to this really important session and thank them for their submissions. We read them in advance and they are really important. Given the time constraints, I am going to be pretty focused. It is great to see that more people are coming on board in relation to the eight-week period of consultation. That has been made very clear. There is a momentum gathering inside and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, I too would like to welcome him, wish him well and congratulate him on his appointment. I say well done to him.