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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Reliefs (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, I welcome Ms Gath to the House. It is great to see her here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We must move on. I thank the Minister of State. The next Commencement matter is in the name of Senator Carrigy. It relates to a family resource centre in County Longford. I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, is staying for this matter.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Construction Industry (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I do not think I have had the opportunity to welcome the Minister for Further Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Simon Harris, since he was given the additional responsibility of being Minister for Justice. The Minister is welcome and I congratulate him on his additional appointment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. The next Commencement matter, in the name of Senator Fiona O'Loughlin, relates to the roll-out of the operation of free school books for primary school students. The Senator has four minutes to set out her case.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Textbooks (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I welcome the Minister, I welcome people to the Public Gallery. I am particularly pleased to see Teresa Doolan, the former Superintendent of the Houses of the Oireachtas and a great friend of ours and of this House. I also welcome Laura Boyd and Joan Herbert from the Department of Justice and transition year students from Marino College, Larkin Community College and Mount Carmel...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State is welcome to the House, as always.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for that detailed response.

Seanad: National Forestry Fund: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: No. I wish to proceed.

Seanad: National Forestry Fund: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: My colleague is coming.  I will just give him one minute.

Seanad: National Forestry Fund: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I move: That Seanad Éireann notes that: - currently, 11.6 per cent of Ireland is under forestry, with a target of reaching 18 per cent by 2050; - in 2020, Ireland committed to plant 22 million trees a year from 2020 to 2040, that is 85,000 trees every working day; - the national forestry targets have not been achieved; the level of afforestation in 2020 was 2,435 hectares, in 2021...

Seanad: National Forestry Fund: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Wise and old.

Seanad: National Forestry Fund: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all the contributors, including Senators Paul Daly, Lombard, Boylan, Wall, Clonan and Murphy, for their very constructive contributions. They touched on many points, some of which I did not even touch on. It has been a very positive debate. There have not been that many Senators in the Chamber but that does not take from the very high quality of this debate and engagement. I thank...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment to the Order of Business. I will bring an issue to the attention of the House. On 1 February 2023, we had a debate on a Fine Gael Private Members' motion on University Hospital Limerick, UHL. We discussed many issues with regard to the hospital and the care provided there. I raised the issue of a woman and her daughter who were admitted to a hospital in the west. I...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I do not want to repeat what others have said. I welcome the Minister. I particularly thank the advocacy groups for women. They work tirelessly 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round. I have had experience of them. I particularly acknowledge the great work done in Laois. In the past two weeks, I have become involved in three or four cases from that area and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Mr. Cussen and his team and Ms Buckley and hers. We have crossed paths in a positive way many times in the past and I am delighted to see her in the job. She is in the right place and we are very lucky to have her on the board. I say that very sincerely. It is important that we are having a conversation rather than an interrogation. I will touch on the OPR first. I acknowledge...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We all do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is a point well made.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I refer to the issue raised by my colleague Senator Kyne regarding Inland Fisheries Ireland. I salute him for continually referencing this issue and the concerns about the governance of that body. Before coming to the House this morning, I read the transcript of his contribution in the House on 24 November 2022. I would stop somewhat short of describing anyone in Inland Fisheries Ireland...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I believe it is 27.