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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Coillte is awaiting an update but what is the Department telling it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That has been said. What is the Department telling Coillte? We know there is engagement but where are we regarding state aid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Is that what the Department is telling Coillte?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is now March and this all affects planting. The timing is an issue. That is enough on that. I want to turn now to the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund. As has been confirmed, this involves a collaboration between Coillte and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, which is state-owned. It also involves the NTMA and Gresham House. When did Coillte inform the Government of its plans...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is a direct response. I appreciate Ms Gray's directness. There is no ambiguity about it. Was there any informal discussion or an informal indication to a Minister or the Government that this was the route Coillte was pursuing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Was there any informal discussion on the Gresham House investment, on which a deal has been done? That is not to pass any judgment on the deal at this point. Did Coillte indicate informally to the Government or any member thereof that it was going to pursue this route?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Did Coillte get the impression it was very supportive of it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: But they told us that after the event. I am not passing judgment on the Department or Coillte but just trying to establish the sequence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I get that point. Let me wrap up on the question. Formally, the notification was on 16 December 2022 but there were informal engagements, conversations or little chats to the effect that Coillte was doing something of this type. That is grand; I am not passing judgment on it. Can we move on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I got that point. I thank Ms Gray for it. Could the delegates tell members about the 2022 shareholder letter of expectation? Ms Gray was clearly fully aware of it. What is the current status of the dividend policy review? I understand there is to be such a review. It was set out in the 2022 shareholder letter of expectation. Can Ms Gray indicate when the review will happen? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Gray for her engagement and very concise answers, which I find very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: With Gresham House?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There are two or three issues in respect of which I wish to follow up in the context of the witnesses' engagement here rather than what they submitted in their written statements. Ms Sheridan touched on the importance of data but she did not do so in great detail. There is a lot in it, however. One of the things that has echoed through the evidence given by professional planners and others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Ms Sheridan makes an important point. She may wish to echo it in the further detailed submission to be made by the RIAI to the Department. It is an important point in the context of data and duplication. We need to hear more on it and tease it out further. I wish to raise several issues with Dr. Logue. He referred to the options of prescribed bodies and expanding that array of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. Logue.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Burke. That concludes the first five Commencement matters, which he was scheduled to take. I thank him for the giving of his time to come here to deal with what was a number of varied topics, which we appreciate.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I note the Minister of State's response and given the amount of work we have to do here I will put the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Law Society of Ireland and the Planning, Environment and Local Government Bar Association. These may be two of the most important papers. Members of the public and elected members of city and local councillors are concerned. It is not that everyone is for litigation. Litigation costs money. However, people want their rights vindicated. They have rights to property and a...