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Seanad: Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I formally second the Bill. I thank Senator Freeman and acknowledge input of the co-sponsors of the Bill, Senators Craughwell and Marie-Louise O'Donnell. I warmly welcome the new Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, and wish him well in his challenging post. This issue has to be about the rights of children and putting children at the centre in terms of care. Ideally, no child should be in...

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy, and congratulate him on his appointment. I will not go into great detail because Senator Conway-Walsh has eloquently set out the purpose of the Bill and I fully support it. It is important to say that the Bill was unanimously agreed in Dáil Éireann. I acknowledge the work Deputy Pearse Doherty put into the Bill. There is a...

Seanad: Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (21 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I am very happy to sit among them. They have an exceptional record in local government where I worked with them for many years and across the country, as I would with any other group. The bottom line is that we should talk about policy more than personalities. It is not about playing politics. Everyone in here has a mandate. We are elected by the people. Members of Sinn Féin are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses for coming here and sharing their knowledge. Both of the papers before us are very interesting. I will make a few comments, if I may, before getting into the detail of the questions. I read all the submissions before us today and there is a certain trend running through them. There is basically a need for some regulatory control for the very short-term lets. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: The Department mentioned planning circulars and directions but is it being proactive enough? Mr. Ó Cléirigh said he was preparing another circular but what will happen? He mentioned suggestions and recommendations and said he had issued circulars but it is all very grand to send a circular out. Some may be circulated to members and other may not while some Departments get them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing and Rental Market: Discussion (21 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses. I have read the three submissions. I had to go to the Seanad to raise an item on the Order of Business but I am back. I took the time to read all the submissions. They are excellent and concise. As Deputy Coppinger said, this is a simple enough issue. It needs to be seen in the context of social housing policy and the delivery of affordable and social housing. We...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise three issues: the judicial council; Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's policy to tackle the housing crisis and homelessness; and agriculture and food. I will not rehearse what today's edition of The Irish Timesreports the Chief Justice, Mrs. Justice Susan Denham, as having said. We need to heed what she said in touching on the separation of powers. That is important to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: Could the Chairman call out the names and the order in which we are waiting? We need to know if we need to leave. We are here since 2 p.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: It is a long day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: What time is the meeting running to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: We have business to deal with-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: That is pillar 3.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I think it would be better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: We will be refreshed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, but Deputy O'Dowd will be even more refreshed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I suggest that we do not have another meeting on Thursday. We cannot have people here. We were sitting here on Thursday. Thursday afternoon is a no-no. I respect that Deputies and Ministers have to be in for both, but we cannot be left sitting in here like we were today. We were waiting around at 2 p.m. and looking at "Vótáil" on the screen. We are here and we are busy. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: The Senator did not ask any questions.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement with Lord Alderdice, Former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (22 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome Lord Alderdice to the Seanad. We go back a long time and were members of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, ELDR, when I was a member of the Progressive Democrats Party which was affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. I am also a member of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly and have the opportunity to be in the House of Commons from...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the ongoing issue of the judicial appointments commission which has been discussed in recent days in the media and by some politicians. There has been much bile and anger and many words vented about the Judiciary. The former Minister for Justice and Equality, former Deputy Alan Shatter, initiated a public consultation process and invited the Judiciary to make submissions on reform...

Seanad: University Hospital Waterford Cardiology Services: Statements (27 Jun 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I will not take five minutes, as I am conscious that there are others present who are more involved in dealing with this matter. I acknowledge Deputy Mary Butler's presence. I also acknowledge the enormous amount of work Senators Paudie Coffey and Grace O'Sullivan have done on this issue. I congratulate the Minister on his reappointment. Despite all of the speculation, it is great to...