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Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will not support this Bill. I urge people not to support the Bill. On this side of the House, the Government will have no choice. It will be whipped into line, or it will not appear. It simply will not appear and I said to someone this morning: remember who is here and who is not in here, because that tells a story in itself. The simple majority plus one will be in here, but by golly,...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be very quick. I just want to say that I too have concerns. Senator Ruane articulated the issue very well. Part 2 of Schedule 1 refers to "St. Kevin’s Institution (initially the Dublin Union), Dublin" and lists the concluding year as 1935. I was born there in 1961. That is where it is wrong for starters. I know at least 30 or 40 people who were born there in the mid-1960s....

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I had made most of it, I think, but I was just flagging with the Minister that he had spoken with regard to his series of amendments, and I was drawing attention to Schedule 1, Part 2. There are three columns there: the reference number, the name of the institution, and the concluding year. I was talking about St. Kevin's Institution, initially the Dublin Union, and the concluding year was...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I really only want to flag this and am not expecting the Minister to come back with another response. There are a number of issues here. A lot of these people were not ever abandoned by their families. They were abandoned by the State. It is too simplistic to say that. In relation to the county homes, a lot of these women were held back. They went in as young girls of...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak to these new amendments tabled by the Minister. I had to step out for a minute to meet three families who are here for this legislation. I reiterate there is now uncertainty. Senator Gavan talked about the issues around Castlepollard. This relates to Schedule 1, Part 2 and the three sections concerning reference number, name of institution and concluding year. There is now a...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister is saying he does not accept the concluding year of 1935 for St. Kevin's Institution. On what basis? I am telling the Minister it is not correct.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Its use was as a place where women were incarcerated and gave birth, and where their children were taken away from them. Some of these women came from county homes and institutions. I do not want to be more explicit than that. Their children were taken from them and shipped out to these institutions, and they stayed in these institutions for up to 15, 16 or 17 years. These are facts. The...

Seanad: Gradam an Uachtaráin Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I also want to take this opportunity to welcome my own colleague and friend, Councillor Anthony Waldron. I also welcome Professor Pat Guiry, the president of the Royal Irish Academy; Councillor Noel Heavey; and our other visitors to the Chamber. I want to acknowledge the work that my colleague Senator Keogan and other members of our technical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome our guests. There is a lot to cover and I am conscious of the fact that we are here to discuss our generous infrastructure provision and residential development. That is why we have convened this meeting and why the witnesses have been invited to engage with us so I want to keep the focus on that. I want to direct my first round of questions to Uisce Éireann. We have read...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: How is that impacting on capacity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will go back to my question on Uisce Éireann being given appropriate powers. Can the witnesses set those out? If they cannot do so now then Uisce Éireann might drop a formal note to the committee. What additional powers is Uisce Éireann looking for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It would be helpful for this committee if Uisce Éireann could articulate those asks. I am most conscious of the people who are looking in and asking what this means and what Uisce Éireann is looking for, as it is a bit vague. It might be helpful for the committee, given the time constraints, to set out that ask. What exactly is Uisce Éireann seeking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It would be helpful for the committee, as part of this process, to have a clear view of the ask. I ask Mr. Fitzpatrick to address the issues relating to local funding he identified in his submission to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will finish with a statement rather than a question. Deputy Higgins put it well. The witnesses' organisations are involved but, although they have identified many problems, we have not heard their suggested solutions. I will leave them with this. In his submission on behalf of the CIF, Mr. Fitzpatrick stated that we must find a better way of paying for the timely construction of public...

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

Victor Boyhan: As I was listening here today, I was somewhat amazed by the contributions. It is always great to sit in on the Order of Business because one sees that varied array of asks, while remembering that the majority of this House is in Government. I am always amazed on a Thursday morning to listen to "Morning Ireland" and hear, "Well usually on Wednesday, they tell you what they are going to tell...

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

Victor Boyhan: -----it is particularly interesting that one has that other layer. That is not a criticism, and I am learning from the listening and engagement.

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

Victor Boyhan: It just begs the question about the effectiveness of being in a party in government. I will go on. I want to say-----

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

Victor Boyhan: Yes, this is the Order of Business, so I will get on to the main element. I am sorry.

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

Victor Boyhan: The continued denial of access to personal transport supports for people with disabilities is nothing short of shameful. That is the view of the Ombudsman. He was on "Morning Ireland" yesterday, the great "Morning Ireland" that tells us so much. In his office's latest annual report, the Ombudsman, Mr. Ger Deering, said that he and his predecessors have been demanding reforms by Government,...

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

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator for the offer.