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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Update on Ireland's Forestry Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I want to know what are the solutions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Update on Ireland's Forestry Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Moore is going to make it black and white for us now. Can he set out the solutions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Update on Ireland's Forestry Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I expected a lot more today. We have talked and talked about the strategy. The witnesses came in to give us an update on the strategy but I do not think they are prepared. Either they are not prepared or they are not prepared to answer the questions. I will suggest to the committee that we have the witnesses back. I think they need to go away, do their homework and get back here as soon...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the Seanad. She is always very welcome here, as she knows.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Jul 2023)

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

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I know she could have done with more than one minute but, unfortunately, that is the process. I thank her for her time, for coming to the House and for being available to Members. It is greatly appreciated. I also thank Senator Lombard for raising his matter.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I concur with Senator Ruane on this and on a central register for the universities and the Electoral Commission. I do not want to stray into the Supreme Court considerations, but I was there with my colleague, Senator McDowell, and was conscious that one of the judges is central to the Electoral Commission. The comments were interesting. One could ask, what are we really doing about all...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will stick to the amendment, but I might take the liberty to add one thing at the end. To respond to the Minister regarding his response concerning the Electoral Commission, and I do not want to get into the Supreme Court's judgment last week, what we do know and can take away from it, because I was there and listened to the seven Supreme Court judges, including Ms Justice Marie Baker, who...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I can rock up to stand for the TCD constituency now. I do not have to be a graduate of that university. I could have had a primary school education but I am entitled to register, be a candidate and seek a mandate from the people. This proposal from a Fianna Fáil Senator, a member of the Minister's group here, is proposing to stipulate that a candidate in a university constituency must...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is a good point.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: He is not here.

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This Bill should not come as any surprise to him. I would be doubtful if he was not supportive of it because he is fiercely committed to issues around sustainability and sustainable practices. I thank Senator Boylan and her team in Sinn Féin for this Bill. It is very timely and appropriate. It is a simple and common-sense ask. I do not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: First, I formally ask the Deputy Leader to extend an invitation to the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, to come to the House in the autumn. On 1 February 2018, he visited the Chamber as Taoiseach, spoke in great detail, and gave a very comprehensive and excellent presentation to the House. I was minded to take a look at it yesterday and to print it off on the issue and in the context of Seanad...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: This is a formal request.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to continue on the issues raised by Senator Daly regarding the "Prime Time" programme last night. It exposed shortcomings in animal welfare but, ultimately, the majority of farmers are compliant. I wish to draw the Government's attention to its commitment in the programme for Government. I believe it is on page 69 because I quoted extensively from it earlier today. It suggests that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I was thinking about the journalists when I saw them doing their exposé last night and doing investigative journalism really well. I think of the institutional abuses, the sex abuse in institutions, the over-the-counter pharmacy shown on "Prime Time", the shortcomings of the Dental Council of Ireland and the Medical Council of Ireland. It has continued to advocate and shine a light on...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the motion. I thank Senator Clonan. I also thank and welcome his family here. It is never easy to stand up and share one's own personal experiences and how they impact on one's own family, but the great value of that is that it is a shared experience and I think that is really important. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the House to deal with this...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We need to demand action. I will close on this: I urge that the Government would not row back from this proposal and that we call a vote and put on the record where people stand, because we must walk our talk not just talk.