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

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traffic Management (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call the Senator, there is standard practice that we would have a script for Commencement matters and there does not appear to be any here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traffic Management (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is okay. We will get them on the way out. I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, to the House again. The next Commencement matter is in the name of Senator Seán Kyne and relates to the Government's commitment to index-link tax credits and bands.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call Senator Kyne, I note that the standard practice is that we would have a script from the Minister of State. I do not know if there are scripts available or if we can make them available.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is not the Minister of State's fault. I just wanted to flag that. Maybe we could get copies circulated. This happened for the previous matter as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I join with others in welcoming the sports capital and equipment grants programme which will open next week. A detailed circular was issued early this morning. I have read three or four copies of it so it is out there. It is great news and to be commended. Sport is important to our health and well-being and we are all involved in it in the broader sense. It has lots of benefits. Well...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House to discuss this matter. I thank the Labour Party for using its time to bring forward this very important motion. I thank the people in the Gallery and those who are tuned in. We have had a difficult few days. We had a lot of discussion on disabilities. Last night, during discussion of Senator Clonan's Private Members' Bill, we had a very frank and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, to the House. I thank him for coming in to deal with this issue, which falls clearly, of course, within his brief. I will be brief and concise. The Minister of State will be familiar with the Not Our Fault campaign that has been running. At the very outset, I salute the people involved in this campaign. These people have been affected by...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There is no reassurance in anything the Minister of State has said. We have heard all of it before. He said the Minister is working on developing a scheme "as a matter of priority" and he needs "sufficient time" to do so. The Minister of State is not in a position to tell us anything. He has given us no timelines. He has told us the Minister is working on a scheme. The Houses go into...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 was signed by the President this week, the day before yesterday, thereby completing the cycle of this very important legislation. It will be no secret that I am committed to campaigning for further aspects of issues we touched on in this regard. It was disappointing that we could not secure any support from the Government Members of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I might have other ideas, now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Dr. Cotter and her team. She kicked off nicely with the term "scientific integrity". I will be putting it to her that is not scientific and that its integrity is questionable. I will give some background. I have read the report in great detail. As the Chair said, I think this report has exercised many others. I have also read the IFA's submission on the validity of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have a supplementary question. Was this report peer-reviewed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I refer to the overall report in the context of the data being set. Remember, there is commentary being attached to this data; it is not all data. This report is significant and the outcome is particularly frightening for many on all sides of the debate. Was this independently peer-reviewed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is being peer-reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Has it been independently peer-reviewed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is the EPA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Has it been independently peer-reviewed outside of the EPA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality Monitoring Report: Discussion (19 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I know, but the EPA is not judge and jury on its own cause either. Has it been independently peer-reviewed externally outside of the EPA?