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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Policing Co-operation (21 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for a comprehensive six-page response to a three-line Commencement matter. She has clarified a lot of it for me. She has clearly said and reminded us – and it did not dawn on me until I was sitting here – that Dáil Éireann has passed this legislation, maybe subject to changes. I am anxious this legislation comes to the Seanad. The majority in...

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I feel the pressure of trying to follow that contribution from Senator Cassells. I fully agree with him. He is a passionate sportsman. He speaks with great knowledge and conviction on sport. He made a good and strong opening contribution. The key concept the Senator talked about was the power of sport. It is a powerful thing. There must be a greater...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is doing significant work.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Many here will know Conrad Bryan. He is the director of the Association of Mixed Race Irish. This morning, an amazing exhibition, "Shame - European Stories" was launched. For anyone interested in running in the elections for the European Parliament, this exhibition is not just about Ireland but about Irish people and other people across the European Union. It has been produced to a high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Mr. Gavin, Mr. O'Leary and the team. They have done a lot of work and I thank them. The very professional way they laid out their report helps to communicate the message and to ensure it is not lost on people. We live in a very visual age and it is all about key messaging. People have to understand things pretty quickly. I have a few things to say. I am in favour of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have seen that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am conscious of time. Recommendation 10 acknowledges the existence of the four local authorities and says that they should be retained. This is one of the big issues. It should be remembered that councillors are on the ground right across local government. They want to feel valued and respected, to be appropriately remunerated and to be empowered to represent their communities. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I thank the Minister for his presentation. It is a good news story for Horse Racing Ireland. It is €76 million. The Minister has set out the reasons and logic for increasing the top-up funding, because that is what it is. It is effectively a requirement for the Minister to bring this proposal to both Houses of the Oireachtas to get approval for the top-up ceiling....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have one final question, which I know was put to the Minister last year. If he looks at the debates going back over a number of years in both Houses, he will see that this issue has been raised again and again. It is the decoupling of funding for greyhounds as opposed to horse racing. The focus of most of the critics tends to be on the dogs. That is not what I think. That is what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (22 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister is happy that it is working, manageable, clean, and relatively tidy to administer.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I knew Tras Honan very well. I send my sympathies to her family and the Fianna Fáil Party. I first met her in 1982 at the funeral of Dr. Bill Loughnane in Ennis in County Clare. By golly, she was a feisty, determined, pragmatic, driven and focused politician. She loved the Seanad. When she had the opportunity she opted not to succeed Bill Loughnane in the by-election of 1982, which...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There are only four amendments for us to consider, which says something about the Bill, although it depends where one is coming from. I listened to the Minister's response to Senator Clifford-Lee. Am I to take it that, in principle, he is in favour of this amendment? He explained his point about the measure delaying the Bill. That is fair enough, but will the Minister be proactive in...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is all well, good and dandy, and I understand it, but this is a very simple ask. I refer to the wording in this regard, namely, "That it shall be an offence for a person to advertise a nicotine inhaling product in a cinema". It does not get any simpler than that. The Minister for Health does not need a lecture from me or anybody else about the importance of the context of advertising...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 21, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “Regulations relating to sale and supply of tobacco products 33. The Minister may make regulations— (a) prohibiting or restricting a person from selling or supplying, or causing to be sold or supplied, tobacco products at a cheaper price on a per-cigarette basis, in cigarette packs above...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. He said it; instinctively and intuitively he agrees with the principle and the rationale I set out for the amendments. In 2022 the University of Bristol carried out extensive research, which I will send him in the morning. I am sure the officials have it, or at least they should have it if they were preparing and were aware of the extent to which we would be...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: And you could break up the packets.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 27, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 38 of Act of 2002 45.Section 38 of the Act of 2002 is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1): “(1) It shall be an offence for a person to sell cigarettes by retail other than in a packet containing 20 cigarettes.”.”.

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the motion.

Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the motion.