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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: -----because that is what we are about. We are going off for an hour for tea and I think there should be vote. Let us have a vote. Let us put it on the record.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 34:In page 32, after line 39, to insert the following:“and (iii) in paragraph (b), by the insertion of the following subparagraphs after subparagraph (ii):“(iii) by any person over the age of 18 in any case to which this Part applies, in which that person has made a statement in prerecorded form to An Garda Síochána while under the age of 18,...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 41:In page 37, after line 32, to insert the following: “Reporting on training provided 36.Within 60 days after the end of each calendar year those responsible for the training within An Garda Síochána, the Ombudsman Commission, the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Irish Prison Service, the Court Service, the Bar of Ireland, the Law Society of...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: Again, I am disappointed but not surprised. The Minister of State has not supported any amendment today - not one - yet he tabled 30-odd amendments himself. I repeat again that he had full notice of what would be put before him. Does he see any merit in that? He did not say my amendment had merit unlike the rest of them. That is the way it is but it is hard to believe. I would be very...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State has advisers. We, as Senators, have been asked to do something about this matter by people who are passionate about this subject. It is about time we had people on the record in terms of this democratic process. The reality is the Minister of State has accepted no amendments today, a fact that speaks for itself.There will be more opportunities to debate this...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I am not frustrated with the process. I am passionate about the process.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: Sorry, so he was not even frustrated-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: By golly, it was 15 years. That is grand. Just to say-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: Let us call a vote.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (27 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials. It has been a good evening. We have had a conversation about and highlighted some genuine issues and the Minister of State acknowledged that he was sympathetic. There is a lot of merit in the legislation, but we need to look at how the democratic process works. The Minister of State has a track record in that regard, but I thank, in...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I hope the Leader will organise a debate on national rehabilitation services in Ireland. I have raised this on a number of occasions. The Leader's colleagues, on the other side of the House, have raised it. We now have a serious problem. We have had commitments given to us in Seanad Éireann on the delivery of beds. There were ten beds closed at Christmas in the National...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming before the committee and acknowledge the very constructive engagement we have had with them in the committee and outside it. That is worth saying. I want to stay focused on the questions because our time is limited. The Minister might give us some detail on the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF. There is much controversy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: What is the strategic-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I want to go back to a few matters. We need to see the local authority targets for social housing delivery, so perhaps the Minister might get those to us. I would like to put on the record that the Shanganagh project is more than just a Fine Gael proposal. It is a joint effort by all on the council and it is very important to say that. I tuned into the council meeting myself and all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I will give the committee the history of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I would like the Minister to look again at higher density possibilities in that proposal. I think there is even talk of rolling out a new DART service out there. We have to maximise the potential of that site and I am not too sure if the maximum potential is already there. I appreciate that the Minister cannot talk about the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, but I just...

Seanad: Budget 2018: Statements (10 Oct 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, to the House. It is a complex budget so I do not intend to go into much of the detail, but I thank the Minister of State for giving us a brief run through the Schedule.The Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, has delivered his first and this Government's second budget. That is a remarkable milestone. I note what Senator Horkan had to say on...