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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne. I know he is taking this matter on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. I thank the Minister, who I know is involved in Government business today. He communicated with me yesterday that he could not be here. I thank the Minister of State for agreeing to take this Commencement matter, which relates to early childhood care and education....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate that. We are all on the one page. We all know the significance and importance of early childhood care and education. It is a wonderful service. It needs ongoing money and support. The benefits of an equal start and support for families and children in their communities are enormous. I take on board what the Minister of State has said about the CCC and that it will now...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: She turned him out well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: “We failed you when you needed us the most.” They were among the opening words of the Taoiseach today in the Dáil Chamber when he was delivering a State apology to the victims of the Stardust fire. We have to think back to that eventful night of the eve of St. Valentine's Day, when many of us would have been around. Certainly, I was around then. People were out enjoying...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of the Irish Farmers Association, IFA. I commend Mr. Francie Gorman, the IFA president, on the good body of work that is his manifesto, which has been published, for the European and local elections. It is a substantial body of work. I thank and commend the IFA and Mr. Gorman, as president, on the manifesto, his leadership and guidance and the succinct and clear asks set...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome all our guests to this pre-legislative session, which is extremely important. Before I go into this in detail, I thank the witnesses because we owe a great debt of gratitude and thanks to them as advocates in this sector with extensive knowledge. I heard what Ms Heavey said earlier about one of CLM's successful cases, where it did not get support, but that when correspondence was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, although I do not have a question for Ms Wall who asked a very important question of us regarding what problem the Government is trying to fix. I will just hang on that for a moment. I ask Mr. Stanley, Mr. Allen and Ms O’Reilly to outline in two or three sentences what they believe the Government's motivation is for this legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I may not be here to listen to Mr. Kelly's full response, but I will be back. I appeal to him to look at the recordings of our earlier sessions because we had a lot of really meaningful engagement from advocates who are at the coalface of this area. I would ask him to look at that. Ms Rose Wall from Community Law and Mediation really summed it up for me in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: What are the concerns? What are the principal concerns, as the Department understands them, that are the key driver of this legislation? This is pre-legislative scrutiny. We are Oireachtas Members and parliamentarians. People are listening to this debate. Advocates are still here and other advocates will listen later. What are the concerns? Can Mr. Kelly articulate them for me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: That is very short, snappy response. I will tease it out further by asking why now? What is the timing, urgency and importance of it and why now? Mr. Kelly might also touch on the absence of an appeals process. The natural justice system allows an appeals process. I will finish by mentioning the expertise, training, upskilling and concerns of local authorities. I know it is early stages...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. Kelly, the Cathaoirleach and members for facilitating me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Ms Meaney, Mr. Blake and Mr. Cahill. This is a complex proposal and I thank them for setting it out and going through it for us. It was circulated to us. Many of us printed it off and read it and I have taken some notes. I want to tease out some issues for greater clarity. I do not propose to go through all of the various articles in it but have picked out a few for mention. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am sorry to cut across Ms Meaney. I ask her to confirm if she is keeping records of that. Is that part of the programme for Government? This was an agreement. Is the Department monitoring that? Is the Department keeping any sort of handle on the number of animal welfare officers travelling on these journeys?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Okay, it is a veterinarian. That goes back to the same old story.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Can the representatives explain the difference between a veterinarian and a welfare officer? Is a welfare officer a veterinarian?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It is therefore a different grade.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: That is an interesting observation. A welfare officer is the European option, but the Government’s preferred option is to have a veterinarian. We have elicited that from today’s proceedings. That is interesting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Article 33.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (24 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Has the Department had feedback from any of them?