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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Help Service (28 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for her time here this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I join with the Leas-Chathaoirleach in welcoming our special guests and I thank Senator Fitzpatrick. Mr. Benicio made a great and significant contribution and input. I have no doubt we will hear more about him in the future. Well done and many thanks. I join with Senator McGreehan in respect of the Irish Thalidomide Association. It is something that has been sitting on all our desks...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Horse Racing Industry (29 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Higgins, to the Seanad. I think this may be her first Commencement matter in the House so she is very welcome. We collaborated and worked well together on the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I wish the Minister of State well. It is an exciting and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Horse Racing Industry (29 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for her very positive response. The key lies in rolling out the strategy. The horses owned, bred and trained in Ireland are the envy of the world. We can never take that position for granted. We always need to improve it. The sector recognises that we need to work on welfare issues. We need to work on the welfare of the jockeys and all the people in the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I formally second Senator McDowell's amendment to the Order of Business today. It relates to the Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024. The Bill, which will not be outlined today, seeks to impose on the Health Service Executive certain special duties and powers in relation to the establishment of a specialised treatment service for the inpatient and outpatient treatment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. White and his team here today. I will be brief and just make some points. I do not really want to ask any questions because Mr. White has made abundantly clear his absolute frustration and anger, which are justifiable and understandable. He has got the message over clearly again. I note this is his fifth presentation to the committee on forestry issues generally. In his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: That is alarming in itself. We are meant to be going up in terms of forestry but we are declining from 12,000 to 8,000, a loss of between 30% and 50%. That is exceptionally disappointing for the sector. On private forestry in Ireland, Mr. White clearly articulated how it is being strangled by bureaucracy. I understand what he means by that. I support his call for a sworn inquiry....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the representatives of Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited for coming here and sharing that information. We do take it seriously and will follow up on it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call the Minister of State, I would like to welcome our guests today from North Dublin Muslim School and their teachers. You are all very welcome. You have come to the Seanad at a point where we are doing our Commencement matters. This is where individual Senators submit items of interest or topics that they have a particular interest in and a Minister comes in and responds. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: No homework tonight

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State is welcome. I thank him for taking this Commencement matter. I received correspondence from the Department of Health last night to suggest that no Minister or Minister of State was available and I understand that. I thank the Minister of State for stepping in at the last minute. I will address the issue of surgical hubs. For those who do not know, they are located...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Facilities (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I acknowledge that very significant progress has been made on these sites. It is slow and unpredicted issues always crop up but they are all under way at some level, whether it is the finalisation of planning, the tendering process, contract documents and so on. We are realistically talking about 2025 or 2026, as the Minister of State said, for three hubs at least. It is very significant...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It is great to see some of the candidates who contested the European Parliament elections here. I thank them. It is not easy to compete in elections. I also thank the 949 people elected to our local councils. Anyone who puts their name forward to compete in an election is to be admired. It is not an easy task. I congratulate all the participants. I offer thanks to those who did not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It is one of many sources.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Former President Mary Robinson (12 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: First, our former President, former Senator and Chair of the Elders is extremely welcome to Seanad Éireann. She touched on many broad issues, including just transition; social, racial and environmental justice, indigenous climate action, community and local resilience and adaptation, natural climate solutions, and, of course, climate education and engagement. Her opening speech...

Seanad: Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (25 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (25 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator and call Minister of State, Deputy Martin Heydon.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regulatory Bodies (25 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator. The Minister has one minute to respond.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (25 Jun 2024)

Victor Boyhan: The next matter, in the name of Senator Clonan, relates to the need for the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to make a statement on the role of the commissioned officers of the Defence Forces during the trials and sentencing hearings of soldiers accused of criminal offences. I will add a general comment. Decisions or judgments of the court cannot be the subject of review or discussion...