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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses for engaging with me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: There is a problem. Mr. Madden does not have a problem with it but I have a problem with it. Can we move on?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator and the Minister of State has four minutes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Samantha Long and Ellen from Senator Michael McDowell’s office as well as Breege and the intern from Senator Conway’s office. They are very welcome to the House. I wish to talk about two things, the first of which is the residential zoned land tax, which I talked about yesterday. There has been a bit more clarity in the past few hours in respect of this tax....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Sure there is not long left to go now.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It was not adequate.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Acting Leader's presence. I wish to raise an issue I have raised over the past two days. I am again requesting a debate on the hospitality sector. No doubt everybody here has received the same emails I have regarding the hospitality sector - namely, pubs, hotels and restaurants. We received a lot of calls to our office yesterday. On the first day after the budget, I...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second and Subsequent Stages (3 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. He has clearly explained the rationale behind the Bill, which I support. I fully understand the necessity for this important legislation. I thank the departmental officials particularly for the explanatory memorandum. This is a very short Bill containing only four sections. What it involves is clearly explained. Senator Ward has tabled an amendment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Dialogue on Women in Agriculture: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Dr. Farrell and her team for coming here today. It is a very interesting debate and one I called for. It is great to see everyone here. The opening statement began on the essential role of women in agriculture. I welcome it, the debate and the initiative. I will start with something of a provocation in that I have always expressed concern that even in the very heart of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: First, I wish the Minister of State at the Department of agriculture, our colleague Senator Pippa Hackett, well as she is leading a five-day food trade mission to Thailand and Vietnam in co-operation with Bord Bia, which is very important, but it raises the issue of access to markets with regard to meat. In this case it is Thailand and Vietnam and the meat is more likely to be pork. The...

Seanad: Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I know he has form in this area because we served on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council together for many years. He has always been a champion of the utilisation of offshore wind and the enormous opportunities that presents. He has been consistent. What are we doing here today? We have been asked to approve a motion which states: That Seanad...

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: If the Senator needs to take the full eight minutes, I will speak later.

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak in the next round.

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Minister of State. I particularly welcome AsIAm and a great colleague and long-standing friend of mine, Adam Harris. It is great to see him here. I will take this opportunity without embarrassing him, because I do not think anything embarrasses him, to acknowledge his enormous journey. I have known him since he was only so high and have observed him. His lived...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of women in agriculture. Last night, the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine was addressed by University College Galway associate professor, Dr. Maura Farrell, regarding women in agriculture.When she advocated strongly for women, including women at the centre of politics and agri-politics, I highlighted to her the great disappointment that was the lack of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: So did I.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am happy to second it.

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials and thank them for their work on this Bill, which is the Second Stage of the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024. The Minister of State has set it out clearly in his note before us here and in his opening speech, and it is also clearly set out in the explanatory memorandum. In essence, this is two payments of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming to the House to deal with this important Commencement matter. I would also like to thank the Cathaoirleach, Senator Jerry Buttimer, for selecting this Commencement matter. As others here will know, I have always made it one of my key objectives in politics for more power to be given to local government and its councillors, and I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minster of State for the way in which he has addressed and outlined some of the issues. My key ask today concerns what the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe identified in its report. It was sent to Government. I happen to sit on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, so I am familiar with some of the...