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Seanad: Breast Cancer Services: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Next is the Cross-Party Group. Senators Cosgrove and Harmon are down on my list. Senator Noonan wants to speak as well. I think we will have time. I propose that Senators Cosgrove and Harmon take five minutes. We will have another slot. We will fit Senator Noonan in there.

Seanad: Breast Cancer Services: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Senator Harmon very much. Before I proceed, I welcome the guests of Senator Curley, namely, Councillor Martin Monaghan and his wife Deirdre. Three more Senators are listed to speak, namely, Senators Blaney, Kyne and Noonan.

Seanad: Breast Cancer Services: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister very much for what was a meaningful and constructive debate. We value and appreciate her and her officials coming to the House.

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome our guests, particularly our two colleagues in the front who have been here many times in many other debates. I thank the Minister and her predecessor for their engagement on this. In preparing for today, I was conscious I wanted to open with a positive line of thanks to several people. To fill in for those new people who may not have met me or know about me, I speak...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I am trying to be helpful. For clarification, my understanding is that there is one amendment at a time, so there is only one live amendment. The Senator may wish to move it, and if it is agreed, then we go onto the next one and we take them one by one because some people may wish to speak. I have no difficulty with that. Only one amendment is live on the floor at any one time. Would...

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: We are dealing with amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (11 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Senators Flynn, Black, Higgins and Ruane for this important legislation. They have been pursuing it for a long time. I also welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House. Section 1 broadly covers the Bill, so it is quite convenient to cover more or less anything in the Bill when we speak to this section. I commend my colleagues in the Civil Engagement Group for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (12 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I spoke to the Minister for Education and Youth yesterday outside the Seanad and she indicated that she hoped to be here for this Commencement matter but, clearly, she is unable to attend. I am sorry about that but I thank and welcome the Minister of State for agreeing to step in. I acknowledge that it is not his Department but I will set out the case as I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (12 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: As the Minister of State was reading, I was going through his reply line by line, and with the last line I wondered if we were talking about the same place at all. The last line states that "Mountainside Montessori should consider all other options available to it". It is not very encouraging for a Government policy that is encouraging them. However, what this does, and this is what I...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses. I want to thank them for the quality of the BIM report. It is great to have it online, but I request more hard copies for those coming to the meeting. It is an excellent production. This morning three people stopped me to ask where I got it. I said it came in the post from somebody and that I am on the committee. The production, the way it is done and the...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: That is perfect. That is enough for me at the moment. There are a few takeaways from this report which I thought jumped out and I want to share. A total of €423 million was invested in the sector, with €190 million coming from private investment. I presume the rest of that comes from the Government or EU funding. I ask the witnesses to detail the make-up of the rest of that...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Regarding the BAR fund that we are all familiar with, has all of that dried up now?

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I raised the following question at the previous committee, which dealt with fisheries and agriculture together. Is there now a concise breakdown of BAR fund spending? There were some issues around it. There was the limited extension period. It went over that. I live in Dún Laoghaire, near the harbour, and I know there was infrastructural money drawn down. It was a very broad angle...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: However, in terms of an ask by the committee, what if we wanted to see a spreadsheet giving a complete account of that huge amount? I think Ms Bocquel said €180 million.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Where could we see how that money was apportioned? I am not interested in the value-for-money aspect, though that is important. I would like to see where has that gone and where is it now to analyse the benefits of it and see whether it has been wisely used or apportioned to aid the sector. I would be very interested, and if BIM could facilitate the committee in accessing that information,...

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: It is so we can look at it and learn from it.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: There is always a learning in these things. I would really appreciate it if that could be facilitated.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: It is therefore an area BIM is keeping a strong focus on.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: The Business of Seafood Report 2024: Bord Iascaigh Mhara (17 Jun 2025)

Victor Boyhan: That is great. Thanks a lot. Ms Bocquel highlighted in her introduction and in the report the very strong dependence on mackerel and Dublin Bay prawns. Clearly diversification is always a challenge, but when you have a market, you respond to that. On diversification and adding species, what is BIM doing on those challenges? It is relying very heavily on those two species. That is great...