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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: On a point of order, may I clarify what is actually happening here? The Leader has just stormed in here suddenly-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Leader let me finish speaking? I just want clarification. What is happening?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: We have different views. Not everyone criticised the plan-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the Leader to clarify what he is doing.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I agree with the Leader.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I support the plan.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Leader just stormed in.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: We will let him read his speech he has got typed up.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: There is an order for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: First, I thank the witnesses from Focus Ireland for coming in. Even the name is indicative of the exceptionally good job it does. Everything Deputy Ó Broin said is spot on. He has hit the nail on the head. What struck me is all the recurring themes. I served on a council for more than 20 years so none of this is new to me. What is really scary is that only two weeks ago I had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. During Senator Murnane O'Connor's contribution, I was struck by something which I would like to share because it illustrates the extent of the problem. A number of county councillors have made representations to Wicklow County Council on this issue. I have received in writing a clear policy statement from the county council, which has had a...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is disappointing that we have had a breakdown in respect of devolved government in Northern Ireland. It is a time for cool heads and calm words. At stake are the issues in terms of Northern Ireland and its people on all sides. There is great volatility and danger in Northern Ireland; there are the challenges of peace and economic prosperity and the challenges that come with Brexit. One...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise the statistics that were published by the National Treatment Purchase Fund up to the end of January 2018. Some of those figures were published in two newspapers over the weekend. The difficulty is that one can never quite tell to what exact period of time they refer. There is a slight variance in the two publications that I read in the Sunday newspapers yesterday in that...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach’s office for facilitating this Commencement matter today. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. I have raised the issue of the National Rehabilitation Hospital approximately 14 times in the House, yet I have only been here for about two years. I live close to the hospital and I know many of the staff who work there and have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I again thank the Minister of State, but we have made no progress. I ask him to look at all of the written replies. We were told that seven beds had been opened, but it now appears the figure is six. I was correct. For little over a year, the Government has presided over the closure of 12 beds at a time when there is a crisis in the hospital sector. We have now been told there are only...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise three related issues in respect of children.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No, three.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is cutting into my time.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Does he want to restart the clock?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Okay, three minutes. All of these relate to children. The chief executive of Barnardos, Mr. Fergus Finlay, spoke in some detail this morning on the launch today of its "Lost Childhood" campaign. This is an important campaign and I looked at the heads of it this morning to see what it is about. It talks about an equal start, equal access and equal opportunity for every child. That is the...