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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Councillor McGinley, who I know well. I acknowledge his work on this issue. I have never made a secret of the fact that I am in favour of a local council tax. We need to be clear and we need to be honest. Local services must be paid for and somebody has to pay for them. I am of the view that everybody must pay some percentage. We are aware that social housing tenants pay no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Local Property Tax: Discussion (9 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: First, I ask Councillor McGinley to convey our thanks to the council and its finance committee. I have a few questions for Dr. McCloughan about the PMCA economic consultant report. How can we progress the nine recommendations listed on the back of the report? What has Councillor McGinley and his group done about them? The report was commissioned and it echoes many of the Thornhill...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Work Permits Eligibility (10 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. This Commencement matter relates to the need for a review of the criteria for issuing permits to farm workers from outside the European Union as a matter of urgency due to the shortage of labour supply. The Minister of State will be aware as a Minister of State who represents rural and urban communities and people that there is a need and a shortage....

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Work Permits Eligibility (10 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for the comprehensive report. It is interesting. I was talking to someone in the Irish Farmers' Journal. I told him this was happening today. I will be very happy to go downstairs and put it in the fax I will send to him. It is really important. It is important we communicate that message to the industry. Things are cranking up, certainly in soft fruit...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise again services at the National Rehabilitation Hospital, NRH, Dún Laoghaire and the provision of rehabilitation services throughout the country. During my first week in the House, I made it clear that I would make this a key issue and I have raised it at least 13 times. Last week, I received a letter from the Taoiseach about it, and while I appreciate his response and...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Last week, I raised a Commencement matter on labour shortages and the real difficulty for people in the horticultural sector, including the mushroom and soft-root sectors, dairying and meat production. The farming and horticulture community has difficulty getting people to come from outside the European Union due to issues around work permits. There was some discussion with the Minister in...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise two related issues. I thought about it when the Minister for Foreign Affairs was in the House for a Commencement matter for Senator Robbie Gallagher. This is the 44th anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings and the Minister spoke very well about it today. He also shared with us his frustration that nothing had really happened, having regard to a number of motions passed...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 17, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: “(1) The District Court may try summarily a person or body corporate charged with a summary or indictable offence under this Act if—(a) the Court is of opinion that the facts proved or alleged constitute a minor offence fit to be tried summarily, (b) the accused, on being informed by the Court...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: We are on section 17(4)-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Senator Norris is calling me for-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I am sorry. I am with the Senator now. It is amendment No. 1, line 4.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Senator is right. I thought he was going to that.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Yes. I wish to speak on both amendments but I will deal with this one.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I am sorry.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I had two amendments next to each other. This amendment, which I will quote to ensure there is no ambiguity, is to section 17, and reads as follows:On page 17, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "(1) The District Court may try summarily a person or body corporate charged with a summary or indictable offence under this Act if—(a) the Court is of opinion that the facts...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I echo what Senator Norris has said. Senator McDowell cannot be here because he has other matters to which to attend today. He is fully aware and supportive of this amendment. He has a very learned and legal mind and he is a former Attorney General, a former Minister for Justice, a former Tánaiste and a former Cabinet Minister.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: If the Minister will not support the amendment on this Stage, will he consider it for the next Stage? That is a reasonable and fair request. In the meantime we will have more advice from more learned gentlemen and women in this area.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: If the Minister is agreeable, we may deal with the amendment on Report Stage.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (16 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 18, lines 16 to 22, to delete all words from and including “other” in line 16 down to and including line 22. I noted Senator Leyden's intervention stating that Fianna Fáil will be supporting the Bill. I am supporting the Bill. I am reminded of what the Taoiseach said in his only address to this House. He spoke of our role and that he...