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Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: He was not here on the last occasion.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Nobody thinks that.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (30 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Just call a vote on amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and congratulate her. We are lucky to have her leading this particular portfolio at this time. Earlier, I told the House I was reared in an institution all of my life, which many described as a clearing house for children. A number of people, including ushers and people working in catering, stopped me when I left the Seanad earlier to talk about my story. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. I thank him. I do not doubt his commitment. We have soldiered together. I think we were both elected to local authorities in 1999. I have known about the Minister of State's commitment to and track record in local government for a long time. I have read comprehensively the local authority boundaries paper that has been circulated to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It will be May. Perhaps the Minister of State could confirm this in his response. How does the Minister of State envisage the legislative process? Before I move on to more of the focus points, how does the Minister of State see this committee involved in it? I am delighted he is here today to update us on the brief, but what role does he see for the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: And everything else. The remuneration is an appalling recognition of the work these people do in our communities. There are more than 900 councillors sitting on local authorities around the State. The Minister of State has given a commitment to these organisations that he will set up a committee and appoint an independent chairperson. Is the Minister of State in a position to tell us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Can the Minister of State at least tell us that he has a person? Has he or she agreed to do the job? What is the deadline? The Minister of State will be aware that previous Ministers have said that it is either up to the Minister for Finance, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, or another Minister. We must stop playing games here. These elected local authority members are entitled to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Thanks for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Does that apply to the Minister of State too?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want the Minister of State to tell us that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: There has to be point where there are final recommendations and if they are made earlier than 2019, there is the question of their implementation. The Minister of State will consider the recommendations and may accept some or all of them but when will he implement them? I know what he is going to tell me that it will be after June 2019 when half of the candidates have given up and the other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: What would be the Minister of State's strong recommendation to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It likely to be after 2019.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: In 2019.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Did the Minister of State ask them to go away and consider this matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Have they not come back to him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: We are always interested in what Mr. Lemass has to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government Reform: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (31 May 2018)

Victor Boyhan: There is a great deal happening and much is proposed to happen. There is the local government Bill, the Private Member's Local Government Accountability Bill 2018. We need to be mindful that the local elections take place in 2019.