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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: My second point should serve as a wake-up call for anyone involved in politics and as an illustration of the need for an electoral commission. A woman called to my house at 10.30 p.m. yesterday to say that she had received a letter from a particular local authority suggesting that she is no longer residing at her address and that her name is being passed on to the county registrar to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The letter was addressed to her home and had her name on it. She contacted me-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: She was still living there and had not left.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: They said that she should no longer be on the register and that it was proposed to delete her name from it-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: -----for 2019 as it appears that she is no longer resident at that address. This woman has lived in the same house for 48 years. In any event, I contacted the local authority and was informed that it has issued hundreds of similar letters. I checked with a number of other local authorities and was told the same. Hundreds of these letters have been issued and the names will be presented to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Business of Joint Committee
Role and Remuneration of Elected Local Authority Members: Discussion (5 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his team to the meeting. I also welcome the councillors, the representatives of the Association of Irish Local Government, AILG, and the Local Authorities Members Association, LAMA, who are in the Public Gallery and those who have tuned in to watch proceedings. I assure the Minister of State that many people are tuning in to this meeting today because...

Seanad: Children's Digital Protection Bill 2018: Second Stage (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister of State to the House. It is great to see him back as a Minister of State. I thank my colleague and fellow Independent Senator, Senator Joan Freeman, and my other Independent colleagues who have co-signed the Bill. When Senator Freeman contacted me I did not have to think twice because she is known for her record in safeguarding and protecting children. Other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister, his Secretary General, Mr. McCarthy, and his senior staff for coming in because it is an important engagement. I want to stay focused because we are here today as a joint committee to discuss and examine the progress on the Rebuilding Ireland document. They are not aspirations or other issues that stray off, so I will keep my attention focused on this document. I said...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Minister fill us in in more detail on Shanganagh Castle? I will make one simple request, which the Minister committed to previously, that is, to bring all the stakeholders and parties together early in the new year. It is important that it happens. It is the desire of the elected members of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. It is a commitment the Minister gave on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That answers the question

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for the commitment he has given to publish the criteria for the affordable housing scheme next week. That is long overdue. Anyone watching these proceedings or familiar with the previous meetings of the committee will be conscious that addressing homelessness is one of our key objectives, along with the acceleration of social housing, building more homes, improving the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is great. I think the process is under way. We have asked to be provided with them. On the local authority assessment of affordable housing, the Minister does not need to be told that affordability is a major issue in most local authorities. It is certainly so in the four Dublin local authorities as well as in Galway and Limerick. Is the Minister still awaiting assessments? He has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: What is the deadline for completion of the assessments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: There are four of them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. (12 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Have the four Dublin authorities returned assessments?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will share some good news. Since 2007, I have been campaigning for the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire.Despite significant correspondence to the Minister we were making no progress. I am delighted to say that with like-minded Independents and party Members - I particularly acknowledge the work of some Fine Gael Senators and Deputies - we have been successful....

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is even nicer to have found that out myself without notification from any Minister telling me about it.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank people who have been indulgent with me for many months. All that is at stake is the six remaining beds in that hospital. I appeal to Senators who have worked quietly behind the scenes to continue with their parties' health spokespersons to try to lobby to get the additional six beds open, as they should be. I do not know if anybody listened to "Morning Ireland". Our vegetable...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: -----in the past three years and we have below-cost selling of fresh produce. I appeal to people inside this House and beyond to demand high-quality Irish homegrown vegetables because when the suppliers are put under pressure it will happen. I ask the Leader for a debate in the new year with the Minister of State with responsibility for horticulture to discuss Irish vegetable production.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Dec 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I know the Leader comes in here and reads out the daily Order of Business and time slots. I know that is rough and is a moveable feast. I respect that and know it is not an easy job. Would it be possible to get ten or 20 hard copies of what he reads out left in the Chamber as it would help us? I do not want to ask the Leader to stand up and call the list out again. It is a busy station...