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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Tax Review (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will make my case pretty short and snappy. I asked that the Minister outline the position regarding the issue of the local property tax. We know there was to be a review of the local property tax last year but we are now long past that point. I have seen some circulars from the Minister of State's colleagues and party on the issue. I am conscious local elections will be held in 2019 and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Tax Review (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not want him to take this personally but, effectively, that is a cut and paste exercise. I asked all of this last year and this response is identical to the reply I got then. I did not even have to read it. The final line sums it up. Rather than waste the Department's paper and print and our time, the essential point is that "the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Property Tax Review (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Within the hour.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to the House to discuss the future plans for Irish Water? I have been contacted by numerous representatives of local authorities and trade unions representing 3,500 workers who fear they will be effectively conscripted into Irish Water. They have contracts and are in effect public servants and have public service...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this item. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This relates to the need for the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to make a statement on whether the public services card should be an acceptable form of identification in opening a bank account. I have received representations from people living in rural areas as well as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I know what the Minister of State is saying but he is not telling us very much. I accept the Government is considering amendments and that the matter is complex. In essence, the Minister of State is telling me that it is a voluntary arrangement with the cardholder. However, there is no comfort there for these rural people. They have no IDs and are being forced as an unintended consequence...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to ask the Leader if we could have a debate on the housing options for our ageing population. I have just come from the AV room which was packed this morning for the launch of a Government document on housing options for our ageing population. The Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Damien English, and the Minister of State at the...

Seanad: Update on Implementation of National Forestry Programme: Statements (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I acknowledge the enormous work the Minister of State has done in horticulture, forestry and other areas for which he is responsible. Last week I was in the wonderful house in Avondale. When summing up, the Minister of State might touch on the plans for that. In the context of forestry, we have to think of the bigger picture and that includes biodiversity and the potential for more jobs....

Seanad: National Training Fund: Statements (28 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation, to which I listened in my office. I assure him that I am not running here to say something without having heard what he had to say. I thank him for coming into the House and wish to point out that it was me who requested his attendance to discuss the national training fund, NTF, in the wake of the publication by the Government of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I also welcome the Minister, Deputy Ross, to the House. I appreciate he is taking time out of his busy schedule. One thing I can say about the Minister is he comes to the Seanad and engages with Senators and I acknowledge this. I know Members appreciate when a Minister comes to the House and the Minister, Deputy Ross, does so when at all possible. I acknowledge this and thank him for it....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his report. It is factually correct. I accept that but it does not address today's reality. We have 55,000 people waiting to be tested. When are we going to tackle this issue and reduce these numbers? As I stated, in Churchtown, part of the Minister's own area, there are 1,466 applicants scheduled for an appointment as of today at 1 p.m. I can only ask that the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will briefly touch on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. It is very unfortunate that last week at our whips and leaders meeting we were told categorically by the Leader that the Bill would not be on the schedule this week. I accept the agenda can change. We have to plan for this and if those meetings are to amount to anything, we must have some assurances. The Leader...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I am sorry but I will not repeat myself.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I said I will address those other issues later.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have never had the problem of people not hearing me in my life.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will not eat into the time I have now but I will share more of that later when we discuss the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. At leaders and whips in that meeting, we had the understanding there would be no Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 business this week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I cannot keep repeating myself if the Leader cannot hear me.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I understood from speaking with the Leader that the Bill would not be on the schedule of business this week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will not have my time eaten into. I am speaking through the Chair.