Results 1,301-1,320 of 5,027 for speaker:Victor Boyhan
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Homelessness Strategy (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: This report says it.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Homelessness Strategy (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I will hold this report up.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Homelessness Strategy (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I will listen.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Homelessness Strategy (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I take on board-----
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Homelessness Strategy (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I take on board what the Minister of State said-----
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Homelessness Strategy (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I am only reading his script.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise the issue of family hubs. Yesterday the Mercy Law Resource Centre, the Children's Rights Alliance, Focus Ireland and Dr. Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman for Children, presented to the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. They spoke of really harrowing experiences that children are undergoing in family hubs. Yes, family hubs are better than what we had...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I am raising it during the Order of Business because I wish to make a further request. Unfortunately the Minister could not be here but when he is back in the House could he specifically deal with this particularly important issue? In the meantime, I will write to the Minister today setting out what Dr. Muldoon has said. I ask the Leader to use his good offices to ask the Minister to deal...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I refer to the Land Development Agency, which I have raised in the House on a number of occasions. The establishment of the agency was announced and a statutory instrument signed in September 2018. The agency is intended to manage the regeneration of land, particularly State lands, deliver affordable housing, work constructively and consolidate land banks on public lands between the private...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. It would be helpful if copies of his statement were circulated to Members. I understand that the aim of this Bill, which was passed in the Dáil on 12 June 2019, is to facilitate persons who are under the supervision of probation services in one EU member state to return to their home member state and continue their supervision there. The...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I have not had much discussion on this Bill in recent weeks but-----
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: My contribution will be relevant to the section and the matters Senators have been speaking about.
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: This legislation has become a farce. I will not dwell too much other than to say that I contacted the Courts Service today. There have been 45 appointments in the various categories of judges, including the Chief Justice, two in the Supreme Court, five in the Court of Appeal, 15 in the High Court, ten in the Circuit Court, and 13 in the District Court. The Minister knows that. All of...
- Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: It was relevant to things that have been said on that section.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the representatives for their presentations. I will be brief. I thank Mr. O'Neill for his very concise three-page report which is one of the shortest that has been presented to the committee. He referred to his experience of working with Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council, but he did not mention South Dublin County Council or Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: Shankill is in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Does Mr. O'Neill mean Shanganagh?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: In mentioning Dundrum, is Mr. O'Neill referring to the Central Mental Hospital site?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: Will he elaborate on what the NDFA has done there to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: What does the NDFA think?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the witness.