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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Is that the site value?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We all agree that land costs are a barrier to housing affordability. No one disagrees with that and the point is worth emphasising. Is the Housing Agency still in the business of acquiring lands or properties? If so, is there an inventory of those properties? The agency was involved in the past in acquiring properties. There is always a conflict when State agencies acquire built...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I welcome in particular the Dublin city manager, Mr. Owen Keegan, the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council county manager, Ms Philomena Poole, Mr. Brendan Kenny, and Ms Catherine Keenan. Our paths have crossed. I am familiar with them and, I am sure, they are with me. I acknowledge the enormous work of housing authorities and their personnel, which we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Is Ms Keenan referring to lands held by Horse Racing Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Does the council retain the right to nominate people from its housing list and so on for properties in developments such as that in O'Devaney Gardens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: What about the affordable housing element?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Is it the case that Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council nominates those who are to receive properties in developments such as that in Shanganagh?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It is Ms Poole's desire to have nominating rights for such developments.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have two questions about the climate action plan launched earlier in the week. Senator Mulherin referred to the additional work permits we were awaiting in the horticulture and forestry sector, for which applications had been submitted. The action plan includes an ambitious target of putting an additional 8,000 ha of land under forestry per year. That is good news, but it brings with it...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I will speak about An Garda Síochána in the context of these matters. I acknowledge that some Garda associations have expressed disappointment with the decision made by the Government not to extend trade union status to them, but the Minister has made it clear that there are serious issues with national security and the special...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We had some efficient arrangements.

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I want to endorse what other people have said. I thank the Minister's officials. I have always found them to be courteous and helpful. I know something of the enormous amount of work they have put into this legislation. I sometimes think we always forget the backroom people. They are more central than we think. I want to acknowledge that...

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It takes a courageous and brave Minister to put the foot down. I love the word "pause" that has been used by Senator Kelleher and others. As Senators, we have decided today to defer this matter. I want to join others in making the point that the Minister has shown great respect to the House by coming in here and setting out her intentions. That is not something we can always say in...

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Tell us.

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minster of State to the House, and acknowledge and thank him for the enormous amount of work he has done in, and focus he has given to, the disability sector. No one doubts his commitment. He has to operate within the constraints of scarce finances and resources but he has nevertheless been an amazing champion and advocate for this sector. We all acknowledge that, and I want...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I, too, welcome the Minister of State. I am particularly pleased that he is here because he has a great understanding of the issue of rural and one-off housing. I asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to come to the House to report on the outcome of the work of the working group established by his Department in reviewing the sustainable rural housing guidelines...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. The reply is helpful and there is a great deal of information in it. I am pleased because at least we now know that after two years the working group has met on five occasions. I do not have the dates but that will be my follow-on question at a later date. Clearly, the problem goes on. We still have councils telling their elected members that they cannot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Deputy Martin Kenny for attending and presenting his Bill with such passion. As someone who lives in a rural community, it is clear he knows and understands the issue. As Deputy Scanlon said, we must encourage and support people who wish to live in rural communities outside the cities and towns, but in a sustainable and environmentally healthy and responsible way. It is becoming an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: What is happening and at what stage is it? I am not familiar with the ins and outs of the school's work, apart from being aware that it was doing something related to the matter. The partnership is doubtless good and I have a sense that Leitrim County Council is proactively engaging with TCD. Will Deputy Martin Kenny comment on that?