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Seanad: Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment, which is also in my name. Like Senator Conway, I would like to hear the Minister of State, so I will not rabbit on. I wish to afford her an opportunity to deal with some of the points raised. I thank my colleague, Senator McDowell, for setting the record straight, refreshing our memories - as Senator Bacik stated, it was a long time ago - and reminding us of his and...

Seanad: Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: Well done.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, to the House. I join others in thanking her and the Department for the manner in which they deal with their correspondence. All Members have ongoing public representations to make. I have always found the officials in the Department to be professional, timely and responsive and I ask the Minister to relay that to her senior officials. It is...

Seanad: Commencement of Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte. I was told a long time ago when I first came into these Houses to watch her because she was a fast learner. That is clearly the case. We have seen her tenacity, grasp of issues and determination in action in the past few weeks and well done on that. It is not an easy task to come into these Houses and to be a Minister of State. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment: Discussion (15 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. McCafferty, Ms Stakem and Ms O'Reilly for their presentations. More importantly, I thank the organisations they represent, namely, Threshold and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The committee and, indeed, the nation is indebted to them and their advocacy work. I wish to acknowledge their campaigning. It is very much based on delivery of a rights-based approach and it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Leader for setting out the proposed Order of Business today. The item I wish to briefly raise is a proposal that we would have a motion regarding the Joint Report on the Response of the Houses of the Oireachtas to the judgment of the Supreme Court in the Kerins v. McGuinness case. This is a profound piece of work. It has been a long time coming. The Cathaoirleach, as chair of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I want to mention one issue which occurred to me last night when I passed the Central Bank and saw the enormous number of families queueing up for soup kitchens. We are so lucky to have the volunteers that do this work in Dublin, Cork and other cities. It was so sad to see. I counted more than 70 people. The thing that was really hard to comprehend was the presence in the queue of nine...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I take this opportunity to say a few thanks. What a year it has been. Little did we think this time last year that we would be facing into a 2020 general election and Seanad election and a huge intake of new Senators - what an honour and achievement for them, personally. I remember the people who contested an election but did not succeed on that occasion. I hope we will see many of them...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Leader for setting out the Order of Business today. I suppose it is a particularly important day because we are going to be focusing on children. I also thank the Leader for inviting the Minister to talk about the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation and its report. The report is very profound and makes for very disturbing reading. We will have an opportunity to...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (19 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. As I was listening to Senator Pauline O'Reilly, the expression "Blessed are those amongst women" struck me because there are virtually no men in the Chamber. I am the only male Senator present - the Cathaoirleach of course is here too, as well as the Minister. For some reason that clicked with me and I thought about it and that is quite profound in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan. This is a very positive Bill and proposal. We are all aware that elections and referendums are an important feature of the democratic process. It is exciting and important. The previous committee did a lot of work on this and we made several recommendations, one of which was around education, the promotion of elections, and research....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Water Treatment (Abstractions) Bill 2020 and Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: That is correct.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for inviting me to chair this session. I really appreciate that gesture. It is a kind one and it is one I am greatly honoured to take. I am conscious that we need to keep a tight timeframe on what we are doing. To date, 14 people have indicated to speak for six minutes each. One does not need to be a mathematician to know that 14 multiplied by six equals 84....

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Before we proceed, while I do not want to stymie debate, we need to be conscious if we are in any way challenging the professionalism of people who are not in the House. As they are absent, they do not have recourse to defend themselves and make their case. I ask Members to be conscious of that in their contributions. I call Senator Martin Conway.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I call Senator Dolan.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you, Senator.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: As I said earlier, I am conscious of time given the number of people who want to speak. Everyone who takes an extra minute cuts into the time of someone else. We have a full agenda and a full list of speakers. I appeal to everyone to be mindful that the limit is six minutes.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is spot on time – a man of experience, clearly. I call Senator Byrne.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I call on Senator Hoey. I am conscious that another three Senators have yet to speak so we have to keep tightly to the time limits so that we allow the Minister time to come back.

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call on the Minister to conclude the debate, I thank all of the Senators who contributed today and last week.Clearly, more would have like to have contributed but because of Covid, and I want to stress this for people viewing, there are major restrictions on the number of Senators in the Chamber, which is understandable, but it is an important point. I again thank everyone. Clearly,...