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Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister of State to the House. We soldiered together for a few years on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council so I know of him. We have not been in the Chamber at the same time during his ministerial term, so I wish him well and congratulate him on his appointment. The Bill is an important part of his work and it is an area in which he has experience, so it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all of the Senators who have raised the issue of the rural resettlement programme and the plan for the future of rural areas, which is all very important. Many of us represent rural communities and many Senators live in rural communities, which is even more important. It is also important that it is sustainable for people to live in rural communities. Last week was a funny week in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Twitter and Facebook for allowing their representatives to appear before the committee to engage and co-operate with us because that is really important. This is perhaps one of our most important meetings because we are talking about electoral reform and the importance of election integrity, confidence and trust. This is the cornerstone of democracy, locally, regionally, nationally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: As this is the last round of questions for me, I am somewhat concerned by the responses to Senator Fitzpatrick's forensic questioning. That is for another day, however. I am going away now more uncomfortable than I was when I came in. I say that particularly regarding Facebook and its representative. I have two simple questions. Whenever we talk about a fact-checking or watchdog-type...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: What about lobbying? I address the question to both individuals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the same question of Facebook.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief because I really want to hear the witnesses. It is important that we get a message out from this meeting today that the new CAP is focusing on delivering better environmental outcomes. No one is in doubt about that and no one is disputing it. It is not that farmers or the agricultural community are against that. I would like to hear the witnesses' views on the alignment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implications of Climate Action Plan for Agricultural Sector: Teagasc (14 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Professor Boyle and wish him well. He has been with Teagasc for some time but I read the other day on Agriland that he will depart in September. I take this opportunity, in case I do not see him again, to wish him well and thank him for all his work at Teagasc. I also welcome Dr. O'Mara. I want to stick to one issue because I know there will be a multitude of questions. I thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implications of Climate Action Plan for Agricultural Sector: Teagasc (14 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Does Teagasc have a timescale regarding when it intends to complete some substantial piece of work, for example, a scientific paper or some concrete statistics on it?

Seanad: Water Quality: Motion (19 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his time. I also thank the proposers for the motion. What is interesting about the motion is that it is a carbon copy of what is in the programme for Government. I keep the programme for Government on my desk, look at it every day and tick off its contents to see how they are being achieved. It is early days yet, not even a year since the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. He will be aware of the detail of the matter I am raising. I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting it for inclusion on this morning's agenda. This matter relates to the difficult and serious issue of pyrite and mica, although I will concentrate on pyrite. I acknowledge the enormous amount of work Councillor Mark Duffy from Ballina, County Mayo, has done on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I recognise that the pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of last resort and that the Minister for Finance cannot interfere with the banks in the context of either their commercial viability or independence. However, that is very hard to swallow when one's house is in bits and falling down. It is very difficult to accept that citizens paid the price to support these banks - it made sense...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: We have a slight change of plan. I have spoken to the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, who can be back in the House in three or four minutes. In the meantime, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, has agreed to take the final Commencement matter now if that is agreeable to the House? Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his co-operation with the changed slot.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for facilitating the changeover of time slots at the end of the Commencement matter debates.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Deputy Leader for setting out the Order of Business. I want to welcome back Senators Byrne and Senator Horkan. A week is a long time in politics. We had a very interesting election but democracy won out. That is the great thing about the elections we all compete in. Senators Byrne and Horkan are both very experienced and our group of Independent Senators on this side of the...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following paragraphs after "and calls on the Government to:": - introduce a Government financial support package within three months to secure the Post Office Network, in line with recommendations of the 2020 Grant Thornton Report, and finalise an action plan within that timeframe; - establish a working group to identify the potential for local post...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.