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Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Amendment No. 152 forms part of Chapter 5, entitled Development Plans. It includes Part 3 of the Bill, entitled Plans, Policy and Related Matters. Amendment No. 152 seeks to delete lines 18 to 40 on page 183 of the Bill, to delete pages 184 to 186, and on page 187, to delete lines 1 to 31. This was proposed by Senator McDowell and I support it. The rationale behind the amendment is to...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I do not think the Minister of State was in the House when I referred earlier to the Green Party's planning policy document of 2023. I acknowledge the significant recommendation by his party in regard to the Planning Regulator. He is the lead man in his party on this area given his brief in the Department. The proposal is for a national planning information agency. This Green Party...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State's party needs to get it ready.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 152: In page 183, to delete lines 18 to 40, to delete pages 184 to 186, and in page 187, to delete lines 1 to 31.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 154: In page 187, to delete lines 32 to 40, to delete pages 188 to 190, and in page 191, to delete lines 1 to 26.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 156: In page 194, to delete lines 25 to 41, and in page 195, to delete lines 1 to 23.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this important Commencement matter. I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is a very simple Commencement matter to ask the Minister to put in place the provisions for the retention of GP services to ensure that the citizens would have access to an appropriate level of GP care in clinics within the communities of Lucan and Adamstown....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I will make two points. First, Lucan is a vast area and one of the fastest growing in the entire country. We are now being told it will have an additional one GP and it is only said this post has been offered, not that it has been accepted, although we take it that the person is accepting it. That means there will be 12 GMS doctors for Lucan. Clearly, this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I agree with the previous Senator on Lebanon. I have family living in Beirut. What a beautiful place it is. Our thoughts must be with the whole region and on the conflicts there. Let us be mindful of the passing of two great former councillors who served in local government: Brian Bermingham of Cork and Rainsford Hendy, who happens to be related to me. They were Fine Gael councillors....

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1. In page 27, to delete lines 5 to 12 and substitute the following:“An Act to consolidate and revise the law relating to planning and development; to provide for proper planning and sustainable development in the interests of the common good including recognition and empowerment of the constitutional role of elected members of local authorities as provided...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 30, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “ “Chief Planning Officer”, who may also be referred to as Chief City Planning Officer or Chief County Planning Officer, means the person appointed to each planning authority and for the Minister to issue guidance. This guidance shall define the role of the officer;”.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 37, to delete lines 12 to 16.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: In this group of amendments Nos. 1 to 19, inclusive, I propose to speak on amendments Nos. 1, 6 and 16, which are in my name and that of Senator McDowell. Amendment No. 1 relates to the Title section of the Bill. I raised this previously. At the outset, I will say that I want to work as efficiently as I possibly can with all of our colleagues in the House and with the Minister and his...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. In the interests of clarity, I reiterate that we are dealing with amendments Nos. 1 to 19, inclusive, as well as Nos. 22 to 25, inclusive. I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am always conscious that people may be looking in at the debate.Sometimes, we need to set out the context of what we are doing and what we are about. I will take the...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Victor Boyhan: There are a few bats here.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 144: In page 105, to deletes line 1 to 5 and substitute the following: “(6) Any assessment carried out in relation to a development plan for the purposes of complying with the requires of Article 6 (3) of Habitats Directive or the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive shall take account of the fact that the development plan may, by virtue paragraph(b) of...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 145: In page 105, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “(c) A planning authority shall be required to liaise with the Chief City or Chief County Planner whose role will be defined by regulations set by the Minister.”.