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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and her officials to the House. I do not envisage this Bill taking as long as the previous Bill on the matter. The Minister has ten minutes to make her introduction.

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, for coming to the House. I am conscious he is a rural Deputy as well as a Minister of State. He represents Longford and Westmeath where there are many farmers. I will spend most of my time speaking about engagement with the Irish Farmers Association, IFA. There was very little talk, if any, about the farming community in the Minister of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Registration (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Peter Burke. He is here every day. I call Senator Garvey on the first Commencement matter.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Registration (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator. The Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has four minutes to reply.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Safety (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I extend a warm welcome to the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Calleary. It is great to see him in the House and I congratulate him on his appointment. I know I join with all colleagues across this House in wishing him well in the future. I thank him for coming to the House to take this Commencement matter in the name of Senator Ahearn...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Safety (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I call on the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, who has four minutes to respond.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is worth pointing out, in the interest of being impartial, that the Minister of State has come to the table here in good faith. He is well able to speak for himself, but we do not tend to suggest in the Chamber that people are telling lies-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is fair enough but-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The Senator has made her point and we accept it-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate that, but I am conscious it is important to protect all sides in the House and the Minister of State has come to the House in good faith.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response to Senator Gallagher's Commencement matter. The Senator has one minute.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for comprehensively covering that issue.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Last week, I raised the issue of devolving or transferring more powers from central government to local government. That is a theme I want to revisit today. The Dublin Citizens’ Assembly voted overwhelmingly in its recommendation - and it is a recommendation - that all four Dublin authorities, namely, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is there time for me to ask a question? I know I am a bit late so I will-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I would like to ask just one question. I am sorry. I was in the Seanad so I could not get here earlier. I direct this question to the HSE. I sit on not only the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage but also the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. There is a double connection in all this. It is the simple question about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Dr. Minihan for that, but that is alarming. Bells should be ringing. We now have pesticides in our water systems. I look forward to that report, and I think we as a committee look forward to it. I thank Dr. Minihan for the indication that it is coming this week. This is alarming, however. We talk to oncologists and researchers about this. In our country, our food chain and our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It sounds alarming. A water supply is constant, and it is the cumulative effect of the contamination of that water that is causing this build-up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Irish Water representatives. We are dealing with the matters of fresh water and wastewater; both are pertinent to the question I will pursue. I sit on this committee and, as I said, on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The HSE confirmed to us this afternoon the presence of toxins, particularly pesticides, in our water stream. This has been...