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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: On the suite of interventions spoken of, does the CCPC have a schedule of them? The witnesses might not have it with them today, but it would be helpful to us and to our understanding. There is clearly a scale and a hierarchy or matrix of interventions in this regard. Mr. Murphy referred to the quadrant and I understand what he means by that. Regarding what is an appropriate action in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Are the interventions adequately covered in the proposed legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Turning to the dispute resolution mechanism, that is a positive move. Ultimately, this is about continuing on, people learning lessons and moving on from them. It is about having an appropriate response to an issue. Does Mr. Murphy see greater potential for dispute resolution in this area at a certain level, clearly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. I thank Mr. Murphy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome our guests and thank them for their submissions, which we have read and considered. I will go to Professor O'Cinneide first. He mentioned that he was at a conference in May and he talked about affirming the right to housing as a fundamental entitlement. I fully agree with that. I believe we should have a constitutional provision for that right, but it then raises the issue of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: If we have a constitutional provision of a right to housing, how does a citizen vindicate that right? Professor O'Cinneide might say it will be through the court. That may be a difficulty. Will he take us along the road of vindicating our constitutional right to housing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am sorry I am only concentrating on Professor O'Cinneide. There are issues he raised in his submission that interest me. There is also the issue of legitimate expectation. The Constitution is a strong document. We believe in it and that it will vindicate our rights. We have a legitimate expectation that the State will uphold those constitutional rights. I support putting this wording...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Does Professor O'Cinneide believe it has the potential to do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will wrap up by saying, without putting words in Professor O'Cinneide's mouth, that he would endorse this proposal for a referendum on the right to housing in the Constitution. Would he be in a position to say that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Listening to the last round of contributions the recurring theme is the need to build consensus. It would be presumptious to suggest that this is agreed. There are many cynics and people who will say "give me the economic argument". I could nearly name the constituencies. I could tell you ten of them where there will be difficulty getting it over the line. They would have a view that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: There will also be extreme-right-wing people who will use it for another political agenda. There will be different groupings. We know them. Many of them are on the political landscape already. They will use this potential referendum to bring about different focuses and different arguments in a politically very cynical way. We need to have our eyes wide open in that regard. People talk...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Right to Housing: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I have some comments rather than questions at this stage. I thank the witnesses for their attendance. It goes back to tapping into and supporting people who want this to be a success. However consensus building was talked about earlier. We cannot see that in isolation from the political climate in which we live. We have 10,000 people in emergency accommodation today. The criteria are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: There are three issues I wish to raise today: the Irish Thalidomide Association; scoliosis patients and the waiting lists relating thereto; and the EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022, which relates to the Order of Business. First, I want to read a letter which many of the Senators will also have received today. It states: Today is Thalidomide Memorial Day and if you can at...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That explains a lot.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I would just flag to Members before I call the next Senator, there are now approximately eight Senators who are queuing up to speak. I will call them by their order on the list: Senators Pauline O’Reilly, Gavan, Boylan, Flynn, Kyne, Ó Donnghaile, Moynihan and then myself. We have plenty of time. This is what it is about. It is about scrutinising the legislation.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We have heard it.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It was confidence and supply. That was a coalition.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am last on the list.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I am fully committed to 16-year-olds having the right to vote. In this State, 17-year-olds can have consensual sex but cannot vote. Is that not extraordinary in a republic? It is profound in many ways and disappointing. We are talking about amendments Nos. 13 to 16, inclusive, and I acknowledge the enormous work of Senators Warfield and Ruane. When I...