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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator. Just before I call the Minister, I have been to Limerick and have seen it and I look at Covent Garden in London and see the potential, so I thank him for this very detailed response.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for that comprehensive response and thank the Senator for raising the issue.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wind Energy Generation (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the pupils and teachers in the Visitors Gallery to the Seanad. I do not know what school they are from. We are now dealing with Commencement matters, which are matters raised very briefly by Senators in the House. A relevant Minister comes in to respond and the sessions are very tight. The guests are very welcome and I hope they enjoy their day. I hope we inspire one or two of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, back to the Chamber.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials. I can recognise some of the logic in what Senator Higgins is saying but she might have made a proposal within her own argument. The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage is, and has always been, for as long as I have been around, a very active and progressive committee, and perhaps, as she suggested, it is something the...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, I am taking it because he is not here.

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials to the House. I acknowledge, as previous speakers have done, that there was great collaborative work on the Bill by the joint committee. I thank all those who were actively involved and participated in it. I welcome this Bill on the whole. I look forward to the debate, because there are a number of issues to tease out. I will not repeat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Universal Design In Building: Discussion (21 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome all the witnesses. It is great to see Mr. Dolan back in the Houses. I fully support universal design. I was a director of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind for many years. One thing that struck me was that there are a number of issues in terms of disabilities and there are many forms of disability. There was always an issue with colleagues having wheelchair users coming to see...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am very happy to second the Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022 in my name and those of Senators Norris, McDowell, Craughwell, Keogan, Mullen and Clonan.We do so because we think this is really important legislation. I thank the Cathaoirleach for the role he played as chairman of the portraits and arts committee here in respect of the hanging, dare I say it, of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We could have done with them last night.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. We have had a good and positive debate. It is a start. It is a conversation. One of the things I like about our engagement here today is that everyone across the House got involved. I thank the Members who came to the House today to participate and gave up their time for this important legislation. I thank the Minister of State for his understanding. I...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Development (15 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State again. It seems to be that he is always here answering and responding to me but I am delighted he is here. I understand that the Minister cannot be here and I wish him well. This Commencement matter relates to nodes and in preparation for this commentary on nodes I decided to look at a number of county development plans this morning. Strange as it might seem...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Development (15 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his response, which was grand, but I asked for the details of the funds. The final paragraph of the reply, which was prepared on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, states " I am satisfied ... through a range of schemes, there are potential sources of funding”. That is not an answer to my question. He is satisfied but I need to be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Development (15 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to conclude with a few remarks. I thank the Minister and acknowledge that since he became Minister he engaged extensively with the people whose births were illegally registered. That is important and should be acknowledged. In early May, he offered in this House a very sincere apology on behalf of the Government, which I wish to acknowledge. I said then that it was not for me to...

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House and it is always great to see her here. I thank Fine Gael for this Private Members' time because it gives us an opportunity to talk about the inflationary crisis that this country faces. The Minister has said that we cannot have people coming into the Oireachtas day in, day out asking for stuff and we need to be strategic. I fully agree with her on that....

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: We all know about the squeezed middle and that term is overused. We all accept that there are issues that concern the large proportion of income tax. As the Minister and I know, and I do not wish to give her or the Members of this House a history lesson, that the cost of renting a home is too high and it is nigh impossible for most people to purchase a home. Pension and social welfare...