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

Victor Boyhan: I shall continue to raise my voice if I am heckled by the Senator at the back of the Chamber. We have enough party jesters in the establishment without a party jester at the back of this Chamber.

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

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

Victor Boyhan: If I continue to be heckled I will ask for-----

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

Victor Boyhan: Yes. Without interruption, may I repeat that healthcare is in crisis. Childcare is in crisis. Housing is in crisis and the Government simply cannot deliver. Education is in crisis. People cannot live on their social welfare payments, so payments need to be increased. I suggest that the tax cuts is Fine Gael re-calibrating its message in order to be politically attractive to its narrow...

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

Victor Boyhan: It is interesting that the first time we get all this heckling is because the group has been attacked.

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

Victor Boyhan: Tax cuts over welfare is essential but I do not want tax cuts over essential funding for essential services. Too many people must wait between two and four years for cancer treatments and I cite an article from one of today's national newspapers stating people have had to wait four years to be treated for a rare cancer gene but cannot afford to see a consultant. As that is the reality, we...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Programmes (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This Commencement matter relates to the LEADER programme, which the Minister of State will be very aware of. He knows of its enormous benefits. I am asking some questions and seeking clarification on the next round of LEADER funding. The local development companies under the LEADER programme were initially set up in response to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Programmes (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. His reply, while welcome, involved some uncertainty and vagueness. There were references to what will, could and may happen with the programme. I would like something a bit stronger than that. I know this does not relate directly to the Minister of State's Department but he might bring back to the officials in the Department some greater certainty. We are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is interesting that Senator Malcolm Byrne should end his commentary on local government because I want to spend my few moments today paying tribute to one of the most distinguished county councillors this country has ever seen. We learned last night of the death of the Independent Councillor Noel Collins from Cork County Council. He was a wonderful man who represented east Cork first and...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I think it is particularly apt that the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is here, given his strong credentials in relation to the environment. I too recognise what Senator Higgins has spoken about in respect of the Aarhus Convention and the right of citizens to engage on environmental issues. I am always talking about it in the House....

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I have spoken at great length over many years on these vaccine trials and it would be remiss of me not to do so today. I shared with the Seanad in recent weeks that I have done an extensive interview with the BBC covering this issue that will be broadcast. There has been some update on it in the last two weeks and I understand it will be broadcast in early July, which the BBC has confirmed...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I join with Senator Higgins in thanking the Minister. He has listened. I spoke about this issue on the Committee Stage.Much of this is about belonging. It is a sense of who they are, where they have come from and the relationship or lack of it with extended family. It is always interesting when we see programmes on television tracing family history. The interviewer might ask if the...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister's amendment. I want to touch on something Senator Higgins said. We have said this all along, and in fairness to the Minister he has also said this continuously, that we must be terribly careful about how we manage people's expectations. I heard Senator Higgins talk about information not being there. If there is nothing there, there is nothing there. We must just be...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Graham and the other officials from the Department. These engagements have been meaningful. Most of what I say will reinforce what Deputy Ó Broin said. Ms Graham spoke first on the issues of clarity and consistency, which are two keywords. This is about communication and about people understanding the various players in the planning process and the clarity and consistency...