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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I got the gist of what Ms O'Brien is saying. I will return to two issues. One is independent oversight of the industry. It is all very well Ms O'Brien telling us all that and that it is hunky-dory and very nice, but we have to give reassurance to the public. I would like to have reassurance about the independent oversight of the industry, so it is validated independently and is not part...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: What about the independent oversight?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Are the records up to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will look at them later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the delegation for a very positive presentation. Things look good for the industry. I wish it well and continued success in the next year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am aware that the Comptroller and Auditor General audits Greyhound Racing Ireland. Indeed, I have looked at those reports. I was talking about oversight in terms of welfare.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (24 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House and agreeing to take this Commencement matter. The topic concerns solar panels on farm buildings and structures. I am conscious that the Minister of State is a rural Deputy for Wexford so he will be very familiar with the issues and challenges in respect of solar panels for agriculture. This is a wonderful time for strawberries in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Planning Issues (24 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. He has given us a bit of clarity, which is great. I understand that the public consultation is nearly due for completion. I thank the Minister of State for the confirmation that the regulations will be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas for affirmation. That will give us an opportunity. Measures like these usually come in without debate but it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I spent most of yesterday in the Scottish Parliament as part of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly, BIPA. I was over there for a day or two. What a wonderful place Edinburgh is and what a wonderful place is their Parliament. If ever the Cathaoirleach can make it to Scotland and Edinburgh, he should certainly go to the Scottish Parliament. Its design and everything about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will not ask questions. I was present earlier and I read the witnesses' excellent submissions. Congressman Richard Neal from the US was just addressing the Seanad, so we unfortunately had to be there and were somewhat locked down. My apologies. I thank the witnesses, who are critical to our work. I read the Construction Industry Federation's excellent paper, as I did the County and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Construction Costs in Housing: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will take precedence at that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Yesterday, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform launched an update of Project Ireland 2040 and the national development plan. It was really an update of the tracker with the interactive maps and profiles of the various projects across the country. I would recommend that everyone look at it. They can click on a town, local authority area or a region. It is very impressive. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I propose an amendment to the Order to Business, that No. 18, Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022 - First Stage, which is being introduced on behalf of my friend and good colleague, Senator Norris, be taken before No. 1. I understand my colleague Senator Keogan will be seconding it. Today, I ask for a debate on the 2021 annual report of the Ombudsman for Children....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: First Stage (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2021 to improve the level of protection afforded to Ireland's built heritage, to prescribe the role of architectural conservation officers, to strengthen the protection afforded by architectural conservation area designation, to increase the enforcement mechanisms...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: First Stage (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. We have a lot of work ahead of us this afternoon. I will follow on from Senator Higgins's point, especially in respect of amendments Nos. 56 and 57. In the context of all this, we have to remember there is perhaps not as much information held as we might like to think or wish for. I will share some experiences. As I said to the Minister the other day, I am one of seven...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I want to come back to the point Senator Seery Kearney made. I agree with her and she has articulated her point well. I was just touching on some examples but I agree with her that it is about managing that expectation and being responsible. In time, when this process starts to unravel, we will eventually know the institutions that kept forensic records. I could tell the Senator 20 of...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Senators Warfield, Boylan, Gavan and Ó Donnghaile for amendment No. 14. The amendment is extensive and cuts to the very core of many of the issues with this legislation. I do not know how we can justify calling it "incorrect" rather than "illegal". I will share an experience. I met a family last weekend. There were six children, all of whom were illegally adopted from thet...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will pick up on some of the comments that have been made in the debate across the House. We can have "incorrect" and we can have "illegal". I think that is a good proposition. I do not think the terms are mutually exclusive. I think that is important. We need to be careful here. We are legislators and we are dealing with this Bill, but there are many hundreds of people listening in,...