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Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Grand.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I support this proposal. Crataegus is commonly known as the May bush and there are several varieties and subspecies. This addition makes sense. From one perspective, we are talking about not being prescriptive and about rich biodiversity. We do not want to be drilling down and over-micromanaging the whole process, but it makes abundant sense to include these two species and I am somewhat...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I do not know where the Minister of State is getting his advice. I have a crataegus in my garden that is 40 ft high. That is a tree and not a shrub. They are all over the place. The Minister of State will know them from all over his part of the country. These hawthorns are our trees. They are listed in The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs. These are not shrubs. I do not know what...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: My point concerns the percentage referred to for Scots pine. I am not going to rehash the amendment, but I would be interested in the Minister of State putting on the record his view, or that of the departmental officials, in respect of that percentage not being reduced. I had suggested we reduce it. This is just a commentary now, but I made that suggestion because of what we know about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Mr. O’Leary, Mr. Jordan and their teams. I do not say this lightly but we are very fortunate to have them. Their expertise and focus are clear. I thank them for submitting their opening statements, which were most helpful. I acknowledge their technical and other expertise. They do not set the policy and perhaps that is just as well. There is a differentiation to be made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It would be great to have both.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (22 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It would be great to have both sets of data in a spreadsheet. We could get a sense or a feel about it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (10 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you, a Leas-Chathaoirligh, for selecting this Commencement matter. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I do not know how much he knows about the eastern bypass but I will take him through some of it and my understanding of it. The Dublin eastern bypass, or the Dublin Bay motorway, as it was called, was a proposal originally considered and drafted in 1971. That is a hell of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Network (10 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. The key point in his reply is that the review found that "the need for the scheme, as originally intended, was no longer justified". In addition, the strategic assessment report concluded that the eastern bypass had limited benefits for the M50. Those two factors were the reasons the scheme was originally proposed. I agree with the Minister of State on those...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: No.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: No. It is Senator Hackett's turn.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I join with others in thanking my colleague and friend, Senator Keogan, for organising the coffee morning. It was fantastic. It was great to see such diversity, different backgrounds and different traditions, all together. It is important to acknowledge that. I ask the Leader for a debate at some point on the Children's Rights Alliance Report Card 2022. I want to dwell on the positives...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank our guests for attending. I do not think four doctors have ever appeared together before an Oireachtas agriculture committee. That does not mean we are daunted by them; we are an incorrigible bunch. There has been much bad publicity about this issue in the past. There is no Green Party member of the committee in attendance at the moment, although perhaps he is attending remotely....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I want to also ask about herbicide intolerance under this technology, which is a frightening thought for some. In many ways, I can see the benefits of controlling herbicides and it is clearly better than spraying all the bits and pieces. Will Dr. Doyle Prestwich explain that technology because there are people listening in here and those who will be looking at “Oireachtas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is not to confuse matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I accept that but there is confusion. They are conflated and people say that, so there is a lot of explaining to do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: CRISPR-Cas9 Gene Editing: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses. That is very helpful.