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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban and Rural Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: To tag along with what Ms Graham just said, she put her finger on a nail there, in that it is not necessarily about the skill sets but it is about the enthusiasm. I can think of someone in my own area with great ideas. Sometimes we are top-heavy in local government. Our chief executives are dominant characters by their very nature in how they have come up to that position, as most of them...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Could you please speak up, Acting Chairperson?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I agree with the Leader. We had a long protracted debate, and the Minister was not here. I know he is a reasonable and fair person. I thank him for the Grant Thornton report that eventually came. To give the Minister an idea of what went on, it was nearly impossible to get this report. The farmers could not even get it. We got it. We are discussing primary legislation. We are the...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It was helpful to listen to the consistency of message and approach throughout the House. I acknowledge the Minister is in a coalition government with the Green Party and Fine Gael. I acknowledge the Green Party has set out to close down the mink farming industry.That is the price to be paid for going into a coalition government. One party does not get everything the way it wants it and...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will exercise my three minutes.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House, and I really do appreciate his very genuine offer of engagement with the farmers. It is important. I also concur with the comments of the Leader of the House, Senator Doherty. Senator Doherty has previously spoken about leverage. I do not like using that word in politics, and especially in a constructive Chamber such as this. We do, however,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I take it that the Senator is sharing time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Office of Public Works Projects (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy O’Donovan, and thank him for coming to the House to respond to this matter, which is related to substantial works being done by the Office of Public Works, OPW, at the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, Having had the privilege of getting an agricultural scholarship to study horticulture at the National Botanic Gardens, I know the place...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Office of Public Works Projects (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is fantastic news. I will go from here to spread the Minister of State's good news to all the horticultural magazines and publications in the country. It is a wonderful organisation and something of which we can be extremely proud. I am delighted to see that this phased programme is continuing and that money is in place. Clearly, tenders and planning issues must be addressed. I also...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am happy to support the Order of Business. Today, I do not want to ask anything of the Deputy Leader; I just want to share some thoughts. Earlier at 10 a.m., people of different traditions and faiths gathered in the heart of Leinster House to join in communion in the celebration of a Catholic mass. It also happens to be Ash Wednesday today. It was a great honour and a privilege to be...

Seanad: Housing Policy: Motion (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Senators Ruane, Flynn, Black and Higgins for using their Private Members' time to highlight, yet again, the housing issues of concern to us all. I acknowledge that they have continuously done so over the past year and a half to two years. I welcome their guests, who are here to listen, engage and see what we are talking about and doing. I also recognise the work of the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: One of the things about going last or waiting so long is that most of the questions have been asked. It gives me the opportunity not to repeat the questions already posed but to have a conversation with the witnesses. I want to start by welcoming the IFA. I was in the mart in Kilcullen last Tuesday and, over a cup of coffee, a number of people asked what the IFA was doing for them. We are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I acknowledge that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: A frank discussion. Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Cullinan is giving us guidance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Bring it on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will reply to one or two points. The IFA has my support unequivocally. We have an agricultural panel in this Seanad, which always reminds me of how engaged our agricultural bodies are with that panel. It always strikes me. I acknowledge the enormous work of the agriculture members on the panel who are present, including Senators Tim Lombard, Paul Daly and others, who work exceptionally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Good. I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges in the Pig, Poultry and Horticulture Sectors: Irish Farmers Association (2 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The pen is mightier than the sword. The IFA has significant editorial margins in publications, which could be helpful. Ms Brennan might talk about the seriousness of the peat issue.