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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chairman; apologies for being delayed. I welcome everyone, particularly Ms Virginia Teehan. Heritage Council representatives have appeared before us very rarely; there have been three outings. The council really is punching way above its weight and rightly so. I love the line in Ms Teehan's opening statement: "The Heritage Council remit is very broad." She is dead on. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The OPW might kick off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Will Mr. Kearney follow up briefly on INSTAR or send the committee some information? That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is appreciated.

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine: Motion (16 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to deal with this particular issue. It is her portfolio and area of responsibility. I also warmly welcome Deputy Cahill and thank him for his enormous work and leadership in the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I acknowledge that Senators Paul Daly, Lombard and O'Donovan are also members of that committee and have done an...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I will speak to the section and about my serious concerns regarding this industry. It is very important. I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. We invited representatives of the three fur farms to come before the committee. They laid their stall out and made a very good argument. I was personally a little...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for indicating that she would be agreeable to publish the Grant Thornton report. It would be helpful in our role as legislators. Ultimately, we want the best outcome for this legislation for everybody. It is contained in the programme for Government, so we are halfway there and now it is a question of the compensation package and supporting these rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise because I will have to leave to go to the Seanad. There is an important animal health and welfare and forestry Bill in the Seanad which is important and which relates to all of us here. I will ask two or three questions. I first thank all our guests for the comprehensive documentation they provided, which we have read and considered. They add a great amount of weight to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I will address the final issue Macra na Feirme raised in its opening statement, namely, categorisation and the concerns and challenges around that. The ICSA and the IFA raised that issue. I know the issue and concerns, as does Macra na Feirme. What are the witnesses proposing and suggesting?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (15 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter and welcome the Minister of State to the House. The purpose of this Commencement matter is to highlight the concerns raised by councillors in counties Cork, Monaghan, Longford, Westmeath, Tipperary, Waterford, Offaly and Galway, from whom I have received representations. I am asking the Minister for Transport to explain the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Projects (15 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response. The disappointing aspect is that these road projects were announced, there was great excitement and press releases were issued. Local politicians promoted and welcomed these projects, as did the Minister of State. He travels these roads and two of them relate directly to his constituency. Therefore, I have every confidence...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I join other Senators in thanking the Chair, the Seanad Office, all the staff of the Communications Unit, particularly Mr. Mark Mulqueen and Ms Verona Ní Bhroinn, and all others involved in organising the events of today. It was a fabulous achievement. We were asked to film a little bit afterwards and to give a sound bite, and I was particularly happy to be able to say both Ms Mary...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House and I thank him for setting out the ten sections in this Bill and the rationale behind the legislation. I recognise this comes as a Government response to the rising costs of energy. Unfortunately, some would say it is not enough, while others would say it is not specifically targeted. Indeed, I find myself wondering why I am getting a payment when I am...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It will not be a problem for him.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Yesterday we had a very interesting engagement in this House with three Galway Senators all sitting along the same bench, which was interesting in itself, as was the dynamic of the debate. The issue was about engagement. Senator Pauline O'Reilly talked about Galway and the bypass road. What provoked me to think more about it was that I saw "Oireachtas Report" last night and An Taoiseach...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2022: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (10 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister and his officials and they are welcome. It is an imaginative, creative scheme and one I support. I have two or three concerns. We are talking about commercial units, as the Minister has identified. Therefore, we are talking about, in some cases, substantial commercial rates arrears to the local authority. Some local authorities have raised the issue with me and we...

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

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

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

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Senator O'Loughlin as today's Acting Leader. I followed some of today's debate from my office. It was interesting to hear the take of three Government Senators, all from Galway, in regard to the Galway ring road. It shows there is always a tension and a dynamic at play in government, which we are beginning to see played out on the floor of the Seanad. I respect the Senators are...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Is that agreed? Agreed.