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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I want to focus on amendment No. 38. The reality speaks for itself. It is in black and white and in English. The amendment has been circulated. There is no difficulty. If people believe what is suggested and the amount in question to be a cap, we can include a provision in the legislation. Let us have clarity regarding the legislation. Amendment No. 38 deals with several issues and I...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 38: In page 12, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(9) Regulations undersubsection (7)will have regard to: (a) ensuring that the proportion of the applicant’s net income represented by housing costs not exceed 35 per cent of the total, and; (b) ensuring that the applicant’s income falls within the bottom 40 per cent of national...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I will also speak to amendment No. 43. The Senator is right. As she has said, if this amendment is successful it would give the housing authority greater autonomy and that is important. We talk about giving greater autonomy to local government in these Houses. This amendment would give housing authorities greater autonomy from the Minister when making the scheme of priority. That is...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I support Senator Moynihan's amendment No. 47. It proposes to cap the affordable dwelling contribution. It makes sense and is a reasonable amendment.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak to amendments Nos. 69, 70 and 71. I tabled amendment No. 71, so my focus will be on it. It is in the same spirit as my previous amendment No. 38 and aims to ensure the cost to persons availing of this housing is affordable.That is the kernel of this debate. Senators Moynihan and Higgins are the sponsors of the other amendments in this group. Obviously they have the same goal...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (4 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for setting out his view. It is a disappointing one.I know the Minister of State is a part of a line of people from the Department and Ministers. A strategy has clearly been worked out and that is reasonable and fair. I have no difficulty with that. I will repeat that I am favourably disposed towards, and supportive of, cost-rental in the truest sense....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chair. First, I want to welcome Ms Bristow and Mr. Brennan. I thank them and acknowledge the enormous work they do in Dogs Trust. It is an impressive charity. I know a certain amount about it because I know people who are involved in it. More than 1,000 dogs were rehomed in 2020. That is a phenomenal success story in itself. The two areas on which I want to concentrate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Ms Bristow might give us an idea of the cost to run its operations for the year. If that is sensitive information, I will not push it. I am pleased that all its money is coming from the voluntary sector, but is it its intention to seek State funding? It does good work but maybe it is happy enough. I would like to have an understanding, because we hear of animal welfare groups which are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank our guests for attending. I have three or four questions to ask. I acknowledge the important work that Horse Care Ireland does. As I asked the previous witnesses, Horse Care Ireland's representatives might outline its sources of revenue in terms of keeping the organisation afloat and covering its costs. They might also share with the committee any knowledge they have about culls...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: On the issue of culling, what sort of numbers are involved? Mr. Fitzpatrick said that he conducted a cull at the invitation of the local authority. In terms of the oversight and welfare issues around the culling, what actually happened? Did all those horses go to registered knackers' yards for culling? Was the culling overseen by veterinary and animal welfare people? Mr. Fitzpatrick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: What were the numbers involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I asked about the organisation's experience with the horses that we have in urban areas, and the difficulties and problems surrounding that. Does Horse Care Ireland have any engagement in that regard or do its representatives wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: How successful was that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Are there are figures available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Sale and Supply of Pets and Animal Welfare: Discussion (1 Jun 2021)

Victor Boyhan: From that experience, what would Horse Care Ireland recommend? What would it like to see happen?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Traffic Offences (31 May 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his initiative in relation to the National Day of Sweden. I know he has been marking these occasions in recent months. It is a nice gesture to recognise significant national days, particular those of other countries in Europe. I think his initiative will go down well with them. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Josepha Madigan, to the House. In raising...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Traffic Offences (31 May 2021)

Victor Boyhan: While I recognise that the words in the reply are not those of the Minister of State and that she is responding on behalf of the Minister for Transport, the response is very disappointing. The Minister for Transport is telling us that while it is very nice of me to raise this very important matter, he is not prepared to change the status quo. What does his stance say to disabled groups, the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ambulance Service (31 May 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Sean Fleming, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Quality (31 May 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. That concludes Commencement matters for today. The House will suspend until 12 noon. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Deputy Leader for setting out the Order of Business. I am happy to accept it. To touch on the theme to which Senator Gallagher referred in the context of TidyTowns and tidy districts, I make an appeal for all of us, with our political connections, regarding the winding down of restrictions and the reopening of society. I acknowledge the importance of opening businesses, doing...