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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I, too, want to get through it and will be short and sweet. I have always said I did not give a damn who builds the houses. I am not hung up on the ideology of it but when we talk about affordability, we must keep costs down. I have an issue with the subsidisation when the housing co-ops, the community groups, the affordable housing bodies, AHBs, and all the others are trying to build...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I just received a text from Deputy Richard O'Donoghue who sends his apologies. He will not be here for the vote. I think everyone else is here. I hope that is a helpful intervention on my part.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: It means we are here. We do not have to ring the bells.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: It is likely that this is perhaps the most important amendment before us. In respect of affordability, whether it relates to affordable purchase or affordable rent, the public housing model or any other model, surely 30% of net income would be the maximum. I would go as far as supporting the point Deputy Ó Broin made in respect of Senator Moynihan's amendment, that the maximum should...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following paragraphs after "and calls on the Government to:": - introduce a Government financial support package within three months to secure the Post Office Network, in line with recommendations of the 2020 Grant Thornton Report, and finalise an action plan within that timeframe; - establish a working group to identify the potential for local post...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. He will be aware of the detail of the matter I am raising. I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting it for inclusion on this morning's agenda. This matter relates to the difficult and serious issue of pyrite and mica, although I will concentrate on pyrite. I acknowledge the enormous amount of work Councillor Mark Duffy from Ballina, County Mayo, has done on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I recognise that the pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of last resort and that the Minister for Finance cannot interfere with the banks in the context of either their commercial viability or independence. However, that is very hard to swallow when one's house is in bits and falling down. It is very difficult to accept that citizens paid the price to support these banks - it made sense...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: We have a slight change of plan. I have spoken to the Minister of State, Deputy Joe O'Brien, who can be back in the House in three or four minutes. In the meantime, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, has agreed to take the final Commencement matter now if that is agreeable to the House? Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his co-operation with the changed slot.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for facilitating the changeover of time slots at the end of the Commencement matter debates.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Deputy Leader for setting out the Order of Business. I want to welcome back Senators Byrne and Senator Horkan. A week is a long time in politics. We had a very interesting election but democracy won out. That is the great thing about the elections we all compete in. Senators Byrne and Horkan are both very experienced and our group of Independent Senators on this side of the...

Seanad: Water Quality: Motion (19 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his time. I also thank the proposers for the motion. What is interesting about the motion is that it is a carbon copy of what is in the programme for Government. I keep the programme for Government on my desk, look at it every day and tick off its contents to see how they are being achieved. It is early days yet, not even a year since the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Proposed Amendments to the Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions: Discussion (14 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief because I really want to hear the witnesses. It is important that we get a message out from this meeting today that the new CAP is focusing on delivering better environmental outcomes. No one is in doubt about that and no one is disputing it. It is not that farmers or the agricultural community are against that. I would like to hear the witnesses' views on the alignment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implications of Climate Action Plan for Agricultural Sector: Teagasc (14 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Professor Boyle and wish him well. He has been with Teagasc for some time but I read the other day on Agriland that he will depart in September. I take this opportunity, in case I do not see him again, to wish him well and thank him for all his work at Teagasc. I also welcome Dr. O'Mara. I want to stick to one issue because I know there will be a multitude of questions. I thank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implications of Climate Action Plan for Agricultural Sector: Teagasc (14 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: Does Teagasc have a timescale regarding when it intends to complete some substantial piece of work, for example, a scientific paper or some concrete statistics on it?