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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?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Twitter and Facebook for allowing their representatives to appear before the committee to engage and co-operate with us because that is really important. This is perhaps one of our most important meetings because we are talking about electoral reform and the importance of election integrity, confidence and trust. This is the cornerstone of democracy, locally, regionally, nationally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: As this is the last round of questions for me, I am somewhat concerned by the responses to Senator Fitzpatrick's forensic questioning. That is for another day, however. I am going away now more uncomfortable than I was when I came in. I say that particularly regarding Facebook and its representative. I have two simple questions. Whenever we talk about a fact-checking or watchdog-type...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: What about lobbying? I address the question to both individuals.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: ^ General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the same question of Facebook.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all of the Senators who have raised the issue of the rural resettlement programme and the plan for the future of rural areas, which is all very important. Many of us represent rural communities and many Senators live in rural communities, which is even more important. It is also important that it is sustainable for people to live in rural communities. Last week was a funny week in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (26 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: This is a Commencement matter. The Senator mentioned the RTÉ documentary but we cannot go into that today. The Minister of State is here to deal specifically with the individual education plans for students with special needs. I call on the Minister of State to reply.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Citizenship Applications (26 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Garda Stations (26 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Quality in Public Procurement (Contract Preparation and Award Criteria) Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister of State to the House. We soldiered together for a few years on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council so I know of him. We have not been in the Chamber at the same time during his ministerial term, so I wish him well and congratulate him on his appointment. The Bill is an important part of his work and it is an area in which he has experience, so it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses. They have raised some important issues. Many of the questions have been asked and I am conscious of time. I will focus on one particular issue. First, I refer to heads 86, 101 and 104, which deal with the registration of electors of no fixed address, anomalous electors and pending electors. One will note in those provisions there is this issue of registration, etc....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bullying in Schools (22 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to the House. The issue I want to address today relates to the Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, the union that represents national school teachers. Many of us will be familiar with the union's magazine, InTouch, that it sends us every month and which is very informative. As a result of reading an article in that magazine, it...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bullying in Schools (22 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. Her comments were exceptionally helpful. There is a review, and I welcome that. However, it is a learning curve for everyone - children, young people, teachers and parents. It is important to acknowledge that, and that we continue to monitor it on an ongoing basis. The INTO represents over 40,000 people in the staff. It represents the national schools...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister. First, I thank him for his concise contribution. It is a measure of him. I have been following him and reading about him in the months since he took office and it is clear that he has a concise way and great clarity in what he does and says. In the short, concise, five-page document he presented to us there is a recurring theme, which I am delighted to see,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waiver of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Residential Tenancies Bill 2021 (16 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I want to set some context because this is the benefit of a public meeting. We are politicians, so let us be clear that we are setting the narrative of what has happened. We were contacted at the weekend regarding a request from the Minister, through the Business Committee, to waive the pre-legislative scrutiny, as the Chairman rightly said. We met yesterday. I thank the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waiver of Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of Residential Tenancies Bill 2021 (16 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: That is a very big mistake.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I am conscious it is coming up to St. Patrick's Day and would like to take this opportunity to thank our overseas missions and embassies that represent us, our diaspora and more importantly, our interest, throughout the world. I single out the ambassador, Dan Mulhall, based in Washington. I also refer to our ambassador to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, in...