Results 301-320 of 5,010 for speaker:Victor Boyhan
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)
Victor Boyhan: That goes without saying.
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)
Victor Boyhan: We have loads of time set aside for this Bill.
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I am precise and succinct.
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his overview of this important legislation. It is important at the outset to say we must always be mindful of the protection of the welfare of children in any care setting, regardless of where it is in the home or elsewhere. Sadly there have been too many cases of abuse of children in their homes. That is a reality we have to deal with on a very...
- Seanad: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I join others in congratulating Senator Kyne on his appointment as Deputy Leader of the Seanad. I wish him well. He is a very experienced politician and I have no doubt that he will have no problem with the job. I support the Order of Business and welcome that, at last, we are to start engaging on the Planning and Development Bill 2023. I look forward to respectful and meaningful...
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon. I acknowledge the significant work on the Planning and Development Bill. It has been a long time coming. The outline of the Bill was published and approved by the Government in December 2022. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage examined the proposed Bill extensively. I acknowledge the importance of all...
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Yes.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: It is a bit of both.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Yes.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I am very interested in what the Minister of State has to say.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Ministers of State, Deputies Dillon and Noonan. I find myself in a somewhat different set of circumstances. I am sitting to the right when I normally sit to the left and I am sitting in the back. Hence, I am standing and I am a member of this committee, yet I am presenting to it. I do not intend going back over there to ask myself questions before running back over here.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I have done it in the past. I will touch on a few issues. We talk about local government or local administration. We do not have local government; we have local administration at best. We had the local elections earlier this month and filled 949 council seats. As a reminder, Fianna Fáil won 248, Sinn Féin 102, Fine Gael 245, the Green Party 23, the Labour Party 56, the Social...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: On a lighter note, I acknowledge many positive things are happening in local government. Let us be fair. Senator Cassells made a good point on the sourcing of the streams. Maybe that is an issue. Money is coming and it is coming with great announcements by Ministers. It is a valid point and I take it on board. The recurring theme of these meetings has been empowering our city and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses for coming here today. Some weeks ago, I spoke in the Seanad about Horse Racing Ireland. I am very supportive of our amazing horse sports industry. I thank the witnesses for the parts they play in that. Sadly, we had the "RTÉ Investigates" programme. People, both urban and rural, including the farming community, were outraged by the unwarranted violence...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Is Mr. Sheahan directly involved in these investigations?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Has Mr. Sheahan stepped aside from that, given the potential element of conflict?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: That is grand. That reassurance is all I want.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I want to ask Ms Eade about HRI. She has overall responsibility but I get the impression she has limited enforcement powers. Am I right in saying that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Welfare, Treatment and Traceability of Horses: Discussion (26 Jun 2024)
Victor Boyhan: That is not whole-of-life traceability.