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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise as I have to go to another meeting shortly. Witnesses may not be that familiar with the tripartite bloodstock agreement between Ireland, the UK and France but I will ask my question anyway. I am aware that it is a slightly specialised area so I will be happy to ask somebody else if it is not within the witnesses' remit. The tripartite agreement is on the movement of bloodstock....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on the Agri-food Industry: Discussion (8 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (8 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: It will come as no surprise to my colleagues that this is the element on which I wish to concentrate. I have been involved in three county development plans. I am sure most of those present have been involved in a development plan at some point. I am very unhappy with this amendment. I will focus on section 2 of the Bill which relates to section 11 of the Planning and Development Act 2000...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I am sure that many Senators heard on the RTÉ news bulletins and from other media outlets this morning about the publication of a report that was commissioned by Government, which has recommended legislative change. It recommends such change in the context of corruption, fraud and economic crime. This raises extremely serious concerns. The Hamilton review, which is the report in...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I will not speak on this matter at any great length. I have listened to the debate. I chaired the session from 12 noon to 1 p.m. so I heard Senator Casey eloquently make his case. There is no better person to do so. I am very familiar with his success in Glendalough and his commitment to enterprise. I was very interested in the comment by Senator Chambers regarding a wall around the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Deputy Leader for setting out the proposed Order of Business for today. One of the issues I want to raise relates to persons over 65 years of age. Members will have received numerous emails this week to the effect that people of 65 years of age are obliged to apply for jobseeker's allowance until they are 66 years of age and qualify for the State pension. Senators will recall...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following: “(i) shall hold public meetings (except in such grave and limited circumstances as may be prescribed by law, such as an emergency period, where the holding of such a meeting is not reasonably practicable, in which case a planning authority shall make alternative arrangements for effective and...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, who has overall responsibility for planning. This is a very important aspect of his work. I thank his senior Minister and the other Minister for State for taking various aspects of this Bill. We had a good, healthy, robust engagement on it. The Minister of State will note from the amendments before him that my signature is on the amendment along with those...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: We know that.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I respect his position. He takes his advice and puts his best case forward. I thank the contributors to the debate. It is not over, however. As the Bill was initiated in this House, it will come back from the Dáil and there will be another debate and set of engagements with the Minister of State. I thank the Oireachtas Library and Research Service....

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call on the Minister of State, I wish to take this opportunity to welcome him to the Seanad. I wish him well in what is clearly a very exciting portfolio for him. I wish him every success with it.

Seanad: Technological Universities Agenda: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Leader for setting out the Order of Business for today. I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that No. 24, motion 8, on the Order Paper be taken before No. 1. This motion relates to the vacancy on the agricultural panel and the by-election. I want to talk about the red meat industry. Those who follow the agricultural sector and food security will be very aware and...

Seanad: Vacancy In Seanad Membership: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I move: That the Clerk of Seanad Éireann do send to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage notice of a vacancy in the membership of Seanad Éireann occasioned by the resignation of Senator Michael D'Arcy, a member elected from the Oireachtas Sub-Panel of the Agricultural Panel at the General Election for Seanad Éireann, April, 2020.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: Perhaps the Leas-Chathaoirleach will give me some guidance on whether it is in order for me to move my amendment at this point.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: That is great, I am happy to do that. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to the House. This is an issue that will be of enormous interest to him. I am opposed to the Government amendment No. 2. It is not over very much, it is all about "and" and "or". I believe that we should continue to have public consultation. It should remain a statutory situation, as it currently is....

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank my colleague for his words of support and encouragement. The Minister of State’s party has a substantial number of councillors and he was a councillor for many years, and a good one at that, which I acknowledge. He will be aware of the importance of public engagement. I sat for four years on the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, as it was then known,...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: That is very disappointing. I put three county development plans through my hands and worked very hard on them. I am aware of members of the Green Party who put up advertisements and plastic signs on poles all over the community for their own major public meetings, as is their entitlement. They were very good meetings. As for this suggestion again that somehow, people would interrupt or...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: It makes sense if I come in now as the Minister of State would not have to reply again. This is Committee Stage and Members can speak at length on these matters.

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Committee Stage (30 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I asked a question earlier to which the Minister of State might give us some advice regarding the aspect concerning the executive. I made a point about which there seems to be some misunderstanding. There is no discretion for a county councillor to suggest to the chief executive how he or she conduct the development plan at the first stage. It is the executive plan.