Results 3,221-3,240 of 5,013 for speaker:Victor Boyhan
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: Senator Currie should be conscious of the time as the Minister of State must come in at 3.25 p.m.
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: In terms of Standing Orders-----
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: Sorry. I have some guidance on this. I am advised that referring to Members who may not be here or may be at committees is not the done practice. Will the Senator be mindful of that?
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: Sorry but-----
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: Could Members take their seats? I am advised that Members who are not here may be on other business, be it governmental or departmental. We cannot attribute any reason they are not here. If Members would please respect that. It is not my ruling. It is what I have been advised.
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I am also advised it is not relevant.
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I have been advised - it is not my ruling - that Members may be on other business. It is a convention of the House. I am pretty new to it. Could we just bear that in mind?
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: Sorry, Members-----
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: Members should just address the subject matter. We are tight for time.
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: Yes, but the Senator must stick to the subject matter.
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senators for sticking to a tight timeframe.
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State.
- Seanad: Reopening Ireland (Department of Health): Statements (26 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I thank the House and the Leader for facilitating two sessions on this matter and it is timely, appropriate and right to have statements in this House on reopening Ireland. I am conscious in particular of the 2,000 people who have died. As the Minister of State has rightly said, they represent husbands, wives, partners, family, brothers and...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (25 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Education who is here to update us on plans for Scoil Colm, Crumlin, Dublin 12.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (25 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: That concludes-----
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (25 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: It is now 11.30 a.m. The Senator can have one minute.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2020: Second Stage (25 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is the first time we have been in this House together so I take this opportunity to congratulate him on his appointment. We soldiered together on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. The Minister has been on all sides of this debate, brief and portfolio. I wish him well and every success in it. On the...
- Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (25 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. We met yesterday evening at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine and discussed this issue at length. I will not repeat some of the issues I raised there. I have an interest in racing and am a regular attendee at Punchestown, The Curragh and Naas in County Kildare and, of course, Leopardstown which is quite close to where I live. I wish to...
- Seanad: Inquiry into the Murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion (25 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the House. I thank him for his words and do not doubt his commitment. It is important that we acknowledge, together with that of the Taoiseach, his consistency of approach and engagement with the Patrick Finucane case with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the British Prime Minister. The very fact that the Minister is here is a...
- Seanad: Inquiry into the Murder of Mr. Patrick Finucane: Motion (25 Nov 2020)
Victor Boyhan: I acknowledge that in a Minister who is extremely busy and has an awful lot of pressing things going on. I also acknowledge and commend the proposers of and signatories to the motion. When people were asked to sign up they signed up and there was no doubt about it. I commend the speakers so far. More importantly, I want to acknowledge the presence of John Finucane, MP and his brave and...