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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...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Leader for setting out the proposals for today's Order of Business. I welcome the announcement by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, that he has effectively banned the construction of new co-living developments. Co-living was a disaster that should never have happened. To be fair to the Minister, he stood on his record. He argued...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Veterinary Medicines (24 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I know he is a very busy Minister and there is pressure on his time so I appreciate him coming here to deal with this matter. The matter relates to EU Regulation 2019/6 in regard to veterinary medical products, which is to come into effect in January 2022. The antiparasitic resistance stakeholder group has sought a regulatory impact assessment in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Veterinary Medicines (24 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his response. I share all of his concerns as set out in his response. What gives me hope is the fact that he has not ruled out ongoing engagement with all of the stakeholders, which is critical.As I have said, the Minister will be aware of the issue of responsible persons and of the distribution networks of antiparasitics in rural communities. He will be conscious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: At the outset, I want to tell the Minister that I am a native of county Kildare. I very much support racing, which is really important, and I support the Minister's proposal. When one looks at a great racecourse like Leopardstown, which HRI fully owns, we would not have that wonderful world stage today if it were not in the care of a body like the HRI. I live not too far away from...