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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Tax (10 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: There are 6,000 properties in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area that are outside the net. At an average local property tax of €675 in the area - it is lower than the real average but we can use it as the figure - this equates to €4 million gone that the local authority could do with. I will read an extract from a letter in The Irish Timesthe other day from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I would be happy to move.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses from the Department and An Bord Pleanála for coming before the committee. I am glad this is coming to an end, to be frank. It did not help when local councillors, planners, citizens and community groups felt alienated by the process. I took the time yesterday to look at the review. I made my own submission to the review and the reoccurring theme I mentioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: It is directed at both but particularly at An Bord Pleanála.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Strategic Housing Developments: Discussion (10 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I personally thank Killian Woods, who I failed to acknowledge earlier. He made an excellent submission and we should send it on to the Department and An Bord Pleanála because I think they would be interested in what he has to say. He supports it with a lot of documentation so I commend him on that. I have a question for Mr. Sheridan. The orderly wind-down is now...

Seanad: Data Protection Regulations: Motion (6 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for setting out the matter simply. We can get caught up in the technicalities of issues. It is great that the Legislature showed foresight in requiring this to come back to both Houses. That is good in a democracy. The Minister of State had a prepared script that he did not read into the record. I just want to make a few brief...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (6 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the House. This has been a good debate on these matters but the reality is that the Minister is asking us to agree a proposal to extend these measures to 9 June 2021. I want to say at the outset that I fully support the members of An Garda Síochána in their challenging work in policing our communities but I also support the...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid - Matters on the Business of the Seanad (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome this initiative. It is positive that we are using our time in the Seanad to at least highlight matters. I thank the Leader and the Cathaoirleach for arranging it. I want to raise the issue of local government finance. We are aware that our city and county councils are struggling financially. I especially wish to mention local property tax, LPT. Will the Leader extend an...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: As no other Senators are offering, I call the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to respond to the debate.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: Do not start.

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and I thank Senators O'Reilly, Garvey and Martin for proposing this motion. I would not have expected anything less from those Senators. They have a great slogan and I have a lot of time for green politics, and for the Green Party for that matter. The slogan is "Vote Green, get Green". I think that is an important maxim, not one of which we should lose...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the teams from SWAN and the EPA. We have looked at their presentations and our own documentation. I want to keep my focus on two or three questions and then give my time to the witnesses because I want to hear answers instead of spending my time talking. I wish to speak with the witnesses about two matters. In terms of registration, we are told that the licensing thresholds...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: In terms of SWAN and its strong argument that abstractions of 10 cu. m should be required to register and that all abstractions in excess of 20 cu. m would be subject to licensing, maybe the SWAN representatives might take us through all of that, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. McAuley for his paper. I am familiar with IBEC in many forms, particularly in this area. I thank him for the professional way in which IBEC conducts its business and communicates with Oireachtas Members. It is very concise in all its documentation that I have received and that is helpful in getting to grips with the issues and the tasks. IBEC is in the business of promoting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Referendum on Right to Housing: Discussion (3 Nov 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome all the representatives from the Home for Good Alliance. It is a very positive movement and I am very familiar with it. I do not need to be convinced because this is critically important. I thank the representatives for their papers and the documents they have submitted, which we have all had an opportunity to read. I want to share some of my observations and comments on this....

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I will not be using my five minutes as I am conscious that we are under a great deal of time pressure today. I am also conscious of other Members who have substantial issues they wish to bring to the debate. While I am here, I will not miss the opportunity to welcome the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Green Party, here. It is the first time that...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to thank the Minister for coming to the House; he is always welcome here. I recognise that we have a job to do and he has a job to do. I also want to acknowledge the frankness and honesty of the Minister both in his radio interview on RTÉ's "Morning Ireland" this morning, which was refreshing. It was simply honest, and it may have made the Minister appear vulnerable. I think...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services Provision (22 Oct 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, to the Seanad. I am raising the issue of St. John of God Community Services in response to a letter I received from Councillor Paddy McQuillan in Louth County Council. He is involved with the service and is a local representative. He circulated to me a letter he received from the chief executive, as did all of the staff and their...