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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I take this opportunity to wish all the Ministers and Ministers of State every success and congratulations on their appointment. Their roles are challenging, there were major difficulties of which we all know, and there is the added difficulty of having a coalition Government. A grand coalition, as this one is, poses challenges to us as the people in opposition. We are now more in demand...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I want to use this opportunity to thank and acknowledge a few people. I congratulate the Cathaoirleach. I first met him during his first election campaign in Dún Laoghaire. I was a councillor there from 1999 onwards. I met the Cathaoirleach during every election campaign and I was always taken by his energy, enthusiasm and belief in something bigger and greater for the island of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas for facilitating this meeting. This morning, I read with some disappointment something by a journalist in The Irish Timeswho is not here, I thought she might have been, which referred to the "last hurrah of the Twenty-fifth Seanad and a rubber-stamping of new laws". It is not the last hurrah. That same journalist spoke...

Seanad: An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála eile ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (20 Mar 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I am sharing time with Senator McDowell. I welcome the Tánaiste and thank him for his comprehensive statement. More importantly, I acknowledge the sterling work he, the Taoiseach and the acting Ministers have done. It has been impressive. As I said earlier, this is not a time for playing politics. It is about politics, of course, but it has been an impressive performance. People on...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Victor Boyhan: It is a day of new beginnings, departures and farewells. Some people will be packing up by choice while others may be packing up but hoping to come back. Whatever road they take, I want to wish them well and every success. I want to thank you, a Chathaoirligh, for your work over the last few years and the way you have conducted this Seanad. It is exemplary and shows your parliamentary...

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)

Victor Boyhan: Too kind.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: And the Taoiseach.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: That is the mating season.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I offered my thanks to the staff and everybody else yesterday but the Leader was not present. I wish to take this opportunity to thank him. It is not easy to be the Leader of the House, try to reach consensus and keep everything moving. In particular, I thank Ms Orla Murray and the other support staff in his office. It is not an easy job. Senators always get on with each other. In spite...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: D4.

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials. It was very helpful that they went to the trouble of giving a comprehensive and detailed briefing to assist us to understand the Bill and gave us an opportunity to seek clarification in the run-up to today. It is a highly technical and complex Bill. We are in the hands of professional advisers in the Department of Finance and others. I...

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Second Stage (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We would also welcome that clarification.

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I did not hear the Minister of State. He might just give some clarification on those two questions, including a decision of the Seanad going back to the Dáil.

Seanad: Migration of Participating Securities Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: That is fine.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Carers' Strategy Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I did expect the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to attend but I know she is busy and there is a Cabinet meeting. One of the reasons I want to single her out is that I want to acknowledge her. I know that she is not here but I want to put on the public record her outstanding service and her Department. I can honestly tell...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Carers' Strategy Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister and it would be remiss of me not to thank the Minister of State as well. He constantly comes before this House to address the issue. It is not easy to be here all the time, but if we were to carry out an assessment, perhaps he would be the Minister in here most often. I thank him and wish him well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: As Senator Daly was lifting up that green book, I was wondering whether this is why we need a printer in Leinster House or whether it is worn out from that. I acknowledge the work of the Senator in respect of his report. He has been consistent and committed in his work. I congratulate the Chairman, Senator Richmond, and all members of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It is easy for people outside this House to take cheap shots at the body politic but it is a tough, hard and demanding job that requires full focus and attention. I was reminded by something I read last night and I want to say this and finish. It is a little quote from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, "Reflect upon your present blessings - of which every[one] ... has many - not on your...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I do not want to get the Leas-Chathaoirleach too emotional.