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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Deputy Enda Kenny as well. He did a good job too.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We respect that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: That is terrible.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: That is helpful. I can remember my opinion piece.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It is brilliant.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter and I welcome the Minister to the House. I will be brief and concise. This is to ask the Minister of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider changing the terms and conditions that would allow registered agricultural contractors to apply for TAMS or LESS. The background to this is that these contractors provide...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agriculture Schemes (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his detailed response and I fully understand he cannot amend the whole scheme.However, this goes back to the small farmers and small contractors and to the inter-reliance in communities where people do not have the necessary funding mechanisms to hire plant and machinery. The eligible person has to be a landowner or a farmer, so who is looking out for these guys?...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Maybe after the invitation from the Minister last night.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I am reviewing that also.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have two options.

Seanad: Transport and Sport: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. I thank him for his comprehensive overview. I want to spend my time discussing sport and the sports capital programme. Before I do so, I wish to raise the issue of transport and congestion in Dublin. I was in London last week. I had to top up my card and was told that if I travelled after 9.30 a.m., there would be a substantial reduction. I wondered why we did...

Seanad: Transport and Sport: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: As one falls.

Seanad: Transport and Sport: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister agrees with that.

Seanad: Inquiry into the Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for coming at such short notice. I appreciate how he has laid out his statement to us today. It is sensitive and there are many issues at stake. I do not doubt that anyone wants to get to the truth but to do it in an appropriate, properly structured way. I do not believe that anyone wants to stop the full story getting out there and...

Seanad: Inquiry into the Death of Shane O'Farrell: Statements (20 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: They are listening and they are here, although they cannot be here physically. I also acknowledge their enormous energy and commitment for their family, including their son who lost his life so tragically. All of us would fight for the same thing. They have engaged with me, more than I have them, and I met them outside Leinster House. That is an important space for the public and for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to second Senator Humphrey's proposal for the Minister to come to the House regarding local government finances. There is a crisis in that regard. The issues in Dublin City Council became clear last night. It has a shortfall of €80 million. Several councillors on Waterford City and County Council contacted me today regarding the cost-neutral or benefit-neutral situation in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The Leader keeps commenting and I do not know what he is saying.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I am asking the Leader, given that his colleagues are listening in and that five or ten minutes before I came in here I said I would raise it with him-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I ask him to use his influence, as I will use mine, with the Department and the Minister to deal with this. I concur with what other Senators, including Senator Horkan, said. It is time we addressed the issue of proper remuneration, fair pay and conditions and allowances for our city and county councillors.