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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Leader for including on the Order Paper a motion I submitted on the by-election process. I can move the motion at this juncture if that is in order, as it is to be taken without debate. Is that in order?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will do so at that point. As the motion is to be taken without debate, I had better speak on it now. I take this opportunity to point out that the idea behind this proposal to is to get the by-election process in place. The issue of who the candidate will be is not a matter for me or for the Seanad. It is a matter for others, the political parties and the Independents, to decide who...

Seanad: Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion (25 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move:That the Clerk of Seanad Éireann send to the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government notice of a vacancy in the membership of Seanad Éireann occasioned by the election to the European Parliament of Senator Grace O’Sullivan, a member elected from the Oireachtas Sub-Panel of the Agricultural Panel at the General Election for Seanad Éireann, April, 2016.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister, the Secretary General and their team, and thank them for appearing before the committee. I place on record my appreciation and thanks to the Minister's team in the Custom House. I have found them to be exceptionally helpful and supportive whenever I have requested information on Rebuilding Ireland. Much of our work can be done in that way, which works well for me....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I note that the Minister says he is currently gathering up the social outputs for local authorities for quarter 2, and that they are on their way. I would like to hear about that at some point. The report states that of €2.4 billion available for 2019, €1.224 billion had been spent by the time of publication. That is a considerable amount of money but we are now into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have seven questions. We might look again at An Bord Pleanála and e-planning. They are way down the list. The Minister might touch on what is happening at the Central Mental Hospital site in Dundrum. I want to flag a major problem with Cherrywood strategic development zone. There is a shortfall of approximately €60 million and there is a dispute between the stakeholders....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister might update us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, next week.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise the issue of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. Members will know that this Act was introduced to provide a new streamlined arrangement for fast-tracking housing that is of a strategic nature, includes more than 100 units or is student accommodation. When that legislation was passed by both Houses, the Minister rightly gave a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will not dwell on the issue, but perhaps the Leader will indicate the approximate time at which the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill will be debated today. Committee Stage is due to conclude today. It has been a long journey of many hours. I thank my colleagues who signed many of the amendments, and Senator Norris, for their contributions and time. Despite all the allegations,...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The purpose of this amendment is to ensure that, as the process of appointing for different judicial offices - in the District Court, the Circuit Court, the High Court, etc. - may differ, the committee charged with advising the commission how the appointment process should run can be empowered to make this so. We will withdraw the amendment but we reserve the right to reintroduce it on...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The purpose of this amendment is to allow the procedures committee the freedom to determine what constitutes merit and ensure that appointments to the Judiciary are based on merit and not on other criteria. I will withdraw the amendment but I will reserve the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We are making progress.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We will withdraw the amendment.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 104:In page 36, line 7, after “Commission” to insert “, subject to subsection (4),”. This amendment mirrors a Scottish Act.It ensures that the lay members are not assessing that part of the formal statement which will govern how to consider an applicant on criteria they have no qualifications, experience or capacity to assess. I am...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 105:In page 36, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:“(4) Lay members of the Commission shall not take part in the modification referred to in subsection (1)(b) insofar as it concerns—(a) a statement made under section 53(1)(b), (b) part of a statement made under section 53(1)(a) which concerns—(i) knowledge of the law, (ii) skills and...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: This amendment would remove the procedures committee as established under the Bill from having the responsibility for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the Bill and instead vest that responsibility in the full commission. There is no reason that a subcommittee of the commission should have the exclusive power to monitor and review how the legislation is operating. It should be...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: This amendment would remove from the procedures committee the mandatory criterion that diversity among candidates for judicial appointment form part of the review of the implementation of the legislation. I am withdrawing the amendment and reserve the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: This amendment would remove the procedures committee established under the Bill from having the responsibility for commissioning research into qualification requirements for appointment to judicial office and the requirements for selection and recommendation of persons for such appointment and instead would vest that responsibility in the full commission. I am withdrawing the amendment and...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: This amendment would give the Minister, not the commission, the power to decide whether a review of the form set out in section 56(1) of the Bill should take place. Most Bills provide for the Minister to request reviews, and do not allow the bodies established under the Minister's aegis to decide that a review is warranted of their own motion. I am withdrawing the amendment but I reserve...