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Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. I want to endorse what other people have said. I thank the Minister's officials. I have always found them to be courteous and helpful. I know something of the enormous amount of work they have put into this legislation. I sometimes think we always forget the backroom people. They are more central than we think. I want to acknowledge that...

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It takes a courageous and brave Minister to put the foot down. I love the word "pause" that has been used by Senator Kelleher and others. As Senators, we have decided today to defer this matter. I want to join others in making the point that the Minister has shown great respect to the House by coming in here and setting out her intentions. That is not something we can always say in...

Seanad: Adoption, Information and Tracing: Statements (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Tell us.

Seanad: Community Participation (Disability) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minster of State to the House, and acknowledge and thank him for the enormous amount of work he has done in, and focus he has given to, the disability sector. No one doubts his commitment. He has to operate within the constraints of scarce finances and resources but he has nevertheless been an amazing champion and advocate for this sector. We all acknowledge that, and I want...

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

Victor Boyhan: I refer to the Land Development Agency, which I have raised in the House on a number of occasions. The establishment of the agency was announced and a statutory instrument signed in September 2018. The agency is intended to manage the regeneration of land, particularly State lands, deliver affordable housing, work constructively and consolidate land banks on public lands between the private...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Mutual Recognition of Probation Judgments and Decisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. It would be helpful if copies of his statement were circulated to Members. I understand that the aim of this Bill, which was passed in the Dáil on 12 June 2019, is to facilitate persons who are under the supervision of probation services in one EU member state to return to their home member state and continue their supervision there. The...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I have not had much discussion on this Bill in recent weeks but-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: My contribution will be relevant to the section and the matters Senators have been speaking about.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: This legislation has become a farce. I will not dwell too much other than to say that I contacted the Courts Service today. There have been 45 appointments in the various categories of judges, including the Chief Justice, two in the Supreme Court, five in the Court of Appeal, 15 in the High Court, ten in the Circuit Court, and 13 in the District Court. The Minister knows that. All of...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It was relevant to things that have been said on that section.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the representatives for their presentations. I will be brief. I thank Mr. O'Neill for his very concise three-page report which is one of the shortest that has been presented to the committee. He referred to his experience of working with Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council, but he did not mention South Dublin County Council or Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Shankill is in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Does Mr. O'Neill mean Shanganagh?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: In mentioning Dundrum, is Mr. O'Neill referring to the Central Mental Hospital site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Will he elaborate on what the NDFA has done there to date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: What does the NDFA think?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witness.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Is that the site value?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We all agree that land costs are a barrier to housing affordability. No one disagrees with that and the point is worth emphasising. Is the Housing Agency still in the business of acquiring lands or properties? If so, is there an inventory of those properties? The agency was involved in the past in acquiring properties. There is always a conflict when State agencies acquire built...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and I welcome in particular the Dublin city manager, Mr. Owen Keegan, the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council county manager, Ms Philomena Poole, Mr. Brendan Kenny, and Ms Catherine Keenan. Our paths have crossed. I am familiar with them and, I am sure, they are with me. I acknowledge the enormous work of housing authorities and their personnel, which we...