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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: The Minister might share it with the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: The Minister is saying a planning application for the Dundrum site will be lodged at the beginning of next year.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: That is very progressive and impressive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I would like to ask the Minister about the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (6 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: Okay.
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I also welcome the Minister, Deputy Ross, to the House. I appreciate he is taking time out of his busy schedule. One thing I can say about the Minister is he comes to the Seanad and engages with Senators and I acknowledge this. I know Members appreciate when a Minister comes to the House and the Minister, Deputy Ross, does so when at all possible. I acknowledge this and thank him for it....
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Driver Test Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his report. It is factually correct. I accept that but it does not address today's reality. We have 55,000 people waiting to be tested. When are we going to tackle this issue and reduce these numbers? As I stated, in Churchtown, part of the Minister's own area, there are 1,466 applicants scheduled for an appointment as of today at 1 p.m. I can only ask that the...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I will briefly touch on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. It is very unfortunate that last week at our whips and leaders meeting we were told categorically by the Leader that the Bill would not be on the schedule this week. I accept the agenda can change. We have to plan for this and if those meetings are to amount to anything, we must have some assurances. The Leader...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I am sorry but I will not repeat myself.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I said I will address those other issues later.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I have never had the problem of people not hearing me in my life.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I will not eat into the time I have now but I will share more of that later when we discuss the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. At leaders and whips in that meeting, we had the understanding there would be no Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 business this week.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I cannot keep repeating myself if the Leader cannot hear me.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I understood from speaking with the Leader that the Bill would not be on the schedule of business this week.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I will not have my time eaten into. I am speaking through the Chair.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: I will touch on the Rebuilding Ireland loan scheme. People woke up this morning to hear on RTÉ's "Morning Ireland" the devastating news that funding had run out for the scheme, which is really disappointing. We should ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to come in and explain this. The reality is that the people involved with this finance scheme earn slightly...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: No, that is the Leader.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: We accept the Order of Business.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Victor Boyhan: We decide the Order of Business, not the Leader.