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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: We decide the Order of Business, not the Leader.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: The Leader should speak through the Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: On a point of order, can the Leas-Chathaoirleach exercise his role and ask the Leader to speak through the Chair?

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Under Standing Order 73(3)(b) I propose that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Senator McDowell is an eminent and experienced lawyer. He knows the constraints and the possibilities of legislation. He has been a Minister for Justice and Attorney General, among many other things. This proposal in amendment No. 91g to section 49 reads:In page 31, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following;“46. Where any three members of the Commission make a request to the...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: He indicated something but I may have read too much into it. My apologies for that. He will have an opportunity to verbalise his thoughts in a few minutes. Much has happened relating to this legislation since we were last here and we have seen a lot of reports in the media about it in the past few days, on which I will not comment. I am the leader of the Independent Group in the Seanad....

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will further elaborate, as I undertook to do with the Leader earlier. It is my understanding that a particular Government Minister has put pressure on the Minister.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will withdraw the remark. I believe in working in a spirit of co-operation and I do not believe in abusing one's position. I am glad the Minister is smiling. I can only read his body language but he seems happy with that.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: It is for this House and not any other-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: -----to decide its Order of Business. Nobody is filibustering and nobody is frustrating the progress of this legislation. The people who feel frustrated do not have to come in here. There are only four Senators in this House at this moment. Despite what people may say on Twitter or on Facebook, nobody is frustrating the legislation. I invite any Government Minister or the Leader of this...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Mar 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: National Training Fund: Statements (28 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation, to which I listened in my office. I assure him that I am not running here to say something without having heard what he had to say. I thank him for coming into the House and wish to point out that it was me who requested his attendance to discuss the national training fund, NTF, in the wake of the publication by the Government of the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this item. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This relates to the need for the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to make a statement on whether the public services card should be an acceptable form of identification in opening a bank account. I have received representations from people living in rural areas as well as...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Services Card (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I know what the Minister of State is saying but he is not telling us very much. I accept the Government is considering amendments and that the matter is complex. In essence, the Minister of State is telling me that it is a voluntary arrangement with the cardholder. However, there is no comfort there for these rural people. They have no IDs and are being forced as an unintended consequence...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to ask the Leader if we could have a debate on the housing options for our ageing population. I have just come from the AV room which was packed this morning for the launch of a Government document on housing options for our ageing population. The Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Damien English, and the Minister of State at the...

Seanad: Update on Implementation of National Forestry Programme: Statements (27 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I acknowledge the enormous work the Minister of State has done in horticulture, forestry and other areas for which he is responsible. Last week I was in the wonderful house in Avondale. When summing up, the Minister of State might touch on the plans for that. In the context of forestry, we have to think of the bigger picture and that includes biodiversity and the potential for more jobs....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Tax Review (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I will make my case pretty short and snappy. I asked that the Minister outline the position regarding the issue of the local property tax. We know there was to be a review of the local property tax last year but we are now long past that point. I have seen some circulars from the Minister of State's colleagues and party on the issue. I am conscious local elections will be held in 2019 and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Property Tax Review (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not want him to take this personally but, effectively, that is a cut and paste exercise. I asked all of this last year and this response is identical to the reply I got then. I did not even have to read it. The final line sums it up. Rather than waste the Department's paper and print and our time, the essential point is that "the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Property Tax Review (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Within the hour.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to the House to discuss the future plans for Irish Water? I have been contacted by numerous representatives of local authorities and trade unions representing 3,500 workers who fear they will be effectively conscripted into Irish Water. They have contracts and are in effect public servants and have public service...