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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: That is okay. The Senator is entitled to his comment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I will come back to the Minister of State. I take on board his point that translation is not a matter for the Department, but that it is a matter for the Oireachtas. However, I have had raised this with numerous Ministers. I have raised this under Commencement matters, which is nothing to do with this debate and which I will send to the Minister of State tomorrow, and I have been told...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: What amendment is that?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (10 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials, who are well known to us at this stage following the previous planning Bill. It is worth putting in context for those tuning in that we are dealing with the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025. We are now amending a 2024 Bill that still has not been translated into Irish. There have been queries to the legal services because if...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I have three items I want to discuss. First is in respect of the Minister for Education and Youth, Deputy McEntee’s announcement on the commission yesterday. The second item is the new planning guidelines as espoused by the Government, and the third item is the new security allowances and the related circular to be issued today by the Department of housing and local government. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farmer Mental Health and Well-being: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the IFA and Teagasc, and thank Ms Doyle particularly. I read the IFA's submission in detail although Ms Doyle did not have an opportunity to go through it in full. I congratulate Teagasc on the Sowing the Seeds of Support document. It is fantastic. There is clearly an overlap between the submissions of the two groups. We talk about farmers under stress. We did not need the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farmer Mental Health and Well-being: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I will follow up on what Ms Roche said about the IFA. If she does not have time here, she might furnish the committee with the information. She raised the issue of health checks and funding going up from €210,000 to €250,000, she might correct me if I am wrong, for this year. Ms Roche stated there were 23 red flags. She might send those on to us, as those are very important....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Farmer Mental Health and Well-being: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The qualitative research.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State is welcome back to the House. He is no stranger to housing and the Department of housing and local government. My Commencement matter relates to Ardrew in Athy, County Kildare. I am also going to mention a number of other projects related to County Kildare. The Minister of State may or may not be aware that the construction of over 70 social housing units in a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: That reply is exceptionally disappointing and simply not good enough. The Minister of State is not in a position to tell me when the Ardrew housing scheme in Athy, County Kildare, will be advanced. It really is appalling. The housing scheme has planning permission, yet the project has sat on his table in his Department. As Kildare County Council has confirmed, the Department has been...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: When?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the Leader to ascertain from the Government, or from the Minister or the Ministers of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, when we will have a new housing plan. We were promised when the Government came to power that we would either have a new housing plan to replace the existing one or a simple update of the current Housing for All plan. It is important....

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House for statements on the national drugs strategy. The Minister of State will have ten minutes to speak. Group spokespersons will have ten minutes, all other Senators will have four minutes, and the Minister of State will be called on to reply to the debate no later than 7.22 p.m. Statements will have to conclude by 7.30 p.m., in line with the Order...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for the overview of the strategy. The next Senators to speak are Senators Costello and Fitzpatrick and they are sharing time. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all of the Senators who contributed to the debate. I invite the Minister of State to respond.

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to talk to us about the national drugs strategy. When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Statements (8 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Service (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: As a vote has been called in Dáil Éireann, I ask Senator Duffy to propose we suspend for the duration.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Service (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: It is agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Supply (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you, Minister of State, for your time. We appreciate your coming to the House. We always value Ministers coming in.