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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review and Consolidation of Planning Legislation: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (26 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...people have fought strongly and hard to protect the built and natural environment, with great success, and I acknowledge that work. I also acknowledge the work of the environmental pillar. I echo Deputy Ó Broin in that there will be litigation if people feel they are somehow being dumbed down in regard to their own right to engage as citizens in the planning process. I want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Priorities for the Greyhound Industry: Rásaíocht Con Éireann (25 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome our guests and the chief executive. I echo what some of the previous speakers said. I come to this as someone who is sceptical about the industry. I have consistently raised issues about State funding, including to the equestrian industry. I recognise that it is an industry, however. I read the submission today. It was clearly jumping off the pages that this is an organisation...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...to look at the provincial newspapers that are covering this particular issue. There is huge concern. Coastal communities around the country are stakeholders and they are concerned. I echo what Senators Dooley and Buttimer said in regard to Michael Kingston.He is a very brave man who put his money where his mouth is. He has expertise, took a case and was successful, and we must learn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban and Rural Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...Ireland 2040 sets ambitious targets and goals for making Ireland a better country for all. I like that "for all". We tended not to have the same distribution across the country. I also see echoing through the statements today local and regional ambition and, ultimately, national impact. It is going to take time but I acknowledge it and can see the work. I have been on this committee...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...'s businesses have suffered a little. It is about being just, being fair and standing in solidarity with rural communities that the Minister knows well and has served exceptionally well. With that, I echo Councillor Norma Moriarty's call for a negotiated settlement and a fair deal. That is not too much to ask for. I hope in his response he will share with us some of those ideas on...

Seanad: Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Committee Stage (14 Dec 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...electronic address) specified in the notice. There has been much talk about engagement and I know the Minister of State is committed to that. It is important that we have public participation, which has been echoed by everything he has said about heritage and planning. That is right and we, as a House, are committed to that. My amendment is very simple, obvious and practical and I...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) (No. 3) 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Dec 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...is very important. We need to see that. It may not be, but we need this information on how public duty of equality and human rights is being reflected in the application of the legislation. That echoes the concerns of the debate today. We talk about information but, somehow, we have a difficulty within the Houses of the Oireachtas supporting a simple amendment. Hopefully the Minister...

Seanad: Gender Pay Gap Information Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (5 Jul 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. I echo what Senator Pauline O'Reilly said, that this is important and an achievement. It is important to have priorities in government and it is satisfying to get things over the line. Well done to all involved. While the Minister could not accept all the amendments today, I understand that it is important that he makes his case, but I also like the...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to echo what Senator Higgins has said and I support her. She has made a good case, particularly in relation to the social and environment role of agriculture in its broadest terms. I will refer to that when I comment on the section later because there are a few things I wish to say. The development goals are very important. Many Senators are seen wearing the sustainable development...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...rents "are linked to our income". Nothing is affordable if it is not based on net income. This amendment is perhaps the strongest message that we can send out today. It is something I wish to echo and hang on to, because it is simple and clear. We need some clarity in this debate. We must reflect on what the people outside understand by the term "affordable" and what they are calling...

Seanad: Water Quality: Motion (19 Apr 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...councillors. They have also spoken of their concerns in relation to Irish Water when they face a problem. Interestingly, as part of my research, I came upon a case that was reported in The Clare Echo. It detailed that in Miltown Malbay in County Clare, which the Senator knows very well, residents went without fresh water for 72 hours in February of this year. It was reported that there...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...this for people viewing, there are major restrictions on the number of Senators in the Chamber, which is understandable, but it is an important point. I again thank everyone. Clearly, the major echoing theme today is that we believe. That is the key message. We have heard terrible stories of trauma and people terrorised and subjected to emotional, physical and sexual abuse and potential...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Victor Boyhan: ...council gave to the women and families from Tuam. I can make a copy available to anyone today via email. I hope the Leader will talk to her councillors in Galway County Council and I hope they echo her party's honourable commitments to these people in the debate today.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2020)

Victor Boyhan: ...will have sufficient time to reply fully to all the issues raised. I welcome her to her position. It is an onerous and responsible position in the House and I wish her well with it. I wish to echo the comments of Senator Higgins. What a fine Senator we have. It is great that we have diversity in Seanad Éireann and, in particular, Independent Senators of her calibre. She is...

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (25 Sep 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I echo what Senator Boylan said. The whole thing about access to information in environmental matters is critical. As we debate, I cannot stop thinking about what a disadvantage we are at by not having the information about the public consultation. We have been seeking it during the a week but we cannot get it. I do not know how much it has influenced this legislation, but I will know and...

Seanad: Illegal Drugs: Motion (13 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I echo what Senator Conway said about the Minister of State. I have always found her to be a decent person who is empathetic and supportive on this issue. She has always taken a responsible lead against sometimes stiff opposition. Not all drug users are addicts. We need to keep remembering that. In every walk of life, there is misuse of drugs and of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation Expert Review: Discussion. (13 Nov 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...have to go far from Dublin and its suburbs to see the track record of people from all political parties and none. It is all very well saying that they all need to be responsible but that must be echoed through parties' memberships and contacts. I do not want to rehearse the issues Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, of which I am a former councillor, has had. Some of those...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Beef Industry (26 Sep 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...debate in respect of Brexit and our over-concentration on the UK market, with, as already stated, over 50% of our beef being exported to that jurisdiction, we have to diversify. This point was echoed by the Minister. He also outlined his strategy in that regard. I particularly welcome that it is proposed to appoint an attaché with agriculture responsibility to our embassy in Seoul,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...day or week in a year to celebrate some sector of diversity but that we embrace and incorporate that rich diversity through our policies in these Houses and through our life and society. I echo Senator Bacik's comments on this issue. It is very important and defines who we are as a nation, and our principles as a republic. I would like a debate on this when possible which might involve...

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...McDowell said, and the Minister of State acknowledged, all budgetary policy must be framed against the background of the rising possibility of a disorderly Brexit in the autumn. That was clearly echoed in both the Minister of State's speech and his report, and I commend him on the way in which the report has been laid out by his Department. I wish to draw the Minister of State's...