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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.

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...