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Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (24 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome the Minister to the House. I will not repeat what the other speakers have said but I especially welcome the Minister’s emphasis on market diversification. There are challenges in the agricultural sector and we can either look back and be very negative or look forward and see the great opportunities available. There are opportunities in any challenge, and we have got...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I raise with the Leader today the matter of the Land Development Agency established by the Government in September 2018. It falls under the remit and is the direct responsibility of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy. We need to see as soon as possible the general heads of a scheme of legislation to underpin the establishment of the agency which...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister for Health and acknowledge his simple but comprehensive and clearly laid out report. As we know, the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare concluded that we needed an independent board for the HSE and this also ties in with Sláintecare. I welcome this positive legislation. The Library and Research Service has produced a comprehensive digest, which I...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of the sinking of the RMS Leinstermailboat in Dún Laoghaire. In the past few days, in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, but particularly in the harbour town of Dún Laoghaire, there were many events to mark that tragedy. Tomorrow, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Josepha Madigan, will represent the Government at an event in Dún...

Seanad: Budget 2019: Statements (9 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael D'Arcy. I acknowledge that this is a progressive budget and that it seeks stability and the sustainability of the public finances, which is to be welcomed. Nobody needs to hear that the next general election, whether it is held in a few weeks' time or the spring, is coming our way. The issues about which people are most exercised are housing,...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Without wishing to rehash yesterday's heated saga and debate in the House with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, I note that Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has been transferred to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. This morning the staff and chief executive will have access for the first time to the full accounts and exposure. Dún...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: We are in the House.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I organised a meeting of MS Ireland in the AV room today and there was a huge attendance so I thank all the Deputies and Senators who were there. I ask everyone in the Seanad to use their contacts, within and outside political parties, to reinforce the call made by MS Ireland on the Ministers for Finance and Health for €600,000 to sustain a full 52-week respite care service. The MS...

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I came here to listen. I thought we would have statements and questions. I am not really interested in hearing what the Minister, Deputy Ross, has to say. I do not want dialogue with the Minister. It will be a monologue. He will just have to sit there and listen, or he can do what he likes. For the record, I was a county councillor from 1999. I was a director of this company for two...

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister, Deputy Ross, is here. He gave commitments to come in and talk about this harbour company but he did what he has always done. He thought he was smart. The Minister might have had his hissy fits last week. He made his demands in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to have it signed and he thinks he got his own way. He has transferred it but he will be...

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I am not interested in what the Minister has to say.

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wrote to the Minister lots of times and he did not respond, so do not-----

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister did not respond to correspondence from me that he has had for months. This is not a bolt out of the blue.

Seanad: The Transfer of Functions of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council: Statements (3 Oct 2018)

Victor Boyhan: He can write to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister, the Secretary General of the Department, Mr. David Walsh and Ms Mary Hurley. I acknowledge and congratulate Mr. David Walsh on his appointment as chairman of An Bord Pleanála. We will miss him but I hope he will not forget everything we have said to him during the past two years. I look forward to engaging with An Bord Pleanála. I would add there has been...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Harbour Authorities (27 Sep 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter for discussion on the Commencement. I am delighted to see Senator Horkan, a former member of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in the Chair. I was also a member of the council and was first elected to it in 1999.More importantly, I served two terms as a director of Dún Laoghaire...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Harbour Authorities (27 Sep 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Clearly, the Minister has let it be known that this is signed. He knows the ramifications. I do not threaten people at all. I have in sight a letter signed by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, from which I will read. The letter is dated 16 July 2018 and in it the Minister thanks me for my correspondence. I have a lot of correspondence from...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the Leader to arrange for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, to come to the Seanad to debate the national ports policy. This policy is presenting difficulties in various ports around the country and it needs further teasing out. This is ultimately a matter of responsibility for Deputy Ross. Given the pressure points that are coming on a number of harbour...

Seanad: Electoral Commission: Statements (27 Sep 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise for missing some of the Minister of State's welcome contribution. We have had some discussions on this matter previously, but it is worth pointing out that just eight people - I am open to correction - work in the franchise section in the Custom House. They effectively run every aspect of a referendum. That number may be higher or lower, so the Minister of State might clarify....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Future of Council Housing: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Dr. Hayden and Professor Norris for the very interesting work they have done and the interesting paper they presented today. Conscious of the time, I will focus on some of the things that were said here today. The witnesses referred to the regular conduct of a comprehensive condition service of local housing stock. As someone who has been involved in local government for many...