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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Education Policy (6 Mar 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter. I am very conscious of the Minister's commitment to entrepreneurship in terms of education. I see reference to education in his jobs document. I want to keep this issue active. It is very active in certain schools but in others there is not much of a focus on it and we have got to ask ourselves the reason for that. I have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Education Policy (6 Mar 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise the issue of horticulture and Bord Bia's Making a World of Difference strategy document, which is part of the programme for Government. It might be no harm at some stage to request the Minister to come into this House - I appreciate he was in the House recently - to deal specifically with the horticulture industry. It is a very important part of the agriculture sector and...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Senator Ó Clochartaigh's family to the Gallery. I have always found Senator Ó Clochartaigh to be a great colleague and friend. The first time I met him was at the famous count for the agricultural panel of Seanad Éireann. Senators Conway-Walsh, Ó Clochartaigh and myself filled the first three vacancies on the inside panel, which was unique in itself. Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise three issues. The first is the annual report of the Data Protection Commissioner for 2017. The watchdog has clearly criticised Tusla over its record-keeping. I was particularly interested in reading an article about this today not because of Tusla, but because I was conscious and mindful of the Data Protection Bill that will come before us, which is a really important piece...

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will also be short and sweet. I thank the Minister for his comprehensive background to this issue. I note the Bill passed all Stages in the Dáil on 21 February 2018. It is a short Bill, as he said, that seeks to alter the current position that had the effect of barring an external candidate aged over 55 years from applying for the position of Garda Commissioner. That raises serious...

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister set out the timeframe for that. I support the Bill and I know from speaking to my colleagues that they are very supportive of it also.

Seanad: Public Service Superannuation (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Senator could be Sergeant Buttimer.

Seanad: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister here to discuss what is a very important topic. It is one issue of all the parts of this legislation that has exercised many people. I have had an awful lot of letters, telephone calls and emails in this regard. I have also had conversations with members of parties in this House and the other House who have grave reservations about the legislation. Some of them have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach’s office for facilitating this Commencement matter today. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, to the House. I have raised the issue of the National Rehabilitation Hospital approximately 14 times in the House, yet I have only been here for about two years. I live close to the hospital and I know many of the staff who work there and have...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I again thank the Minister of State, but we have made no progress. I ask him to look at all of the written replies. We were told that seven beds had been opened, but it now appears the figure is six. I was correct. For little over a year, the Government has presided over the closure of 12 beds at a time when there is a crisis in the hospital sector. We have now been told there are only...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise three related issues in respect of children.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No, three.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is cutting into my time.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Does he want to restart the clock?

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Okay, three minutes. All of these relate to children. The chief executive of Barnardos, Mr. Fergus Finlay, spoke in some detail this morning on the launch today of its "Lost Childhood" campaign. This is an important campaign and I looked at the heads of it this morning to see what it is about. It talks about an equal start, equal access and equal opportunity for every child. That is the...

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: As amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are related and amendment No. 6 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 5, they may be discussed together.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Only on this one, but we are discussing them together.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No. As amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are being discussed together, the Senators can speak to both amendments. Senator David Norris will have the right of reply on amendment No. 5.

Seanad: Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (21 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Only amendment No. 5 has been moved. The Senator will respond to the debate on it.