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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: One, two and three.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will try to maintain the focus. As the Minister said, the Joint Committee on Housing and Homelessness recommended 10,000 units per annum. That was a very large target and is clearly not going to be met. There are a few key issues. One is the housing summit. The Minister spoke to us last week about the importance of the housing summit. He has set targets for the chief executives but we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I asked about the comprehensive report on the Part 8 housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is also about having that as something that is ongoing. It all feeds into our work. We all have responsibilities here. We need to see how everything is progressing. It is a question of having a system in place for monitoring. It would be very helpful. It is another layer of transparency which allows us to see what is happening. The more we can put the information into some type of...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I would like to raise two issues under the Order of Business today. The first of these relates to Coillte and the forestry sector. I attended a meeting of the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association in Leitrim a few days ago, at a packed venue in the Bush Hotel. I listened to distraught farmers talking, one after the other, about the devastation of their beloved County Leitrim through...

Seanad: Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I warmly welcome my colleague and friend, the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Josepha Madigan. Having served with her on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, I know something of her enormous commitment to and passion for the arts and culture. I am delighted with her appointment and wish her every success in her role. I also wish her well with the Creative...

Seanad: Agricultural Issues: Statements (24 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and thank him for his comprehensive statement on agriculture. I note his comments and his response, and the attention to detail he has given to the review of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme, the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, GLAS, the fodder situation and cattle breeds. I do not know where that list came...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I see the logic behind all of the regulations. Let me preface my remarks by saying I am conscious that the Minister now has this power. While I am not suggesting this committee is just a talking shop, we do not have a great deal of power. We cannot effectively-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Absolutely. We cannot amend the regulations, but the Minister could revoke them and come back with something better if he thought there were grounds to do so. I am not going to deal with the proposals for water services, as I see the logic in them. I want to deal with the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations and change of use. Will the Minister of State outline the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I referred to section 57.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: No; I have referred to local authorities which have overall responsibility for planning. I did not refer to the register, trade or vested interests but rather the planning authorities which have statutory responsibility for ensuring sustainable proper planning and development within the country.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want to pick up on two or three points, and I am mindful of what the Minister of State said in his responses. Regarding section 5 and section 57 declarations, and I have had a look through the Planning and Development Act, a copy of which I have in front of me, members of the public and politicians would not know if a section 5 or a section 57 declaration had been submitted. We need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State need not worry. It is not pylons I am talking about. What I am asking about is how the public engages. There is also a health issue. There was a reference to the Minister including two reminders to the planning authorities about not accepting health grounds as a basis for objection. That is alarming. I know that before the close of business the media will be asking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That will be important when the Department is doing its public relations work on this issue. It is important that members of the public are kept informed. The Minister of State has given a good response to the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It should be more transparent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (23 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The problem is that not everyone knows where the infrastructure is. What is the broadband officer doing every day?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: CLÁR Programme (17 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring. I especially wish to acknowledge that the Minister is responsible for CLÁR and that it was he who reopened the programme in 2016. While the Minister might be based in Dublin 4, he is certainly working hard for rural communities. It is interesting to note that the CLÁR covers a programme relating to various...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: CLÁR Programme (17 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: What the Minister has secured for CLÁR is really good news. Will the Minister release or publish the national map setting out the CLÁR areas? Some people are still in doubt about that. It is also important to keep local councils informed of what is going on. Departments tend to engage with local authority executives but not necessarily local elected members. The Minister will...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will raise three issues. The first is the fodder crisis. The Leader indicated that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will come to the Seanad. We should ask him to specifically address the fodder crisis in the north and west as a result of the bad weather. The Minister spoke at some length at the IFA annual general meeting yesterday. The Taoiseach attended the AGM...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I think it is a disgrace. I see enough journalists around this House every day, but I do not see them in here. I do not see them commenting about what we do on Commencement Matters. I am more interested in people taking the time to come in here and listen. They do not even have to come into this Chamber. They have the privilege, as many of us have, of looking at proceedings on monitors...