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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: It is my understanding that the national planning framework must be approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas. There are differing views on this and I have spoken to several people about it. The matter was raised this morning at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. We were told that both Houses are required to approve this plan. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is right. It will be launched on Friday yet it has not been approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas. I am not critical of the national planning framework. I support it. There is a lot of good in it, but I ask the Leader to engage with the Minister who is coming into the House to deal with the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill later this afternoon. At the outset we might...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I endorse what Senator Warfield has said. Clearly, the Mahon tribunal report made many recommendations, and we see some of those recommendations echoed with regard to the legislation. This is a really important opportunity for us to give effect to those recommendations in primary legislation. I am supportive of this amendment.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Senator Humphreys has covered much of what I was going to suggest. I welcome this debate and spoke to Senator Reilly about it. He elaborated on this proposal in greater detail at its previous outing. It is a good one. Over many years on a local authority I saw people present themselves as planners. Some of them were qualified but some unqualified, who had been in the business for 20 or...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 30:In page 44, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 13 of Principal Act 8. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):“(1A) The initiation of a variation under this section shall be a reserved function.”.”. The Minister of State will be aware...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I do not have one issue with anything the Minister of State has said. I was a county councillor for many years and I have worked an awful lot with Fine Gael councillors, which is the political party to which the Minister of State belongs. I shall not withdraw my amendment. Instead, I shall go away, think about it and come back with the views expressed by members of his party. As I have...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I will take two weeks' holidays.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I want to talk about the national development plan. At the very outset, I welcome it. We do not know the full and final detail of it, but we have had a lot of discussion. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. It has been discussed there. We had an exhaustive debate about it and people expressed their views and concerns. As someone who travels up...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is what I said.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: That is an affront. The Senator cannot breeze in here and say that.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: On a point of order, may I clarify what is actually happening here? The Leader has just stormed in here suddenly-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Leader let me finish speaking? I just want clarification. What is happening?

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: We have different views. Not everyone criticised the plan-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the Leader to clarify what he is doing.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I agree with the Leader.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I support the plan.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: The Leader just stormed in.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: We will let him read his speech he has got typed up.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: There is an order for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Reports on Homelessness: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Victor Boyhan: First, I thank the witnesses from Focus Ireland for coming in. Even the name is indicative of the exceptionally good job it does. Everything Deputy Ó Broin said is spot on. He has hit the nail on the head. What struck me is all the recurring themes. I served on a council for more than 20 years so none of this is new to me. What is really scary is that only two weeks ago I had...