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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Secretary General and his team for being with us today. He is a refreshing and interesting Secretary General because of the frankness and honesty of his responses. I genuinely believe that and wanted to put it on the record. We are all realists here and are blue in the face talking forestry. We have disproportionately spent the past four years talking about forestry. Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to wrap up because I am conscious of time. I ask for tight, concise responses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: In the simple terms of “Yes” or “No”, does Mr. Gleeson believe there are enough incentives?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Is that sufficient to bring the private sector in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Gleeson is confident it will.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: As Mr. Gleeson rightly said, the Department does not plan trees, but it can assist through promotion, engagement and incentivisation. I will just park that with Mr. Gleeson. To wrap up, the nine-month process is too long. Does the Department have sufficient resources to bring that back to six to nine months, ideally six months? It is far too long. We are talking about instilling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: To wrap up, I refer to the native tree area scheme. In the strategy, it stated these were subject to the completion of the SEA, the AA and the consultation processes. Is that all sorted out now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Will there be an interim review of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Are their many inquiries about it? It sounds like a good scheme. As Mr. Gleeson said, it is a gateway to forestry. It struck me as a reasonable first-step approach and gateway into forestry. What is the uptake?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Is Mr. Gleeson pleased with that or would he like more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: To get by or to facilitate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Strategy Implementation Plan: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I will finish on that. It is a good scheme and I welcome it. I do not think enough people fully understand it. It is a bit like taking the roadshows out, getting out, engaging, using Teagasc or whatever agricultural shows. The word “simplification” is always used but I think if it is simplified, it is a good scheme. As Mr. Gleeson rightly said, it is a gateway into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: VAT Refunds to Unregistered Farmers: Revenue Commissioners (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Will Ms Lyons give us some hard examples - not individual ones - of what sort of things?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: VAT Refunds to Unregistered Farmers: Revenue Commissioners (8 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I get the gist of it. What are the key learning for Revenue out of this? This could be accidental. There are a load of reasons; it is not necessarily deliberate fraud. When some of these audits are teased out in the Revenue risk assessment process, what can Ms Lyons say as a general rule? What is being observed here? Is it that people do not fully understand the scheme? Is it shoddy...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to advocate on behalf of our health workers. It was interesting that the previous Senator spoke about Limerick. I know from people who are canvassing to be elected mayor of Limerick that one of the biggest issues after housing is health and the hospital. I think the local elections, particularly in Limerick for the mayor, will effectively be a plebiscite on the Government and our...

Seanad: Loneliness: Motion (1 May 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke. It is the first time I have had an opportunity to congratulate him on his appointment. I say "Well done" to him. He is no stranger to this House. I really appreciate his being here. I thank the Green Party for proposing this important motion on loneliness. I acknowledge the enormous amount of work that former Senator Keith Swanick...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of ash dieback and the €79.5 million package for farmers that has been announced by the Government. I cautiously welcome the package, and I will explain why in a moment. The package represents a significant change of heart on the part of the Government, which originally did not want offer a package in respect of ash dieback, a matter that has been raised many times...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I particularly welcome it. Canvassing and reconnecting with the people on the doorsteps are working. This is democracy at work.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Senator Kyne is keen on green issues this afternoon. It is about time. This is democracy at work. People in rural constituencies are giving it to politicians in the neck, so well done. The devastation caused by this fungus has a major impact on the incomes of pension funds, investors, farmers and foresters. That is why I cautiously welcome the package. Quite frankly, it is not enough....

Seanad: Visit of Malaysian Delegation (30 Apr 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Does the Cathaoirleach want someone to carry his bags?