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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I have three issues I wish to raise. I will refer to them as 4.6, 4.12 and 4.13 of the report. In 4.6 there is reference to the introduction of a new affordable rental scheme to enhance the capacity of the private rental sector to provide for quality and affordable accommodation for a household which is currently paying a disproportionate amount of disposable income in rent. There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: It was 4.6, 4.12 and 4.13. Mr. McCarthy dealt with one there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: In respect of 4.13, Mr. McCarthy says regulations are required for the fast tracking. We are now three months into this scheme, which is very important. Can Mr. McCarthy give us a timeframe for putting these regulations through? That is not to take from the good work the Department is doing and I am highly impressed by the layering. This should have been in place years ago. I know from a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: In those regulations, is there any special exemption from fees for local authority members? We have had a lot of debate about this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: We were told all the detail is in the regulations. We are three months on and the scheme is well in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: He is on the way there.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and thank him for coming to deal with what I consider to be an extremely important matter, particularly in the context of the various issues of abuse that have been arising in respect of many residential and non-residential institutions run and co-ordinated by the State and its agencies, as well as by religious orders.I have asked the Minister here to clarify and give...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. It is something new for me. I will certainly look for the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. I am conscious of the fact it is an indictment of the system, the State and the Legislature that a previous Government gave an indemnity scheme to a number of religious orders. Many other people who had been in institutional care...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I raised on the Commencement this morning an issue related to the residential redress scheme. While I do not wish to discuss the matter in detail, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, provided a comprehensive response in which he made clear that he understands the concerns related to the issue. It was interesting that the Minister's lengthy and informative...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the Leas-Chathaoirleach to allow me to conclude.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to be consistent because this is an important issue. The Minister helpfully explained to the House that a report from the Comptroller and Auditor General clearly identified a range of issues. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General issued a press statement in the past ten minutes which refers to outcomes and lessons that have to be learned. We also heard from the Minister...

Seanad: Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (9 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I had lunch today with two people who were tragically subjected to terrible institutional abuse. They wanted to talk and what better place to come than here? I have spoken before about the fact that I grew up in an institution. When I was two days old, I left St. Kevin's mother and baby home in Dublin and ended up in Dún Laoghaire, where I remained. We all want to belong and to be in...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: The lead story in The Irish Timestoday is that An Post has warned that it will be unable to pay its wage bill next month. That is the main story in our national newspaper today. There are clearly many issues about An Post and the future. We had some debate around the fringes of an amendment with the Minister yesterday but we need him to come back now. Last week, we were told that possibly...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Motion (8 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and the debate on this motion. If one looks at the motion itself, it is broken down into six paragraphs. We talked about recognising the economic importance of tourism. I have no difficulty with that. We are recognising the significant achievements in increasing the tourism numbers into Ireland given the difficulties. I have no difficulty with that. It goes on. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to speak about the terrible atrocities in Tuam. Every time we talk about an incident of residential abuse or children in care we have another inquiry and saga and nobody ever seems to be held accountable. It is extraordinary. It has been a very bad and distressing week for many people who grew up in Tuam with the heartbreak of mothers and their children. The State cannot continue...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 28 of Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 1. The Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 is amended in section 28:(a) in subsection (1) by the substitution of “that postal service” for “a universal postal service” where it...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise on behalf of Senator McDowell who is unable to come to the House as he has been detained elsewhere unfortunately. The Bill seeks to remove the powers available to the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, to decide on a price cap for postal charges in circumstances in which ComReg deems that there is no effective competition in the market. These powers are contained...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. I have not been instructed to do anything other than press the amendment. We will call for a vote on the Bill. The Minister clearly has the numbers so it is not a problem. It is important. I am not in the business of going out to explain anything to anyone with all due respect. I am not the Minister; Deputy Naughten is the Minister. This is the upper House. These...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Mar 2017)

Victor Boyhan: I have no difficulty with the decision on the amendment. I like to be responsible. Rather than waste people's time, I will accept the decision. I thank the Minister for taking the time and trouble to deal with this. Perhaps the next time he is here, we might actually have a copy of the response. We could only listen to the Minister today. He made a very valid point on engagement and...