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Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I first welcome representatives of the deaf community to Seanad Éireann this afternoon and thank them for coming. I welcome the Minister of State to the Chamber. I also acknowledge the enormous work Senator Mark Daly has done on this matter. He has my absolute support. This campaign has been run in a very professional way. I have been amazed since my entry into the Seanad by the...

Seanad: Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage (19 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I thought last night of drafting a few words at my kitchen table about the Bill and I prepared them. Then I came in this morning to find a letter from a 17 year old student from Waterpark in Carrigaline, County Cork. I want to share some of it with the House because it crystalises and summarises everything about this issue.Dear Senator, [I] am proudly Deaf. I am 17 years old. I go to...

Seanad: Judicial Council: Motion (19 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I move:That Seanad Éireann:- recognises that judicial independence is enshrined in Article 35.2 of Bunreacht na hÉireann; - recognises that judicial independence is an integral component of the doctrine of the separation of powers; - recognises that public confidence in the independence of the Judiciary could be enhanced if formal procedures were established to review the conduct...

Seanad: Judicial Council: Motion (19 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all the Senators who participated in the debate. I also thank the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, for his report, which is very similar to what I said to him. I can see many of the same sentences and the same language in his contribution. It would appear that we are all at one. I do not wish to keep emphasising it, but I was talking to a number of colleagues who raised these...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise the same issue because there is a need for clarity. In two national newspapers today major concerns were expressed about judicial appointments. Last week the Minister for Justice and Equality was in the House and, in fairness to her, she indicated that she would bring forward some reforms. Having a veto on judicial appointments is wrong and constitutionally questionable....

Seanad: Children and Youth Affairs: Statements (18 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. Without a shadow of a doubt, those in the child care area are particularly enthused and excited by the Minister. I also wish to commend the clarity of the messages and press releases from her Department since she became Minister. They are excellent, clear, concise and deliverable messages that all can understand. I have spoken to a number of Senators...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to raise one simple issue relating to the national harbour and ports policy. The policy document now covers national ports and harbours throughout the country. The document has gone through a number of Ministers. Most recently, the responsible Ministers in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport have been Deputy Varadkar, Deputy Paschal Donohoe and now Deputy Shane Ross....

Seanad: Judicial Appointments and Threatened Industrial Action by An Garda Síochána: Statements (12 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister for Justice and Equality to the House. I want to make a number of comments on judicial appointments with reference to the programme for Government.I welcome the Minister's comments on the judicial council. There is no mention of the judicial council in the programme for Government, only three paragraphs about judicial appointments. Articles 34 and 37 of the 1937...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the representatives of the Department and the IPI for their attendance. I had considered the IPI's correspondence and report to us in advance and am highly impressed with it. It is very important to ask what are the real issues. The report of the housing supply co-ordination task force for Dublin stated there was the potential for 46,000 homes on land zoned, with essential services...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I am conscious of time so I want to be brief. I thank Dr. Hayden for coming in. She clearly has a huge amount of experience. I am very conscious of her former involvement in the Private Residential Tenancies Board and her work there. She now works in Threshold and has had a long-standing relationship with that body. I have read the 22 recommendations in Dr. Hayden's pre-budget submission...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: It costs money to appeal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: May I ask a supplementary question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I will not refer to the judicial review, except to repeat the point that it costs a hell of a lot of money. In head 4 of the document before us on the general scheme of the Bill the Department talks about the development that materially contravenes a plan. This is to allow the board to make decisions on applications that materially contravene county development plans. Will Mr. Walsh...

Seanad: Budget 2017: Statements (11 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: The budget pie has been cut so thinly that no one is going to get fat on it. The Seanad does not have the power to introduce Money Bills. I am somewhat perplexed by the complexity of this. For the past few weeks we have been told about the Government’s engagement with Fianna Fáil to work through a budget. We heard earlier on "Morning Ireland" that there was ongoing...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (6 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and thank him for coming to the House. I have not spoken to him about this issue in the Seanad, but the Minister of State has been here. The issue I am raising is the transfer of lands for the redevelopment of the national rehabilitation service facility on Rochestown Avenue in Dún Laoghaire, in respect of which there is huge expectation, as there have been...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (6 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I am delighted to hear the Minister say he is going to visit the NRH. I really think it would be helpful. It would add impetus if he could visit in the next few months, although I know that he is a busy Minister. I have two issues. We know that the congregation that owns this property is a signatory to an indemnity scheme under the Residential Institutions Redress Board and has offered...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the Leader to make arrangements for a debate with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I was elected to the Seanad on the Agriculture Panel. The horticultural and food sector is in crisis. Two major mushroom growers have closed in recent weeks. The programme for Government features only four sentences on horticulture. It includes a commitment to the Origin Green...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I will go downstairs to my office in a few minutes and welcome it because it is extremely important. Senators, Deputies and local councillors should call on the Government to make this a major priority in the budget.

Seanad: Action Plan for Education: Statements (6 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I thank him for this positive report. The Minister has set out his five key goals. He has set out his objectives. He has set out timelines, a brave thing for any Minister to do. I was talking to the Minister with responsibility for housing, Deputy Simon Coveney, about the first quarter, the second quarter and the third quarter. I put it to him that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Ervia: Chairperson Designate (21 Sep 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I do not have any questions. I am familiar with the State companies and I have been a director with one for two terms, so I know the challenges, the complexities and the tensions that can arise between a board and delivering for shareholders. I do not know what the dividend is, and I am amazed and shocked at the number of State companies that do not deliver any dividend to the State....