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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I will turn to Ms Keegan in a moment. On one hand, we talk about the importance and we realise this is enforcement. There is clearly a need for shared services and synergies because there is a disconnect with all of the different stakeholders. That is not a criticism, but it is obvious to everyone. If we are going to lead by example, we are not talking about training people. We are a bit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I hear that. LAWPRO, its partnership with Teagasc and ASSAP were touched on. It was said that LAWPRO got involved in and submitted a bid for the funding on the competitive call under the EIP. We know that has a budget of €60 million that is being allocated over five years, of which €50 million is going directly to farmers. Will LAWPRO tell us a little more about that? Where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Sorry, what is the next period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It is months. Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I will make a comment; I am not really looking for an answer. What Ms Hennessy outlined is very positive. Some of these initiatives are somewhat lost in the bigger, dare I say it, agri-politics forum, or whatever you like to call it. We talk about simplification in the context of agricultural schemes, and this is another example of it. We could do more to explain all of that and tell the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: We do not hear a great deal about the marine environment. We know it is a problem and a challenge, but we do not hear a great deal of particular emphasis being placed on it. We tend to hear about water and agriculture but not the marine environment. We live in an environment where all water is precious and is a commodity that needs to be protected and minded. It is rich resource that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: In terms of the marine environment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Compliance with the Nitrates Directive and Implications for Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank all the witnesses for their time. This has been a long session. There have been many sessions on this particular issue, so we really value the witnesses’ time and I thank them for joining us here tonight.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, for agreeing to take this Commencement matter. Ironically, I met the Minister of State with responsibility for electoral reform in the Seanad anteroom and we had an opportunity to discuss some of this. He had a decided view; that is his view and I am not here to communicate his view, but I would share his view, which is encouraging. I have...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electoral Process (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I appreciate where the Minister of State is coming from. She is delivering this response on behalf of the Department, which is not her Department. It is interesting, however, that all the political parties and Independents do not know the date. What is the reason for the reluctance of the Minister to confirm? Surely it is about participation, democracy and encouraging people. I will scan...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I join the Irish National Teachers Organisation, INTO, in its call for age-appropriate mental health support for children in teachers' care. The INTO has been to the fore regarding the mental health of children in school. It has continually expressed concern and sought additional resources for the welfare of the children in teachers' care. I am a great supporter of the INTO, which does...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank Sinn Féin Senators for tabling this timely motion. It is right this issue should be debated, in a respectful way. It highlights many issues. Many of us will remember a document called Rebuilding Ireland. That promised that within six or eight months we would have no homeless people. Nobody would be living in a hotel or sleeping...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Senator Ahearn without interruption.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Without interruption.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Can Senator Ahearn stop engaging in debate? Speak through the Chair please.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Without interruption.

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I did not invite an interruption, so the Senator, without interruption.