Results 761-780 of 5,027 for speaker:Victor Boyhan
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: That is their call. Fair enough, and I will not argue with them. Yet, call it out for what it is. We are democrats and parliamentarians-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: -----and we want to conduct our business. I am not ceding to any point of order.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I am responding to the Minister.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Please allow me to speak.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I am responding to the Minister.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: That is okay, and I will finish on this point. Call it out for what it is.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I went down to the Library and Research Service. There are 554 pages of pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill. This Bill has been exhaustive. Everyone has had an opportunity to speak on it. Many Members who are present were members of that joint committee. Let us call it out for what it is. For those who are listening in, some people might not like the quality, or the outcome of some of...
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: As my colleague on the right-hand side of the House has said, this Bill has been approved by the Government. It is a tripartite Government.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: You have your snouts in the nuts and you can either put up or shut up.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for facilitating my intervention.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: We have an Order of Business and opportunities tomorrow morning.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: We will have the Order of Business tomorrow. That is when the Seanad-----
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: We have some forms in our office.
- Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Green Party for using its Private Members' time for what is a very important proposal, which it has covered well. I also thank the Minister for setting out his stall honestly and frankly, if not somewhat disappointingly. He has been honest and frank and what more can we ask of a Minister? He said that Senators will be aware that there is a finite budget and we all know that. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I will keep within my ten minutes. First I thank all the witnesses for coming in. They are our guests and I want to set that as the frame. We do our business in a constructive, respectful and engaging way. Clearly the witnesses are up for it. They have been robust in their responses so far. I will put a few questions to them. I speak on behalf of farmers who put them to me. I am a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: May I come back in? I am conscious that this is my time as well. I want to go back specifically to three questions that I want an answer to. The ICBF changed the star rating of calves mid-pregnancy. What is Mr. Coughlan’s response to that? I ask him to be concise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: How is that going to be sorted out or resolved?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Recent Reclassification of Beef Indexes: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)
Victor Boyhan: What is Mr. Coughlan going to do about it? How is he going to champion the cause? He accepts farmers should not be at any disadvantage.