Results 61-80 of 5,010 for speaker:Victor Boyhan

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Certified Money Bill]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chair for the clarity.

Seanad: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024 [Certified Money Bill]: Second and Subsequent Stages (7 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. I, too, welcome the Bill. I recognise we are operating a large parliamentary process. I am on the Oireachtas audit committee. We have intense scrutiny of all expenditure here. I acknowledge that group of people because many people do not know who they are. They include outside bodies and people who do that and work closely with Mr. Peter Finnegan, Clerk of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Governance Issues: Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (Resumed) (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I have audit business relating to the Oireachtas to do and I will have to go. I am very conscious of audit and have a huge interest in the corporate governance of organisations. I have served on a number of State boards. I welcome Mr. O’Loughlin, Mr. Murphy and Dr. Hillyer and thank them for coming here. This is probably the last meeting of the agriculture committee before the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Before we go, I thank the Minister of State for spending her time with us. I know she is busy so I thank her for giving us her time to deal with the four Commencement matters here today. As this will be my last day in the Chair in this term and given that the Minister of State is here, I acknowledge her very significant work. It would be a challenge for anyone but it is particularly...

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

Victor Boyhan: There is going to be a general election called within the next day or two. I have three asks: three reoccurring themes that I have worked on for many years in my time here in Seanad Éireann. The political parties are now going about their manifestos and making promises and commitments. Not all of them will enter into the new or eventual programme for Government. It has always been a...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: You might do it for me.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for coming here to engage with us on Second Stage of the Finance Bill 2024. I thank the officials. This is the first time I have seen the anteroom very full with officials and advisers. I thank the official behind the Minister of State, in particular. Clearly there is massive co-ordination, which I respect and understand. We...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: They have a responsibility.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Those in Fianna Fáil are responsible, are they?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Will they be with you the next time?

Seanad: Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (6 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I must polish up my CV.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I love what Ms Walsh says about an evidence-based approach. I will keep that line because it is right, it is correct and it is consistent. I was interested to see that engagement there and how Ms Walsh stuck to the line so I fully agree with her on that. These are funny times, in Parliament and in this committee. We are now discussing these issues, which are important. I do not have many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: That is the story. I do not represent a rural constituency and I do not necessarily buy into that but that is the line. Maybe in a few-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am not that mad and there is a method in that madness. I do not tend to ask questions I do not know the answers to either but what I was going to say is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Will the witnesses comment on that? There are rural communities, TDs and Senators who will be going out door-to-door in the coming days and weeks and they will be put to it. The IFA, ICMSA and farm organisations have asked for this. All groups have said privately here that it should happen but it has not happened. Why has it not happened and is there a place for all of that in here? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: The local, national and regional-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It is very relevant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: We now know from this confirmation, yet again - which is one of about 50 letters I have in my office - that these guidelines are subject to legal review. We have been talking about this review for a long time, and ministerial approval. The Minister of course did move after I had put the pressure on and asked that they go to a period of public consultation. The Minister has now added the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consultation on the Draft National Planning Framework (Resumed): Discussion (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am not asking about the income government. We are still at the end of the current regime. What is Mr. Hogan's understanding and knowledge of these planning guidelines?