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

Victor Boyhan: My understanding is that they are subject to legal review, as we have-----

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 no more than that.

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

Victor Boyhan: This amounts to really nothing. After five years of asking questions, we have not made progress with regard to the publication of them.

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

Victor Boyhan: We will park it there. We will be nice and we are on the way out of here as such. I will now go back to the Climate Change Advisory Council and I thank Deputy Ó Broin for his intervention.

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

Victor Boyhan: He is not a bad guy, after all, is he?

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

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Kelly very much. Just before I go, I want to take this opportunity at what will possibly be our last meeting to acknowledge the enormous work the Cathaoirleach has done in leading this committee which is exceptionally hard working. There is no question but that he has given it his all and I want to put that on the record. I know that others will join me in that. It has been a...

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

Victor Boyhan: I would gladly do that.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming to the House to deal with this important Commencement matter. I would also like to thank the Cathaoirleach, Senator Jerry Buttimer, for selecting this Commencement matter. As others here will know, I have always made it one of my key objectives in politics for more power to be given to local government and its councillors, and I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minster of State for the way in which he has addressed and outlined some of the issues. My key ask today concerns what the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe identified in its report. It was sent to Government. I happen to sit on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, so I am familiar with some of the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It is nice to start on a celebratory note. I acknowledge the important Irish jockey, Robbie Dolan, who rides Knight's Choice. What a fantastic victory he had in the Lexus Melbourne Cup. As someone interested in equestrian sport, it is a great opportunity to celebrate him, and I know the Acting Leader is from Kildare and champions the equestrian and bloodstock industry. It is a wonderful...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: No dosh.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Victor Boyhan: He was an outsider. I want to acknowledge that. It is something we will celebrate, certainly in the equestrian world. On a more serious note, I acknowledge Deputy Duncan Smith, the Labour Party TD, who hosted the transport workers' union, SIPTU and others today. This is important work on a transport police force. The Acting Leader and many Members will recall that I brought proposals...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of women in agriculture. Last night, the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine was addressed by University College Galway associate professor, Dr. Maura Farrell, regarding women in agriculture.When she advocated strongly for women, including women at the centre of politics and agri-politics, I highlighted to her the great disappointment that was the lack of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: So did I.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am happy to second it.

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (10 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State and his officials and thank them for their work on this Bill, which is the Second Stage of the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024. The Minister of State has set it out clearly in his note before us here and in his opening speech, and it is also clearly set out in the explanatory memorandum. In essence, this is two payments of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Dialogue on Women in Agriculture: Discussion (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Dr. Farrell and her team for coming here today. It is a very interesting debate and one I called for. It is great to see everyone here. The opening statement began on the essential role of women in agriculture. I welcome it, the debate and the initiative. I will start with something of a provocation in that I have always expressed concern that even in the very heart of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: First, I wish the Minister of State at the Department of agriculture, our colleague Senator Pippa Hackett, well as she is leading a five-day food trade mission to Thailand and Vietnam in co-operation with Bord Bia, which is very important, but it raises the issue of access to markets with regard to meat. In this case it is Thailand and Vietnam and the meat is more likely to be pork. The...

Seanad: Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I know he has form in this area because we served on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council together for many years. He has always been a champion of the utilisation of offshore wind and the enormous opportunities that presents. He has been consistent. What are we doing here today? We have been asked to approve a motion which states: That Seanad...

Seanad: Final Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Victor Boyhan: If the Senator needs to take the full eight minutes, I will speak later.