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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traffic Management (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call the Senator, there is standard practice that we would have a script for Commencement matters and there does not appear to be any here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Traffic Management (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is okay. We will get them on the way out. I thank the Minister.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, to the House again. The next Commencement matter is in the name of Senator Seán Kyne and relates to the Government's commitment to index-link tax credits and bands.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call Senator Kyne, I note that the standard practice is that we would have a script from the Minister of State. I do not know if there are scripts available or if we can make them available.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is not the Minister of State's fault. I just wanted to flag that. Maybe we could get copies circulated. This happened for the previous matter as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I join with others in welcoming the sports capital and equipment grants programme which will open next week. A detailed circular was issued early this morning. I have read three or four copies of it so it is out there. It is great news and to be commended. Sport is important to our health and well-being and we are all involved in it in the broader sense. It has lots of benefits. Well...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House to discuss this matter. I thank the Labour Party for using its time to bring forward this very important motion. I thank the people in the Gallery and those who are tuned in. We have had a difficult few days. We had a lot of discussion on disabilities. Last night, during discussion of Senator Clonan's Private Members' Bill, we had a very frank and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to continue on the issues raised by Senator Daly regarding the "Prime Time" programme last night. It exposed shortcomings in animal welfare but, ultimately, the majority of farmers are compliant. I wish to draw the Government's attention to its commitment in the programme for Government. I believe it is on page 69 because I quoted extensively from it earlier today. It suggests that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I was thinking about the journalists when I saw them doing their exposé last night and doing investigative journalism really well. I think of the institutional abuses, the sex abuse in institutions, the over-the-counter pharmacy shown on "Prime Time", the shortcomings of the Dental Council of Ireland and the Medical Council of Ireland. It has continued to advocate and shine a light on...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the motion. I thank Senator Clonan. I also thank and welcome his family here. It is never easy to stand up and share one's own personal experiences and how they impact on one's own family, but the great value of that is that it is a shared experience and I think that is really important. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the House to deal with this...

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We need to demand action. I will close on this: I urge that the Government would not row back from this proposal and that we call a vote and put on the record where people stand, because we must walk our talk not just talk.

Seanad: Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (11 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: First, I formally ask the Deputy Leader to extend an invitation to the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, to come to the House in the autumn. On 1 February 2018, he visited the Chamber as Taoiseach, spoke in great detail, and gave a very comprehensive and excellent presentation to the House. I was minded to take a look at it yesterday and to print it off on the issue and in the context of Seanad...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: This is a formal request.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming to the Seanad. She is always very welcome here, as she knows.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for the detailed response.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disability Services (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I know she could have done with more than one minute but, unfortunately, that is the process. I thank her for her time, for coming to the House and for being available to Members. It is greatly appreciated. I also thank Senator Lombard for raising his matter.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I concur with Senator Ruane on this and on a central register for the universities and the Electoral Commission. I do not want to stray into the Supreme Court considerations, but I was there with my colleague, Senator McDowell, and was conscious that one of the judges is central to the Electoral Commission. The comments were interesting. One could ask, what are we really doing about all...