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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I ask the Acting Leader to arrange a debate on the forestry sector. It is long overdue. We receive a dashboard from the forestry division in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine every month and they make for startling results. Forestry in this country is in crisis and we need to do something about it. The national forestry policy was launched last year and then we heard of...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: May I comment on the ruling out of order of these amendments?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak on the section. It is important people outside understand this. I put down 12 amendments relating to section 24. They all related to the insertion of the words "maternity hospital". I want to thank the people who engaged externally for me. They were professional people who are very involved in advocacy and the legal advocacy around this Bill. They will be very well known to...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief because I believe Senator Black articulated that very well. This is a particularly important amendment. It comes from a great deal of engagement. I also thank Senator Higgins, who cannot be with us today. We have talked so much about racial discrimination in recent years. Historically, we know that many children in care suffered racial discrimination. When we have...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for that response. To avoid misunderstanding, am I to take it that he is receptive to the idea that if there were to be litigation the Government and the Department are open to looking at that if there are ramifications? I am conscious of the separation of powers and all that. We cannot anticipate what is going to happen. If we have no indication yet, we can take it...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome all the guests to the House. I know some of them. This amendment is especially important. I will speak to amendment No. 114 which was tabled by Sinn Féin. Themes have recurred throughout this Bill. This is an especially important aspect of it. Given the nature of the Bill, particular issues are in focus. The amendment suggests that "within six months of the passing of...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak to the section. The Cathaoirleach ruled one particular amendment out of order. I will not reopen that issue because it would not be appropriate for me to do so. I fully respect parliamentary democracy.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am not discussing that matter.

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am happy. I just want to talk about amendment No. 111, which was ruled out of order. The Cathaoirleach is the chairperson and I have no difficulty with that. Before today, the Cathaoirleach invited me to come and discuss the issue with him and tease out the issues. I acknowledge that, to be fair to the Cathaoirleach. He has a job to do. We operate under standing orders, which I fully...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the delegations from Threshold, the Simon Communities of Ireland and the DRHe for their attendance and time. More importantly, I thank them for their strong advocacy work. Not a day goes by without me hearing on the national airwaves or reading in the media about the advocacy work done by the organisations. The organisations do very many good things but advocacy is one of their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise for my absence. I was speaking in the Seanad on the mother and baby homes redress Bill. It struck me when I was speaking on the Bill that it ties in to this issue because many homeless people have come from institutional care. The discussion on the older cohort reminded me of the number of people who have come from various areas of State care, such as health facilities and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Does Ms O'Reilly expect it will continue to rise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: What Ms O'Reilly says about capacity is an interesting point. If the capacity is not there then it does not reflect on the accurate figures. Therefore we are getting a mixed message. The situation could be far worse. Would Ms O'Reilly agree?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: In regard to Ms Hayes's involvement in the youth homelessness and the synergies of that, particularly the role of the four Dublin local authorities in regard to people exiting State care of any form, will she touch on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Hayes for her time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I am happy to engage with the Minister of State, Deputy Heydon, on the matter I am raising.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Courts Service (25 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Can it be taken now?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Rights (25 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. He mentioned his constituency of Kildare South, which I know well. He is very welcome to the House. He is the obvious person to be responding to this matter. It will not be a difficult task for him because it falls obviously within the competence of the his commitments in agriculture. That is what this issue is about. I was surprised that a Minister of...