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Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the witnesses. I want to touch on some of the points raised in the eight-page submission document to the committee. I will go through them before I ask my questions. The document mentions building a food brand for Ireland, and the reputation with customers and consumers. We know this is very important. It will be relevant to a question I will ask. The document also states that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The mushroom sector, particularly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have two questions, if I may. I thank Mr. O’Toole for that. That is important. It would be helpful for the committee if there was a briefing note on some of the trade missions and promotional work to expand the market. I turn to two other issues before I wind down. I am not asking Mr. O’Toole to do it now, but perhaps he could provide the committee with the briefing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: And I did not name that company deliberately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We have privilege in here but I will not use it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Bord Bia applied sanctions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Were they monitoring sanctions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Does Mr. O'Toole feel that is satisfactory and it is within the guidelines of what Bord Bia set down?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Direction of Bord Bia: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Mr. Hogan and the team from the Department. I agree with what Deputy Ó Broin has said. We acknowledge the enormous amount of work that has been put into this Bill. Clearly a lot of work has gone into it. I was thinking, as I was coming in this morning, that what everyone wants is concise, clear guidance around planning and a sense of certainty about it. I do not think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach. Clearly, we have a lot of time. There are very few people here because the Minister is on his feet in the Dáil Chamber and our colleagues are in there asking questions. I thanked the Department earlier but I failed to thank the environmental pillar and NGOs, many of whom are listening in this morning. They have done an amazing amount of work. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Does Mr. Hogan see the benefit of us looking at the case book?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Clearly, it is an area of interest to this committee. Mr. Hogan mentioned the Aarhus Convention a number of times. It is obvious that it is of importance to the committee, and it is very relevant to this draft legislation. Is Mr. Hogan, as someone in a key position in planning, familiar with any cases?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: It is important, yes. I suggest that the Department looks at the casebook. I ask that officials in the Department would look at the casebook. I am surprised that anyone should even have to think about this. I would have thought the Department would already have had a look at it. Has the Department had a look at the case book? I ask Mr. Hogan to confirm that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Hogan may not be familiar with any cases, but has the Department looked at the matter? In the context of this draft legislation, can Mr. Hogan confirm to this committee whether the Department has looked at the Aarhus Convention compliance casebook related to planning? It is a very simple question, and I ask that someone would provide confirmation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Would the Department be in a position to share with us the cases that have been raised? I know it is the responsibility of another Department but there is cross-departmental work going on, with an holistic approach being taken by Departments. This is major draft legislation, and I believe these cases are relevant. I am familiar with some of them and I believe there are lessons to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: To put this piece to bed, I ask the witnesses to engage with other Departments on the issue and see what can be learned. I will organise for parliamentary questions to be tabled for reply by the Department in the coming days. In fact, I have draft parliamentary questions prepared and will send them on to a Member of the Dáil. We need to get the answers to those questions. There is a...