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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. Ms Stapleton might just provide the committee with the most up-to-date figures she has for all of the authorities. That would be very helpful with regard to our considerations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will move on to some points on today's statement. The Department talks about a new vacant property refurbishment grant. It has already been launched but the Department intends to expand it to homes that can be rented to private tenants. Will the witnesses touch on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Department might keep the committee up to speed as these changes are rolled out and the plan progressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The statement refers to modern methods of construction in the context of major funding to relieve local authorities with indebted lands. I presume that touches on the historic land aggregation sites. Will the witnesses touch on what is in mind when talking about modern methods of construction? We have an historic land aggregation scheme. The local authorities offered some lands back, some...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (18 Apr 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Would the Department be able to supply the committee with a memo in respect of those 12 sites and the associated targets? That would be very helpful. I appreciate that most of these sites are being repaid on an interest-only basis. The capital is never repaid. It represents great indebtedness for the local authorities. Clearly, we have to address the issue of bringing forward housing on...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State on this bright spring morning. It is great to see him back in the House. The matter I raise relates to the derelict site levy. As he will know, there are 31 local authorities, so there are varying performances in respect of its collection. It is more of a challenge for big urban areas and cities than it is for some rural areas, given land values,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (30 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for the comprehensive response. It is a little weak but not on his part. I am glad we have had this dialogue because there are derelict sites and a housing crisis. There are motions every second week in the Dáil on the housing crisis. It points up a weakness that reports on derelict sites were done by the CCMA in 2021 and 2022, and it will soon issue an...

Seanad: Health (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. It is good news in what is a difficult portfolio. The Minister has had his external critics and his own critics within his party. That is always a difficulty for a Minister. He was resolute; he stood at the job. The Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, stood by him, and that was clear. I have observed in the past few years that the Minister is tenacious. He...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. Of course, he is in a position of influence himself-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: -----and it is to be hoped he will be able to pursue the points he has made at a higher level within Government.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We appreciate that.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State may have another minute to finish if he needs it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. Is Senator Byrne any wiser? He has a minute to respond.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We will just deal with the topic now.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State highlighted some important issues. Of course, he is in high office. He is in a position to at least articulate the concerns to the Government that he articulated to us. They are on the record of the House. I look forward to engaging him and others to progress the matter. I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the students in the Visitors Gallery. At this point in the Senate or Seanad, we are discussing Commencement matters. Senators put forward topical issues for Commencement matters and we are completing a series of four this morning. I hope the students enjoy their visit to Leinster House. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Funding (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for that very comprehensive response. The Senator has one minute to respond.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Deputy Micheál Martin. I do not intend to go into detail on the report on the Defence Forces published yesterday but it is harrowing. I thank the brave Women of Honour, who had to go public and tell their stories, which is never an easy thing to do, especially in a military culture such as that of the Defence Forces. I acknowledge...

Seanad: Independent Review of the Handling of Past Complaints of Abuse in St John Ambulance Ireland: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Mr. Mick Finnegan to the House. I thank him for being here, giving his time and being an advocate and champion. It is not an easy space to fill. He is a brave and courageous man. He is one of many who have taken various journeys of going public about abuse, which comes in many forms. It is physical, emotional, sexual and many things between. It is quite a common occurrence...

Seanad: Inland Fisheries Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Is the Green Party not first?