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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I got that point. I thank Ms Gray for it. Could the delegates tell members about the 2022 shareholder letter of expectation? Ms Gray was clearly fully aware of it. What is the current status of the dividend policy review? I understand there is to be such a review. It was set out in the 2022 shareholder letter of expectation. Can Ms Gray indicate when the review will happen? It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Ms Gray for her engagement and very concise answers, which I find very helpful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forest Policy and Strategy (Resumed): Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: With Gresham House?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and acknowledge the enormous amount of work he has done in this area. The topic of my Commencement matter relates to the Institutional Burials Act 2022. The Minister will be aware that this Act provides a lawful basis for the excavation, exhumation and identification of remains, and their dignified reburial, from the site of the former mother and baby institutions in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is no problem. We have it now. I thank the Minister for clarifying those points. The authorised director is going to happen, as the Minister confirmed. In his closing remarks, the Minister might touch on the independence from Government of this process and intervention. Work is under way on the advisory board and I understand from what the Minister said that members of families will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Mr. Logue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: There are two or three issues in respect of which I wish to follow up in the context of the witnesses' engagement here rather than what they submitted in their written statements. Ms Sheridan touched on the importance of data but she did not do so in great detail. There is a lot in it, however. One of the things that has echoed through the evidence given by professional planners and others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Ms Sheridan makes an important point. She may wish to echo it in the further detailed submission to be made by the RIAI to the Department. It is an important point in the context of data and duplication. We need to hear more on it and tease it out further. I wish to raise several issues with Dr. Logue. He referred to the options of prescribed bodies and expanding that array of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will direct my questions to the representatives from the RIAI. I will not rehash what has been said, but I think there is a strong case for a county plan and a county architect with statutory functions in order that managers and staff are not under the pressure. Anecdotally, I have heard of city and county managers putting pressure on or the staff feeling pressurised to deliver a result...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the representatives from the RIAI, and the IEN for their very detailed and comprehensive submissions which are exceptionally well-laid-out and get to the point. Being conscious of time, I will put a series of three questions to the IEN first. I thought these are concise enough, and deliberately so, and the witnesses might give a concise response if they can. Do they have concerns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Sorry, is this as opposed to the regulations Ms Duvall is speaking about in primary legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I get that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I apologise for cutting across Ms Uí Bhroin. Could she perhaps come back to the committee with some key suggestions? I turn now the representatives from the RIAI. I particularly like the layout of its submission. We had a bit of discussion about a county planner and a country architect. They will know themselves that there are many county architects in counties. Regarding the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will wind up as I am conscious of time. The RIAI needs to make a strong case for that as I do not think people are hearing that case about architecture. That is a key message for the RIAI.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I want to raise an issue relating to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022, which came before the Dáil last night. For those who sat in and listened to the debate in the Dáil - I did see a few Senators present - it was exceptionally moving. We met with the people coming out afterwards with a very heavy heart. As a man with African roots who had been here said,...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Minister of State to the House for this really important debate. I move amendment No. 1: In the first paragraph under “notes that” to delete “99 randomly-selected members of the general public,” and substitute “95 randomly-selected members of the general public, 4 elected members of local government,”.

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will speak to the amendment. I fully acknowledge the importance of the citizens' assembly and the Minister of State's commitment, along with that of the Government, to drive it through. I have no difficulty with that. I have no difficulty with the terms of reference, which are broad and comprehensive. All of that is good and is there for everyone to see. I was a county councillor for...

Seanad: Citizens Assembly on Drugs Use: Motion (23 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 2: In the second paragraph under “notes that”, in subparagraph (iii), to delete “, in local government”.