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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: The witnesses might confirm that they have the offer and that it was made to ECVOA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: These are the Horse Sports Ireland forms which say ECVOA has been allocated a seat. Can ECVOA confirm whether it was allocated a seat? If so, why it has not taken it up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses for engaging with me.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Horse Sport Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: There is a problem. Mr. Madden does not have a problem with it but I have a problem with it. Can we move on?
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator and the Minister of State has four minutes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome Samantha Long and Ellen from Senator Michael McDowell’s office as well as Breege and the intern from Senator Conway’s office. They are very welcome to the House. I wish to talk about two things, the first of which is the residential zoned land tax, which I talked about yesterday. There has been a bit more clarity in the past few hours in respect of this tax....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Sure there is not long left to go now.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: It was not adequate.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I call for a debate on the residential zoned land tax. The budget generally is very welcome but for farmers and the Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, particularly, which circulated its budget 2025 submission, it is very disappointing. I know there will be a debate later but unfortunately I will not be present because I have to engage with another group outside of this House. It is...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I will be watching it for you.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I concur with some of the remarks from Senator Fitzpatrick on the bicycle shelter. It is somewhat disappointing that we have politicians, some of them who are members of the commission here, in the Houses, queuing up to point the blame, saying that the commission had no knowledge or involvement. We have a commission that runs this House and should have known. The construction of it has...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: There was no inference. I never said anything about spending. I said they should have known what was going on.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: Let us not start defending the case.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I am talking to the public outside of here. This is a body - the commission - which is paid and has a function, a responsibility and oversight for the running of these Houses. I want to put it on notice that there is a proposal currently before the commission to do extensive changes to our Library beneath this beautiful room. It will cost millions of euro to do and to operate. Let us be...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: First, I agree with my colleagues on the proposed guillotining of the Planning and Development Bill. We will deal with that later. I wrote to the Leader, and I thank her and her office for agreeing to follow up on the suggestion of a debate and statements regarding the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools Run by Religious Orders that was...
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I will not go over what Senator Higgins has said. I first welcome the Minister here today. It is good to see him. The Minister will be aware that on this Stage, we have 775 amendments, so we are not going get through them. I am sure he has also heard the discourse, upset and anxiety of some Members of the House on that but we are where we are. This is part of form for Government. It is...
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 79: In page 71, to delete line 30.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Sep 2024)
Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment.