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- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Before we proceed I wish to remind Senators that on the Order of Business this morning we agreed this item would adjourn at 5 p.m. I am conscious the Minister of State needs time to come back to make a statement and I am conscious the proposer needs to speak also. I am also conscious that Senators Conway, Chambers, Ahearn and Joe O'Reilly have yet to speak. Sharing is a suggestion....
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: It is normally six minutes.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Senator Conway will proceed and Senator Joe O'Reilly will share with him.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Senators will have three to four minutes and we will come back to Senator Ahearn.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: There are two more speakers. We have until 5 p.m. We can adjourn then if we have not concluded but I believe we could conclude this business today. I call Senator Seery Kearney, who is to be followed by Senator Ahearn.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State has up to 15 minutes. I do not want to put him under any pressure. I am sure he will need most of the time.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Yes.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Senator Martin will then have some time in which to respond. Under the Order of Business agreed today, we have to adjourn at 5 p.m. Finishing before then is the alternative.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate there was a time constraint on him there and I very much appreciate his contribution. I call Senator Martin to speak now as he may wish to reply. I am also conscious that I must put the question by 5 o’clock so that we can conclude this process. I give the floor to the Senator for two to three minutes.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: The Senator may but there are only two minutes remaining because we must adjourn at 5 o’clock.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I thank Senator O’Reilly and Senator Martin. The Senators appreciate the time constraint under the Order of Business to conclude by 5 o’clock.
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?
- Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. I ask her to make her statement available to us. We did not get copies and that puts us at a slight disadvantage. We listened to the statement and it was all very positive. I thank the Minister for her overview in relation to education. I jotted down a few things as I listened to the Minister and she might take a note of them and come back to them...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I welcome the witnesses. They are big players in this game.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: We are familiar with them. They are unfairly criticised on some occasions in public discourse. There is a view that they represent big industry, which is the case, but that they also represent big bucks. In simple terms, that is just the perception. I recognise it is somewhat different from that. I want to focus on three groups on this first round, namely, the CIF, the PII and the IIP....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I want to go back to the issues that I raised earlier. I am conscious that our guests have to keep their responses short because of the time constraint. The one reccurring theme is resources. The real issue is the blockage in the system with An Bord Pleanála with more than 70,000 units before it. We had the board in here clearly talking about the need for resources last week....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: The message I will take home from his comment is that the construction industry is maxed out. It is under pressure and cannot deliver more. Let us be clear about that. That is Mr. O'Connell's message. That is grand so let us move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: I take it Mr. Farrell is saying his organisation has no appetite for an increase.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2023)
Victor Boyhan: That is all I want to hear. I ask the next organisation to respond.