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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.

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 apologise for cutting across Mr. Gaine but I want to tighten up on this because there is a lot of discussion about this. He is basically of the view that the construction industry is maxed out and cannot make-----

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: It is about viability but ultimately the industry is maxed out and is not in the position to pony up more. Is that the message?

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 great. I thank Mr. Gaine. Do the other witnesses wish to comment?

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 a fair comment.

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 thank the witnesses.

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: Those responses were enough. There was a message in them.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I second the amendment to the Order of Business. I will bring an issue to the attention of the House. On 1 February 2023, we had a debate on a Fine Gael Private Members' motion on University Hospital Limerick, UHL. We discussed many issues with regard to the hospital and the care provided there. I raised the issue of a woman and her daughter who were admitted to a hospital in the west. I...

Seanad: Moving Towards Zero Tolerance of Violence against Women: Statements (9 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will be brief. I do not want to repeat what others have said. I welcome the Minister. I particularly thank the advocacy groups for women. They work tirelessly 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round. I have had experience of them. I particularly acknowledge the great work done in Laois. In the past two weeks, I have become involved in three or four cases from that area and...

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

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Mr. Cussen and his team and Ms Buckley and hers. We have crossed paths in a positive way many times in the past and I am delighted to see her in the job. She is in the right place and we are very lucky to have her on the board. I say that very sincerely. It is important that we are having a conversation rather than an interrogation. I will touch on the OPR first. I acknowledge...

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

Victor Boyhan: We all do.

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

Victor Boyhan: That is a point well made.

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

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chair. I will return to An Bord Pleanála and Ms Buckley in respect of the timelines. We hear what she is saying. What is interesting, and if I may say from the outset, these were concise and tight submissions here. There was not a great deal of detail in them and I refer to Ms Buckley’s submission in particular. There were more questions to be asked. Twice, I...

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

Victor Boyhan: I have one more quick question because I have to leave to go up to the Seanad and I will not be back. The following is for the OPR. On the ten-year county development plan process, it is only my view, and having talked to many sitting county councillors, I believe it is the view of some of them, that five or six years may be too short, and while seven is more moderate, I can understand that...

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

Victor Boyhan: The response can be narrowed down to quite a short one.