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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter and I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to deal with it. I appreciate her coming here now because as the Acting Chairman will know, we will be discussing this later. I thank the Minister of State and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, for agreeing to appear before the committee later...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Forestry Sector (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State. We will have a greater opportunity this evening to discuss this matter. I want to raise two issues following on from the response of the Minister of State. There was a lot in her response so I want to consider it in some detail before this evening. It is clear that the new forestry programme 2023 to 2027 cannot be fully operational until it has this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I will raise an issue with regard to the planning and development Bill 2022. We know the outgoing Attorney General spent approximately 15 months on a very comprehensive review of this legislation. Many of us, because we were elected city and county councillors, know there are considerable issues around Part 8. However, there are also a number of other issues with public engagement outside...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Private Members' motion. I also welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming. I want to dwell on the issue of the establishment of a dedicated public transport unit within An Garda Síochána. Before I came here for the debate, I did a search on all press coverage on this issue from a few months ago. I have a printout. I was quoted in the Irish Daily...

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The people know who they are. I want to use my time constructively.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The people know who they are. I want to use my time constructively.

Seanad: Transport Police Service: Motion (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I can say that some of them are present in the House. We called for a very similar policing unit and we had an extensive debate on the matter. The Cathaoirleach made a very engaging and constructive contribution - it takes up quite a lot of the debate transcript. Senator Horkan was in the Chair that day. I will not go into all of that now, but I am glad to see that there has been a bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have six questions and I would like six concise responses. I welcome the Minister and the Minister of State, and I appreciate them attending. I also welcome the officials. More important, I want to welcome the people who have tuned in. While there are many people in this room, there are also many people outside this room who have tuned into the deliberations this evening. That is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: What are they? Senator Pippa Hackett:For example, planting on unenclosed land. We are not planting on unenclosed land. That was one of the recommendations but we cannot do that. We are not going to do that. There was one other, which related to including "forestry" in the name of the Department, and we have not implemented it. On the whole, the Mackinnon report has been gone through and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Could we move on to the Minister regarding the Commission and the idea that there is nothing in with the Commission at the moment? When does he intend to have it? Will he give a deadline and dates for all of that and when he will make it available? To wrap up, I refer to Social, Economic, Environmental Forestry Association, SEEFA, and the meeting I am begging the Minister to have and which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I have to come back to two questions because I have not received an answer. First, will the Minister meet with SEEFA? Second, will he make a copy of the application available to the committee when it is ready? I ask that he make a copy of that submission available to us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: We want to see it. Will he give that assurance? In addition, will he confirm that his Department is not accepting any planting licences for 2023?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister is saying he will not meet them at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister is not in a position to do so today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: So the Minister is saying "No" as of today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I just want to be concise. Today, the Department is not accepting planting licences for 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Forget about the news; I am asking the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I accept that but I am asking the questions.