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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: There is also the extent of those fines and whether they are due or have been paid.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am talking about ones that the council did not acquire. I am just trying to zone in on-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: So the council is judge and jury in its own cause to a certain extent. The council administers fines or levies on derelict sites, but it does not pay them itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Yet we know the council pays its own rates. Local authorities pay rates on properties they own. That is one of the anomalies in the local government finances. Is Mr. Reidy saying that for some reason local authorities do not levy themselves? I could see the logic in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: But local authorities pay rates to themselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: What is the difference between the two? How do local authorities draw a line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. We will park that for a moment although I am not convinced. I think Ms Doherty agreed when I asked that she would provide the committee with information on the plans for those particular sites.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I am also interested in hearing about the units that could be maximised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I would very much appreciate that as I think it would be helpful. I want to go back to something I said earlier, that it was a bit like an inquisition here at a committee. I asked about it earlier, but we did not come back to it as we did not have time. I want to ask about the engagement of both Galway City Council and Cork County Council with the Department. How robust are the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: It is very proactive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is grand. I thank Ms Doherty. In terms of Galway, we know the city council is not going to deliver its targets for 2022. The numbers are way down. I am not critical of that. There are reasons for it and Ms Philbin pointed them out very well. How was that taken up by the Department with the council directly? Mr. McGrath is the chief executive of Galway City Council. The numbers are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: That is great. I thank Mr. McGrath very much.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Smith family to the House. It is great to see them here. I also thank the Leader, Senator Doherty, and Senator Seery Kearney for their proposed legislation. I look forward to supporting it. It is timely, appropriate and necessary. I particularly thank Senator Seery Kearney for sharing. We are not very close in emotional aspects of anyone's life. It makes it very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Chair for facilitating me to participate in the meeting. I was laughing when Dr. Buckley spoke about random selection because the witness is named Buckley, the Chair is named Bacik and I am named Boyhan. We are Bs and I like being up at the top. It is an advantage and incumbents also have an advantage. That is an important point to make as according to all the statistics...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I will feed the information we have on that into the committee because it is important. The local authorities already have a mandate to promote diversity and respect. That is an important point. I wish all new people coming into politics well. I will also mention ageism. I spoke recently to a principal a year after she...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Bodies (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this Commencement matter and the Minister of State for coming to the House to deal with it. The matter relates to the Government's plans for making new temporary appointments to the board of An Bord Pleanála. I hope the Minister of State will outline what those plans are and make a statement on them. None of us needs a lesson on An Bord...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: State Bodies (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State is absolutely correct as regards maritime issues. We have seen maritime legislation and the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA, and all of the bits of legislation around that. That is an important complement to any new board. The heavy emphasis on environmental issues is important because many of those subsequently become challenges and are referred for judicial...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I join with others in supporting the proposal on Seanad secretarial assistants' pay. The Leader is committed to it, as are all other Senators, so we do not need to discuss it at any great length today. We know the shortcomings and we have promised to address this issue many times, but we have not got it over the line. That is a disappointment, given that there is support for it across the...

Seanad: Scheme for Secretarial Assistance: Motion (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I second the motion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Would someone else like to contribute?