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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I wish to highlight a report by Bord Bia, entitled Export Performance and Prospects 2024-2025. I am sure everyone here knows of the amazing work that Bord Bia does. This report is quite interesting because it highlights there is €17 billion of business exports. It is an amazing success story and organisation that is highly focused on food and horticultural production. There are...

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. I wish to be associated with the condolences to the Minister of State, Deputy O’Sullivan, on the loss of his dear sister. May she rest in peace. My thoughts are also with their extended family. I will start with agriculture. I am a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food and, although it is now a separate committee, I am also on...

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Yes, it is okay. We are not under enormous pressure, given the number of people present. It might be possible to take another five minutes later if the Senator wants. Does she want to share time?

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator for her constructive use of time. The next slot is for the Cross-Party Group. There are three speakers on my list but I see only two are in attendance, namely, Senators Cosgrove and Noonan. As time is on our side, and if the Minister of State is amenable, I propose that the Senators have five minutes each. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Deputy Claire Kerrane and her guests to the House.

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator. That is a nice way to conclude the Senators' contributions. On behalf of all Senators, I wish the Minister of State well in her new Ministry. She is no stranger to this House. She was an amazing Senator when she was here. I know she is doing amazing things in her new Ministry. Like all my colleagues, I wish her well. I know she has great respect for this House, its...

Seanad: National Biodiversity Week: Statements (14 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: As always, I thank the Minister of State for her energy and enthusiasm. Well done on a tight but passionate response. It is appreciated.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. He was here last week on an related matter, which is fairly interesting. Last week I talked about regulation for the public sector compared with regulation for the private sector. If there was a case to be made for my proposals last week, the matter I am raising today illustrates the sort of problems and challenges we have around our public housing. Let...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (13 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This ties in with the issue of standards in the public and private sector, which we will revisit at another time. In relation to Pearse House we need to send out a clear message. Are we committed or not? The fact that the complex is a protected structure is not the issue here. There are challenges around protected structures. The Minister...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Leader for putting two important motions down on the Order Paper. This is, of course, the Order of Business slot in Seanad Éireann. We will be dealing later with one of the motions, which relates to the Oireachtas joint committees and is self-explanatory. It is somewhat surprising, months after a general election and months after a Seanad election, that we have finally got...

Seanad: Appointment of Members to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (13 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1: To insert the following after “Joe O’Reilly”: “and Michael McDowell”.

Seanad: Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I do not want to delay the House because I am very conscious no amendments have been tabled. I monitored this Bill's progress through the Dáil. Section 5 deals with the access to cash criteria and I welcome it. It is really important. I and Deputy Fitzmaurice were featured in Agriland recently, which covered the issue extensively. The article referred to the importance of ATMs in...

Seanad: Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for covering all the points really well. I am fully supportive of this legislation and something that gives me more confidence is the role of the Central Bank under it, which is very important. I have one request of him, without rehashing the legislation, to which no amendments have been tabled, regarding the consultees. As a rural TD serving a constituency...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (7 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. I have not had an opportunity to congratulate him on his appointment. He has been in the House but our paths have not crossed. We worked very well and collaboratively on housing previously, especially concerning the Planning and Development Act 2024, as it is now. The Minister of State has vast experience in and knowledge of local government, particularly...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rental Sector (7 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The kernel of this matter is simple: all tenants in this country, regardless of whether they are renting in the private or public sector, should be treated the same. I am making that case. As the Minister of State rightly indicated and as I already told him, the report of the Housing Commission contains strong recommendations to the effect that the residential tenancy legislation should be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I will raise two issues. One relates to strengthening our local democracy. It is said that local government is the beating heart of our democracy. That is very true. We have just shy of 1,000 sitting county councillors in this country. There is less than a page in the programme for Government, which I have in front of me here, regarding strengthening our local democracy. One of the key...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of the shared island forum. It is 11 o'clock. At 11.05 a.m. the Taoiseach will take to the floor of St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle where he will give an address to the shared island forum. It is significantly important in the context of the shared island initiative. Everyone in this House knows it has been an enormous commitment by him, shared by the Tánaiste....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The final draft of the revised national planning framework was approved by Cabinet yesterday. Since that was announced yesterday, a plethora of statements and circulars have been issued on behalf of the Government through the Minister's office. I wish to acknowledge the importance of the work by me and Senator Higgins because we pursued the Government when these matters were being discussed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I was.