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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Service (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: As a vote has been called in Dáil Éireann, I ask Senator Duffy to propose we suspend for the duration.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fire Service (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: It is agreed.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Supply (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you, Minister of State, for your time. We appreciate your coming to the House. We always value Ministers coming in.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Supply (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: You are an honorary Senator at this point.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Water Supply (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: As there is a vote ongoing in the other House, we will have to wait for the next Minister of State to arrive . He is on his way, I understand. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, to the Seanad. I know he is an exceptionally busy man and there was a vote in the Dáil so we understand he was delayed. We appreciate him coming to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome all our guests to the Gallery. I would particularly like to welcome John French and his guests. John works in the Houses and is held in high esteem among us here.I also welcome the men’s shed from Navan and our guests from Carolina, USA. They are all very welcome. This is the section where we deal with Commencement matters, which is individual Senators who flag particular...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State has one minute to respond.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for his time and for coming to the House this afternoon. I take this opportunity to welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Grealish, and his colleagues, friends and visitors from Carnmore and Claregalway to the House. They are very welcome and I hope they enjoy their stay here today.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Jennifer Murnane O’Connor.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Volume.

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 12, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Report on adequacy and constituency of supports provided by the Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board 16. (1) The Minister shall, not later than 9 months after the commencement of this Act prepare and lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report on the evaluation of the Residential...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: No. It is my understanding we more or less dealt with it last time. I wish to press the amendment.

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 9: In page 13, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(c) on request of a person seeking personal data who was, for any period, resident in an institution specified in the Schedule to the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002;”.

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister and her officials for being here today. I thank all of the guests here. It is great to see so many people here. It is interesting to see that with the exception of two or possibly three men, they are all women. While this is a family matter, it is a particularly important piece of legislation. It is great to see so many people here and no doubt they will have an...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: We dealt with amendments Nos. 9 and 13.

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 14, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: "Amendment of section 28 of Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 20. Section 28 of the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6): "(6A) Nothing in subsection (6) shall preclude an applicant from publishing information...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 15: In page 15, after line 11, to insert the following: "Report on adequacy of implementation of supports to survivors of residential institutional abuse 22. (1) The Minister shall, not later than 12 months after the commencement of this Act, and annually thereafter, prepare and lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report on the operation of this Act. (2) The...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The guests may have thought they had been downgraded but now they are being upgraded. The amendment proposes that the "Minister shall, not later than 12 months after the commencement of this Act, and annually thereafter, prepare and lay before each House of the Oireachtas a report on the operation of this Act" outlining the adequacy of implementation of supports to survivors of residential...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I am not going to delay the Members too much because we had a lot of debate on this for many years in both Houses. Ultimately, we live in a democracy and politicians make decisions, and ultimately some of them are held to account and others are not because of the different electoral systems we have. I am a democrat and I am also a pragmatist. There will be other days and opportunities and...

Seanad: Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (1 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Thank you for the privilege of taking the Chair. I sometimes have to pinch myself and remind myself of the journey that I took. It is always a great honour to be with colleagues in the Seanad. We endeavour to do what we do to the best of our own ability and commitment, and within our own political movements and our own political strengths. I call Senator Tully.