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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome Dr. Kelly and her team. I am familiar with the board's work. I have been engaged in planning appeals from time to time and, in fairness, I have been fairly happy with the outcomes. I want to go through the two documents that were presented to us, namely, Dr. Kelly's opening statement on behalf of the board and her PowerPoint presentation which I took the time to look at in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: Dr.Kelly has made the point that there will be no third party appeals in the fast-tracking process. I cannot say that enough. If this provision goes through, the board will be facilitating the Government in fast-tracking housing developments without third party involvement. Will Dr. Kelly clarify this? An Bord Pleanála expressed a valid concern about strategic development zones....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Annual Report and Accounts of An Bord Pleanála for 2015 (27 Oct 2016)

Victor Boyhan: Dr. Kelly might address the question about SDZs. Her report states that clarity is needed as to who is responsible for the funding and delivery of the infrastructure and the economic viability of the schemes.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: Will the Leader seek clarification from the relevant Minister about the proposed maritime and foreshore Bill? It has been a long time coming and it is long promised. We hear the Government is committed to introducing the Bill, which affects many parts of the country. When will that happen? I have been told on the corridors that the Government intends to bring the legislative changes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the witnesses for their excellent and extremely informative presentations. While they were all from different perspectives there was repetitiveness, which is a good thing because we clearly understand there is an overarching concern, which is very important. It was summed up in the presentation by Mr. Hogan, who spoke about establishing a place-making vision on an evidence base...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: Today the IRFU released further details of its bid for the Rugby World Cup in 2023. The Minister of State with responsibility for sport, who was in the House about a half and hour ago, suggested that a Senator might raise this issue. The Leader was in the House at the time. Sport plays a critically important part in the health and well-being of citizens. I mention tourism and the economic...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I am excited about the IRFU's proposal, into which I will not go, other than to agree with previous speakers. I raised the issue yesterday for those who were not here and have received quite a number of responses since.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: However, it is such a good news story that it is worth repeating, but I will not go on at length. The Minister, Deputy Shane Ross, will be in the House this afternoon for statements on public transport. Some very valid points have been made, particularly by Senator Rose Conway-Walsh, about rural development and sustaining rural communities. All transport services cannot be Dublin or even...

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. While he spent 45 minutes on setting out his stall-----

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: To be precise. I want to be fair.

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: It ate into the time for engagement. We are all aware of it.

Seanad: Transport, Tourism and Sport: Statements (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I want to get to the point. I thank the Minister. To be fair to him, he has provided a comprehensive paper and has set out his stall in print clearly. That is important, because I intend to circulate this to people. People are interested in these issues. I was somewhat surprised by the Minister's statement about some aspects of his Department not being political. All politics is...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House and genuinely wish him well with the Bill to which I want to confine my remarks. We have very limited time and I want to focus on some, rather than all, aspects of the Bill. Before I go any further, I want to thank the Minister's officials for the very meaningful and helpful engagement yesterday which was arranged by the Minister and his Department....

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister might confirm that a substantial number of planning permissions have been granted that are withering on the vine. We also have strategic development zones. I spoke to people yesterday who were involved in one and they said they would be on the Minister's case very shortly. They said they wanted to get out of it because of the Minister's system. They said the strategic...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I will finish my contribution, and the Minister can come back to me. I am delighted he will confirm that today because one of my key objectives was to elicit from him whether people can transfer from a strategic development zone to the fast-tracking process. There are 31 local authorities. I am sympathetic to the argument that this is anti-democratic, in breach of the Aarhus Convention in...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: They do not all listen. Most of the Minister's board members are not even planners.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: They are not planners.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: With regard to judicial issues, I am conscious that there is a separation of powers between the Executive and Judiciary. I am going to read what I have to say, and I will do so in the two minutes allowed. An issue arises over the judicial council Bill and there is much concern over it. The Government remains completely unaware of when this Bill will actually be published. The first motion...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: The real point of order is that we address the Chair. We do not address each other across the Chamber. The Leas-Chathaoirleach needs to enforce that rule.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: I raise an issue which we might tease out the next time the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Varadkar, is in the House. I am not requesting that he come into the House specifically to deal with it. It concerns an article that is attributed to the Leas-Chathaoirleach in today's edition of The Irish Times.