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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I am sorry to cut across Ms Bayliss. Is it that Tusla does not have the resources or is it not providing that? They are two different things.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Does Ms Bayliss have concerns about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Homelessness: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I will finish because I know my time is nearly up. I asked about the unregulated care for minors and the witnesses' knowledge of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. The Bill puts in place the required legislation to establish the agriculture appeals review panel, which is good. I have a few comments. From farmers who have been in touch with or come before the committee, we know they are very anxious to see farm representation on this 12-person appeals board. That is a message that has come loud and clear to us all, so the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: If I could add to that, a lot of this again comes up in the context of process, fairness and engagement. It brings me back to that point, which I will not open up today for debate, about the farmers’ charter. That is the recurring theme and it is the book about which farmers want to be able to say this is all set out, with processes and fairness. I know the Minister is working on it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I know the Minister has a timeline and is anxious to get this thing through. I think there is generally broad support here. The Minister can initiate this legislation in either House. We are not snowed under with work in the Seanad. This legislation is ultimately a call for the Minister and his party colleagues but the legislation could be initiated in the Seanad and I ask the Minister to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agriculture Appeals (Amendment) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: It is possibility. I appreciate that.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank committee members. I will make clear that while we are using the Chamber for the meeting, this is not a committee of the Seanad but a committee of consultation. I want to be clear on that. There are no "happy day" Senators at all today. Our guests are very welcome. They all bring a breadth of vast experience to the process. There is a recurring theme all the time, which Mr....

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Mr. Dempsey raised the issue of independent legal, planning and financial advice. No one has touched on the very powerful County and City Management Association, CCMA. It gets all sorts of advice and does not have the capacity or knowledge either, but it is getting it from an agency. That was a very good idea and suggestion. We cannot have each local authority having individual sets of...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Clearly, Galway TDs and Senators thought it was a great victory, and I was part of it and I think it was a fantastic victory, so I thank them for that endorsement. Deputy Phelan said, "Out, out, out". I wish him every success as he goes out of Leinster House.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Unless he changes his mind.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Councillors Dalton, Finn, Teskey, Darcy, Conway and Flynn Kennedy for their contributions. There is a certain amount of recurrence in the themes from our engagement with the councillors, which is understandable. Clearly, they are the same messages and the same concerns, and it is important that we have taken them on board. Many people made written submissions. When I was looking...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: We need diversity in local government. We need local government that represents people, diverse as they are, different as they are, because that is the rich tapestry of life and the rich tapestry of communities. It is about collective democracy and collective representation. There are three issues I want to ask about. A recurring theme in the councillors’ concerns is that they...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Before I speak, I welcome Councillor Anna Grainger of Fine Gael, whom I see in the Public Gallery. She works in the Oireachtas as well. She has been listening attentively to these proceedings. I will not take up too much time. This meeting is about the councillors coming to us. I was a councillor for many years, so I have experienced the same issues. It seems to be a case of repeat,...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: Well said.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I thought the Senator was going to say "joined at the hip".

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (28 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I do not want to cut into the Senator's time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Inshore Fisheries (28 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: With the agreement of the House, we will now take Senator Ahearn's Commencement matter. We will take Senator Chambers's matter when she arrives.

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