Results 1-6 of 6 for construction industry council speaker:Victor Boyhan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Consideration of the Citizens' Assembly Report on a Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin: Discussion (Resumed). (26 Oct 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...three key words are clarity, clarity and more clarity. Everyone here today is neutral on the concept. Regarding what Mr. Geissel said earlier, we have four Dublin local authorities: Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. I was a member of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for many years. The...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...on development levies. Developers are levied by local authorities. The levy contribution scheme is a fully reserved function of all of the locally elected members of each of our 31 city or county councils and it is a matter for them. They propose, adopt and amend the scheme. There was no consultation with city or county councillors in respect of this. I spoke to the Minister yesterday...

Seanad: Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Building Control (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...at her name on the report and the seven key recommendations dated December 2017. She did an enormous amount of work. She was exceptionally focused in this area. She had a huge interest in construction and building and, of course, had significant experience as a councillor on Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. It was only in recent days when I was preparing my contribution on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (LSRD) Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Sep 2021)

Victor Boyhan: ...everybody will be looking forward to that bit of light relief in sport. I would also like to particularly welcome Mary Henchy, who is the director of planning in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, which is the county council that I was formerly a representative of. It has been an engaging meeting. One of the key and recurring themes of today and of the meeting the other day...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (21 Sep 2016)

Victor Boyhan: ...systems. That is excellent. The use of technology is positive and exciting and it is the direction in which we should be moving, but it will require money and, more importantly, training at local level. Local councils are in great difficulty; they cannot even provide coloured photocopies of plans because they do not know how to use some of the technology available. Councils in Dublin...

Seanad: Action Plan for Housing: Statements (20 Jul 2016)

Victor Boyhan: ...I commend the Minister on the work done. The way he is driving this demonstrates his absolute commitment in respect of the issue of housing. I have been a member of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council since the early 1990s. I am very familiar with housing issues and local government, and I have been involved in the Association of Irish Local Government and attended many...