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Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 2: That the Schedule be amended as follows: “(i) That Report and Final Stages of the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020, be taken immediately after the Motion regarding Parliamentary Precincts and Privilege; (ii) That the Motion for Earlier Signature of the Commission of...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Mother and Baby Homes (25 Oct 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This Commencement matter relates to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023. I was hoping the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, would be here but, as I read the newspapers every day, I am aware he clearly has many pressing issues on his plate this morning. I understand and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister to the House. This Commencement Matter relates to the Government's mother and baby institutions payment scheme. I acknowledge the Minister's commitment since coming into office. This has not been an easy issue to deal with as it is complex and diverse, with many strands to it. There are many stakeholders involved, with the lives of many individuals and those of...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (26 Jan 2021)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister. That concludes statements on the report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. The Seanad now stands adjourned as per the Order of the House today. When is it proposed for the House to sit again?

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2021)

Victor Boyhan: That is okay. I thank the Minister. That concludes statements on the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Dec 2017)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, published the third interim report of the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes yesterday. I will not go into the report, which is available for us all to read, but I have some concern at the suggestion that this work will not be completed until 2019. That is too long to wait for many women, given their...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes (28 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister and acknowledge the enormous amount of work he has done in this area. The topic of my Commencement matter relates to the Institutional Burials Act 2022. The Minister will be aware that this Act provides a lawful basis for the excavation, exhumation and identification of remains, and their dignified reburial, from the site of the former mother and baby institutions in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I express my thanks to the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, for his service to the State and to the Government. He has done amazing work and can hold his head up with pride. He has achieved much, and it is a time to be gracious and thankful for his very considered leadership. He went out on a limb and took risks and has to be admired for that. He got many issues over the line. We do not get...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Yes. I am proposing that No. 2 not be taken today. Second, on the mother and baby homes redress scheme, I met a few people here yesterday who had been sitting in the Gallery and were totally devastated when they left late last night. We will have an opportunity to discuss this issue again. I commend Deputies Boyd Barrett and Cairns on their moving pieces on “Morning Ireland”...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: This week the Dáil will be discussing and, I presume, passing the Mother and Babies Institutional Payment Scheme Bill 2022. At least that is its intention. I do not want to rehash all of that today. Suffice it to say, the Bill is in the Dáil and many of us have received hundreds and hundreds of emails about it. I tend to respond to them all as a collective group because it is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (4 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for that informative response. I will comment on three elements. Regarding the eligibility of those applicants who are overseas and outside the State, it is likely that many of them may be living in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and places like that. It is critically important that this message regarding eligibility is disseminated and that to do so we tap...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...Embassy who are in the Gallery. They are always very welcome to the House. The first issue I raise concerns an editorial in The Irish Timestoday referring to GSK plc, the successor to Wellcome, and the vaccine trials performed on children in this State. I raise this issue mindful that we will soon see the introduction of a scheme of redress for former residents of mother and baby homes....

Seanad: Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive statement. I visited Tuam and spent time there on Monday. I spent the day in County Galway talking to a number of people involved in this case. I thought it was appropriate to go. It is important to visit the site and speak to the people involved. I had a long engagement with Catherine Corless and her husband. Walking the site gives a great...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2020)

Victor Boyhan: -----and the timelines they are up against. I thank them for that. Unfortunately it gives us very little time to consider it or to discuss it with our colleagues. We are a small group of five Senators and other groups have bigger numbers. I ask the Leader to take on board the difficulties and practicalities around that and to use her position as Leader of the House to do something about...

Seanad: Second Interim Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and Certain Related Matters: Statements (17 May 2017)

Victor Boyhan: It is very timely that we are having these discussions back to back today. When we look at the mother and baby commission of investigation and consider what the Minister has said to us in her report I find it very disappointing. It will be another two years before this work is completed. I note that these are institutions and not homes. Somebody said to me recently that they did not live...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katherine Zappone, is this week in receipt of the report from the expert technical group on the mother and baby issues in Tuam. The story has been covered by all the national media today. The Department has confirmed that the Minister is in receipt of this critical and highly informative report. The report is technical in nature....

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...Seanad Independent Group, in a similar motion, called for the national children's hospital to be named after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. The motion was proposed by my colleague, Senator Keogan, seconded and passed. It is great that we are revisiting the issue and people have moved on. Interestingly, the preliminary response to our motion in December 2022 was that it was too premature but now we...

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...to meet three families who are here for this legislation. I reiterate there is now uncertainty. Senator Gavan talked about the issues around Castlepollard. This relates to Schedule 1, Part 2 and the three sections concerning reference number, name of institution and concluding year. There is now a query around the Westmeath home in Castlepollard. I also query St. Kevin's institution,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the news today that the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, will publish the opening of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme, which has approval by Cabinet. We now know that this scheme will go live on 20 March 2024. It has been a long time coming and many people have been waiting. I have personally been involved in this issue for years. I have had personal experience of it....

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Victor Boyhan: ...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 city-centric; they must be provided countrywide. I hope we will have a full attendance to put all of these...