Results 1-7 of 7 for agriculture scheme data speaker:Victor Boyhan

Seanad: Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State. The purpose of the Bill is to consolidate and update the legislative provisions that regulate the employment permit scheme. The 2018 review of economic migration policy, of which the Minister of State is aware, endorsed the robust fundamental structure of the existing system. However, it went on to recommend that legislation should be initiated. I take it...

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...of a mouthful but it is important that we keep stressing the importance of the health of our animals and our soil and how environmental initiatives are compatible with sustainable and profitable agriculture. That is a difficult message to get over to everyone. We are all on a journey; and we are at different stages of that journey. However, it is becoming more acceptable, reasonable and...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...and local authorities and asked them, independent of me, what they see as the benefit. They said it was very doable now given how technology has moved on. Between various planning levies and schemes, development plans got very cluttered, but there is now technology to resolve that. The appendix is a separate booklet that can be changed, even though it does not change often. It is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (1 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting my Commencement matter. I acknowledge the correspondence I received last night from the office of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, apologising that he could not be here, for which I thank him, and telling me that alternative arrangements were being made. Subsequently, this Commencement matter was moved from third...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Victor Boyhan: ...knowledge of it. The witnesses might talk about this in the context of research. May I suggest, if they have not already done so, that they engage with some of the local authorities and look at their data? It is all about data. This is a science. Have the witnesses had any experience in the course of their work with Teagasc? Teagasc, as they know, engages in outreach. Regarding...

Seanad: Fodder Shortage: Motion (18 Apr 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister for attending this debate. I am conscious that the Minister comes from a rural constituency and has a strong background in agriculture. As he represents an agricultural constituency, he is clearly aware of the challenges in agriculture. Wicklow is a diverse county in terms of agriculture. It has a lot of marginal land but there is also very good land in west Wicklow,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: GLAS Administration (21 Mar 2018)

Victor Boyhan: I would like to thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this item, which relates to agriculture and GLAS III payments terms and conditions. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, who has kindly agreed to step in and take this issue on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Michael Creed. I received a telephone call from the Minister's office today informing me that he...