Results 1-20 of 86 for cork speaker:Victor Boyhan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...of which date back to 2022. They are in Dublin, predominantly near the Minister's homeland of north County Dublin, which is an interesting observation. There is a large development in Bishopstown, County Cork and ones in Meath, Wicklow, Wexford and other places. This amounts to 22,000 homes being stuck in an SHD system that has been scrapped. The previous Government told us it would be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jan 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...way on behalf of the city and county councillors who elect most of us, although not all of us, to this House. I would like to remember the late Councillor Con O'Leary, an Independent from Cork, who died and was buried last week. He was a great character. He was an Independent councillor for Cork and had a small shop called Con's Shop. The word, "Con", had many connotations in itself...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: Is that Monkstown in Dublin or Cork?

Seanad: Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...not happen, we have full sight of the vaccine trials that were carried out in these institutions through contacts within RTÉ and within the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Bessborough in Cork was another one. Ironically, many years ago when Deputy Micheál Martin was Minister for Health, I came to this House and the Dáil when he commissioned Dr. Kiely, the then Chief...

Seanad: Tourism: Statements (18 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ..., and how we can tap into that with regard to tourism and recreation. Tourism is interconnected with cultural exchange, and exposure to different kinds of culture. I know many people go to west Cork - I go there quite a bit myself - and of the opportunities there. After all of that, we have to look at the cost, and why it is so expensive for us to stay in Ireland and avail of the...

Seanad: Teacher Supply and School Places: Statements (15 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: .... It has a visiting school for blind children. These are children who have no eye sockets in their heads. It is really sad. There is no special school for them. There an outreach teacher who drives around Cork. It has been a Cork-based, or a Munster-based, pilot scheme for the last 15 years. How does the State support people who are blind or visually impaired or have other...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Urban Development (31 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...been in contact with me about Tipperary town. Half of the place is empty. I was there last week. I will also mention Gort in County Galway, Athy and Monasterevin in County Kildare, Fermoy in County Cork, Limerick city, Tralee, Longford, Navan in County Meath and Boyle in Roscommon. When you go around these towns - and they are towns, not villages - you will see great dereliction. Many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...is the biggest area of concern I am receiving from emails and correspondence. I also take on board what Mr. Cronin has said. I had an email this morning from a public representative in County Cork, who asked about the impact of all of this on the vibrancy of maritime leisure. I was formerly director of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company for ten years. I know the challenges and the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...news. It will amount to an increase of €5,000 but areas such as counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Longford, Mayo, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Tipperary and Sligo are in band 3. Counties Carlow, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Louth and Waterford are in band 2. Then there are the Dublin areas. There are three bands. It is nearly as expensive to live in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: Deputy Gould is on his feet in another venue. I will go back to Ms Doherty and Cork City Council. The witnesses' responses have been very impressive. I thank Deputy McAuliffe in particular for some of his questions because they elicited very quickly a lot of very positive responses. It is important to acknowledge that. I wish to recap on something. We talked about the derelict...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...bit like an inquisition here at a committee. I asked about it earlier, but we did not come back to it as we did not have time. I want to ask about the engagement of both Galway City Council and Cork County Council with the Department. How robust are the engagements with departmental officials? Ultimately this is Government policy. I see the witnesses are smiling so clearly there is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...on the shortfall of funding for Longford. I salute him for it. In the local government press clippings that I review every morning, I see we have situations in Roscommon, Galway city and county, Cork and Longford just to name a few. They are the considering the challenges across their local property tax. The local property tax baselines are meant to be under review in the coming months...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Business of Joint Committee (28 Sep 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...other people here and the witnesses may not be fully understanding of that. It would help to ensure they are connected and linked into the meeting. I do not know if Deputy Michael Collins is in Cork.

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...of eight of these specialist nurses. In Sligo University Hospital, very close to the Minister of State's constituency, the recommendation is seven nurses. The current number is three, which is a shortfall of four. In Cork University Hospital, CUH, the recommendation is 20 nurses; it only has four. There is a shocking shortfall of 16. We move on then to University Hospital Galway where...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Built Heritage Protection) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...criteria for protected structures into the RPS. This Bill attempts to increase the number of conservation officers per the number of protected structures. Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Cork would be at the top of the pyramid. Already the architectural inventory is doing work. It has not been completed in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. It is very significant there, as it is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...few moments today paying tribute to one of the most distinguished county councillors this country has ever seen. We learned last night of the death of the Independent Councillor Noel Collins from Cork County Council. He was a wonderful man who represented east Cork first and was elected over 54 years ago. Many may not know but he started off as a Fine Gael councillor for a short period...

Seanad: Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Committee Stage (18 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...There were many parents who denied to their families these children were in care. That was the other side of the story, which is important. I remember speaking to a fella from a little farm in west Cork. He was a single person. It is much harder when someone is single - it is different when there are six or seven siblings - and many years after a long discovery, he got information....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 May 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...recent times. The impact of these packages is critical, particularly in the context of capital and diversification in the fishing and marine industries. That is clearly critical not only in parts of Cork and in Donegal but also around the coast. Dún Laoghaire Harbour, which I live beside, received funding in the previous BAR announcement. That is really important. We on this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hemp Industry: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...nutrition, as well as human dietary and nutritional requirements. The most promising reports about which I have read relate to animal nutrition. I know that work is ongoing with universities in Cork, Galway, Limerick and Belfast. When will that information come? Where is Teagasc at in that regard? What is the timeline involved? More important, what is the financial commitment in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (30 Mar 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...of significant pieces of land. We are talking about Inchicore in Dublin. These lands were formerly in the ownership of CIÉ, the ESB and the OPW. We are talking about substantial lands at the Cork docklands, formerly connected to the ESB and Bord na Móna, which owned or in some way had leverage on the site. We are also talking about Limerick's Colbert Station, where CIÉ...