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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of the shared island forum. It is 11 o'clock. At 11.05 a.m. the Taoiseach will take to the floor of St. Patrick's Hall in Dublin Castle where he will give an address to the shared island forum. It is significantly important in the context of the shared island initiative. Everyone in this House knows it has been an enormous commitment by him, shared by the Tánaiste....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The final draft of the revised national planning framework was approved by Cabinet yesterday. Since that was announced yesterday, a plethora of statements and circulars have been issued on behalf of the Government through the Minister's office. I wish to acknowledge the importance of the work by me and Senator Higgins because we pursued the Government when these matters were being discussed...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I was.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Today, the Minister for children, disability and equality, Deputy Foley, published a report on negotiations with religious organisations associated with the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. Ms Sheila Nunan was the independent negotiator tasked with leading these negotiations with these religious organisations and was very much involved, of course, with our former Minister, Deputy...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (2 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House to deal with this Commencement matter. For the record, I am asking the Minister for Transport to make a statement on his proposal to establish a transport security force. I am also asking whether city and county councillors are being considered for inclusion in the public transport safety working group. I thank the Minister of State for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Public Transport (2 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive overview of the situation and I think there is heart in that. I wish to reiterate two things. Let us get on and proceed as quickly as we can with identifying the necessary legislative proposals because such proposals will be needed, as the Minister of State has already told the House. Let us also see the necessary requirements...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Members will or should know that from today, the Policing Authority and the Garda Síochána Inspectorate will be dissolved and a new policing and community safety authority, PCSA, will be established. This transition is happening as part of a wider policing reform programme called A Policing Service for Our Future and comes as a result of the commencement of the Policing, Security...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister. It is the first time I have had the opportunity to meet him in the Chamber. It is a huge, onerous task as Senator Fitzpatrick said. I do not want to spend my ten minutes looking back and I do not want to engage in a blame game. We have to recognise that we have a crisis and we have to do something about it. The State, the Government, the Opposition and whoever...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I have given the relevant letter to the Minister.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Averil Power and her team from the Irish Cancer Society are here with us today doing their great work in promoting cancer care, supports, counselling, transport and the multitude of services it provides. They are on here the ground engaging with us and, I hope, making a few bob. Ms Power is a former Senator and is doing amazing work. I wish her well in that. This ties in with what...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of the residential zoned land tax. Many of us who are involved in rural communities will know that this week is the last call for the residential zoned land tax. Farmers with land that may fall within the scope of this residential land tax should be fully up to speed on the implications of this tax and ensure their maps are updated in their local authority. This is very...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emigrant Support Services (20 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Cathaoirleach for selecting this matter. I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for coming here to directly deal with this issue. My Commencement matter addresses the need for the Minister to make a statement on the Irish emigrant support programme, ESP, in the United Kingdom and the ongoing funding opportunities. I spent a week in London, including St. Patrick's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Emigrant Support Services (20 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for the detail and his passion for this important subject. He mentioned Dún Laoghaire Harbour. He and I know it because we both served on the council where the harbour is located. It is known locally as the harbour of tears and we understand why. So many people emigrated. They did not fly; they left mainly from Dún Laoghaire and Dublin ports. ...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I join with others in commending the Cathaoirleach on his round of engagements in the US. As always, he did us very proud there. He is fiercely committed to it and that special relationship with the United States of America. That prompted me as I was coming up the stairs where we now have a collection of photographs to consider again the John F. Kennedy battle flag that was on display for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: We are happy too.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Yes.

Seanad: Common Agricultural Policy National Plan: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I congratulate Deputy Heydon on his elevation and achievement. No better man is deserving of the post. I know quite a bit about him. I am sure he knows that my roots are in Kildare. He lives in Blackrath in Colbinstown, which falls between two great places in my life, mind and heart, namely, Grangecon in west Wicklow, which is close to where the Minister is from, and the lovely village of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Last year, the Department of agriculture confirmed it had suspended the operations of the Shannonside Foods plant in County Kildare. There was much discussion in this House, as there was at the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, of which I was a member. There was also a lot of discussion and debate about this issue in the Dáil. I acknowledge the amazing work of...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I think this is the first time I have been in the House since the Minister for Health took up her position in health. I wish her well. I have known her for some time. She is my local TD, so I see the work she does at the coalface in our constituency. I genuinely wish her well. I think she is the right person. She has the tenacity, commitment, intelligence and political nous necessary...

Seanad: Health (Scoliosis Treatment Services) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (19 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I do not want to let the opportunity go without thanking the Minister for her very productive engagement. It bodes well for us. We, on this side of the House, thank her and acknowledge and echo what she said about the people on the front line of the health service whom the Minister is dealing with and witnessing every day, who are doing important work. We must acknowledge that as it is...