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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (6 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State back to the House. He has vast experience in this area as a Minister of State in the Department. My Commencement matter sets out the need for the Minister to make a statement on the timeline for the full publication of the Planning and Development Act 2024 and progress on the Am Bord Pleanála IT project. When I submitted this, the Government had not at...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (6 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State very much. There is a lot of information in that, if I was ever convinced, or needed to be convinced, that the Department needed to exercise its governance and have a governance unit as regards An Bord Pleanála. I respectfully ask the Minister of State to take a message to the Department, including the senior manager, that it should initiate a full and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (6 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, to delete lines 10 to 15.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: As agreed, I will speak on amendments Nos. 1 and 2 together. I thank the Minister of State and the officials from the Law Reform Commission who are with us again today. We have had engagements with the Minister of State since we last spoke and I thank her office and staff for that. These have been meaningful and practical and we should reach some sort of reasonable compromise. This...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: As the Minister of State said, we have had meaningful discussions about this. I do not want to delay the Bill - it would not be appropriate as a lot of work has been done - but the natural follow-on is for it to go to Dáil Éireann. This Bill was initiated in Seanad Éireann which is more unusual. Given there is a body of work to be done, may I respectfully suggest to the...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (6 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I again thank the Minister of State and her officials. As we start a new term in the Seanad and Dáil, a lesson in politics is that there is much to be gained from practical and respectful engagement with Ministers. That is the way to go. This debate demonstrates again that, working together pragmatically, we can achieve collectively what we set out to do.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of house planning in Gaeltacht communities and rural communities. I call on the Minister for housing and planning to take practical steps to allow native Irish speakers to be allowed to submit a planning application but, more importantly, to be granted planning permission to build a single home on their lands. We need to be mindful of Government policy on the Gaeltacht...

Seanad: Care, Supports and Enhanced Provision of Services for Older People: Motion (5 Mar 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State to his important Ministry. I have no doubt he will do an exceptionally good job.He is fiercely committed and applies himself to the challenges put in front of him. I thank Fine Gael for using its Private Members' time to afford us an opportunity to discuss and debate care supports and enhanced provisions for services for older people. That is important....

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 9, to delete lines 11 to 16. I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate her on her appointment. I welcome her staff who are here and have much experience in these matters. These three amendments are grouped. I have tabled amendments Nos. 1 and 2 and will speak collectively to those two amendments. We are debating Committee Stage of the Statute...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thought amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were listed here.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I will come back on it if the Cathaoirleach wants.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Does the Cathaoirleach want me to finish up on amendment No. 2?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I will come back. Let us deal with amendment No. 1.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I am not talking about amendment No. 3. I indicated that I would talk about amendments Nos. 1 and 2. I will come back to talk about amendment No. 2

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I will park that. I have not gone into it. That is fine.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I am happy not to discuss amendment No. 3.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I will come back on that. I thank the Minister of State. One of the great things about this debate is that it puts all of this on the record, which is really important because it is a bit sketchy. Clearly, the Minister of State has the advice and I am very happy to take on board all of that. I am not an expert on genealogy by any stretch of the imagination, but this was an issue that was...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: In light of what the Minister of State has said and the fact that there will be another Stage of the Bill next week, I will withdraw the amendment, take some further advice and have another opportunity to come in here next week. We will all have another opportunity to have a chat and we can pursue it on the next Stage. I will not pursue the amendment at this point.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Departmental Bodies (26 Feb 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State and congratulate him on his appointment. We are familiar with each other. We worked well in agriculture for a number of years. I thank the Minister of State for coming to the House. At 4 p.m. yesterday evening, I received a letter from the Department stating that, unfortunately, none of the Ministers from the Department of Housing, Local Government and...