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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Can we go to Tillage Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Or €92 million.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Court Accommodation (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State and the Senator. I thank the Minister of State for coming here. We value his attendance here today.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Trade Agreements (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Alan Dillon, to the House.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Trade Agreements (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Sorry, Senator, we have to push on. I thank the Minister of State for staying with us.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Senator. Does the Minister of State wish to reply?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Okay. I thank Senator Byrne. Before I go on, I welcome our guests on my right, who are guests of Deputy Keira Keogh. They are from the Mayo Self Advocacy Group and are from right across Mayo. They are all very welcome, and so is the councillor. On my left, I welcome the guests in the special Gallery. I thank them for coming and I hope both groups have an enjoyable stay here in the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State very much. We appreciate his time. I know it is busy. There is a vote being called in the Dáil. I thank him for taking a number of the Commencement matters.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: The Minister of State, Deputy Cummins, is very welcome. He is no stranger to this House. I thank him for coming here because this Commencement matter is particularly important to his portfolio and area of expertise. This Commencement matter is in the name of Senator Seán Kyne and it relates to the recategorisation of Galway City Council from a tier 5 to a tier 4 local authority.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Before I call the Minister of State to respond, I welcome the three guests of the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, who are present. I apologise for cutting across the Minister of State.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: That is why I thought I would give you the heads up.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authorities (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank the Minister of State for that comprehensive response and I thank Senator Kyne for raising the issue.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I join the Cathaoirleach, Leader, Members of this House and colleagues in expressing my deepest sympathies to Dr. Mansergh’s wife, Elizabeth, his children, and his former political colleagues and friends. He had many of the latter. While he was of course a loyal supporter of Fianna Fáil and an activist, he worked and collaborated with political people right across these Houses....

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

Victor Boyhan: I raise the issue of the report of the Commission of Generational Renewal in Farming. This was a key message that was delivered by Macra na Feirme, the IFA, the ICMSA and other farm organisations, particularly down at the Tullamore show in the summer and again at the National Ploughing Championships. This is one of the key elements. I welcome the Government's proposals on it but we need...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: First, I salute Julie Lyons in our Distinguished Visitors Gallery with her huge family. I do not think the Gallery can take any more. Well done, Julie. What can I say about Julie Lyons? She has wined and dined – I will stop there – world leaders. She has many a story she could tell but she is always discreet. She has a great sense of humour but she is always discreet,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Sep 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I thank Bridget Doody, our former Clerk Assistant. What an extraordinary public servant. What a wonderful personality. What a diligent person. She always supported Seanad Éireann and Senators of all parties and none. I do not know what I can say but I think we have lost a wonderful, loyal colleague and an immense friend. I know it was very hard for Bridget to say goodbye here, and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: With the consent of other Members.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: Last night, we had a very robust but good debate on the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025. Of course, the Government guillotined that debate so we did not have a full and frank debate. The legislation is going back to the Dáil today. Deputies were asking me what went on last night so I told them the debate had been guillotined. That is on the record and it is important...

Seanad: Draft Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (16 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: First, I welcome the Minister and her officials here. At the outset, I am struck by the empathy and the detail of the Minister's statement here today and I welcome it. It pulls no punches. It sets out clearly the Minister's position and that of the Government and I really welcome that. It is articulate and yet nuanced and something that is positive. There is no ambiguity about it and I...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (16 Jul 2025)

Victor Boyhan: I am very happy with what the Minister of State laid out.