Results 1-20 of 52 for mapping speaker:Victor Boyhan

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...of development plans over the years. A famous case mentioned legitimate expectations. The citizens have a legitimate expectation of their city and county development plans and how they will map out and set out proper planning and sustainable development for their areas. I restate that I am here on behalf of the AILG to articulate its views on this particular aspect of the Bill. Its...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...There is a huge amount of unregulated telecommunications infrastructure around the country. In my local authority area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, there has been a constant call for strategic grid mapping of this infrastructure. We see it on roofs. Litigation has been taken against parish churches to have the stuff taken off, internally and externally, including on many protected...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...the old one for two years. The Minister was very anxious. Those of us who are members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine discussed this at great length. This will map out terms of engagement and what farmers can expect with regard to payment schemes and the various processes. It is important. I congratulate the Minister and the officials in the...

Seanad: Hypothermia Scalp Cooling Therapy: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...it. The Minister was honest and frank and he has said what the case is. It needs to be kept on the agenda. I fully support the Greens in this; it is an important intervention. We should now be mapping out where we could get money and make a case for it. I congratulate Senator O'Reilly on tabling this Private Members' motion. I fully support it. I thank the Minister for at least being...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (17 Oct 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...I understand that, in his Budget Statement, the Minister for Finance agreed to extend the liability date of the residential zoned land, RZL, tax by one year to allow for the planned 2024 review of maps to take place and to afford the affected people a further opportunity to engage in the RZL tax process. Nowhere in his speech was there mention of the anomalies or difficulties, though....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...go to the Irish Planning Institute and Mr. Lawlor first. I want to tease out two or three things that were raised in his submission. Point 4 of the submission highlights that “The absence of mapping - including of potentially overlapping or competing policies, designations, objectives etc. - was identified as a weakness in the NPF”, which is the national planning framework....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of National Planning Framework and Climate Targets: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

Victor Boyhan: That is a good takeaway and is helpful for us. The first part of the question, which Dr. O'Leary is going to address, is the absence of mapping. The submission refers to overlapping and competing policies, designations and objectives. Again, the Irish Planning Institute has identified the concern and it is echoed twice in the submission. Mr. O'Leary might take us through that and give us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion (15 Jun 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...else or I likes it; that is Government policy. That is her agenda and she has to deliver on it. That is her mandate. It is important that we go back to the targets. It all goes down to this thing about mapping, data and the GIS issue. I think we are seeing this more in development of strategic, local authority and county development plans. Everything is data and information....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...set-up promoting the charity's work. When I asked them what their ask was, they said they had no ask and they just wanted to say "Thank you" to the people of Ireland who support the cause. There is a map showing how the charity has impacted on people here county by county. I ask that Senators make their way over there at some point and meet the team from Ronald McDonald House, which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Revitalising Derelict and Vacant Homes on Farmland: Discussion (17 May 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...on. We discussed a league table in its presentation, which was from the Central Statistics Office. It talked about the vacancy rates across the country. It is extraordinary to look at this map we have in front of us, and we can make this available to the witnesses. We see that at the top of the scale in terms of percentages is Leitrim, with 15.5%. Roscommon has 13.4%, and Mayo has...

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

Victor Boyhan: ...protected monuments in the appendix of their City/County Development Plans. (2) It will be a requirement of Planning Authorities to reference protected monuments on their City/County Development Plan maps.”.

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Committee Stage (1 Mar 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...parts of the appendix are listed the record of protected structures and the record of monuments. This is very helpful. It sets out the list of protected monuments and places. It also sets out the map number in the county development plan and the location. It further sets out the record of monuments and places reference numbers and the classification. In many cases, these monuments are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...conservation architectural appraisals, assessments and inventories are critical to cataloguing these protected structures. What is the potential for spatial data, which Mr. McLaren touched upon, and GIS, mapping? We have an Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill going through the Houses at the moment, and again, there is talk about tracking the data and the archaeology and to have...

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...be familiar with a county development plan. I took my own county development plan in the county I live in, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, to see that all these sites are marked on the plan. They are marked on the maps. They are included in the inventory next to the record of protected structures. It was rightly pointed out that they are not protected structures. However, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Planning and Development Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2023)

Victor Boyhan: ...out today. Some date back to the 1980s. They include many volumes and appendices. They are now on disks. I did not receive this one. I requested it, but I do not have the written statement and maps for this one. Perhaps they are on the way or perhaps they are on disks. I do not know. The CCMA presentation today was excellent. I do not support all of the issues raised in it but it...

Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...have visited the Ordnance Survey Ireland, OSI, premises in the Phoenix Park. It is a unique and amazing premises. I have visited it and looked through many of the historical manuscripts and maps. It is an important facility. I raised this matter with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, who happened to take part of this Bill, given that he has responsibility for...

Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: .... He spoke about the ongoing work of the Land Development Agency, LDA, which I also thought important. I acknowledge the importance of the LDA in terms of its keeping of State lands and its records, mapping and data management. We do not need duplication. Obviously, the LDA is part of this. I take it there will be a greater synergy between these agencies. Tailte Éireann is going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Nov 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...frame. I would like to hear how the Ministers in government responsible for this area can work better with us, communicate better with us, and have regular bulletins or methods of communication to map out the progress she firmly believes is happening, slowly as she said, which I accept. We need to do it faster and we need to communicate better about how we are making that progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Issues Surrounding Water Quality and Supply: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...are currently 217 significant urban wastewater pressures impacting on 208 water bodies." Are the representatives in a position to furnish that schedule or list to the committee? I ask them to map, or if not map include an index, on the local authorities those particular plants relate to. It is important we get a greater understanding. The representatives have come today and told this...