Victor Boyhan

Requesting support from all Oireachtas members, for changing the employment status of grant-paid school secretaries, and to convert them on to the public service pay scale.

Improvement to forestry policy and programmes

To encourage to Dept of Finance to work with the Dept of Housing to explore options to move Tier Three AHB’s off balance sheet

To ask that licences in the private rented sector would feature in the committee’s Work Programme January - December 2019

To resolve the threat to the continued availability of non-community rated student medical insurance for international students studying in Ireland

Income Averaging 'Step-Out' flexibility: that a farmer should be allowed to ‘step-out’ of income averaging more than once in a five-year period, where they are not carrying an unpaid deferred tax amount from a previous ‘step-out’, providing a strong incentive to repay the…

Support for the adoption of ETSU-R-97 standard as outlined by the British Institute of Acoustics in planning renewable energy projects.::Setting of a statutory decision period by An Bord Pleanála for appeals against planning permissions for wind farms.::Reform and streamlining…

Engineers Ireland's views shared (i.e. Pre-Legislative Scrutiny) on the General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill, 2019.

Queried basis for the proposed new heads of Housing, Planning and Development Bill 2019 with DPOs::Request that DPOs contact Minister Murphy to secure extension to deadline for public consultation period for proposed Bill to enable public participation::Highlight environmental…

Policy and legal changes in relation to homeless provision to families and children

Brexit support - beef farmers: in addition to the €100m (EU Commission €50m, National Government €50m) further direct support for farmers will be needed to deal with losses incurred, particularly for beef farmers, post May 2019. These ongoing losses are due to the decline in the…

To secure agreement from members of the Oireachtas for the specific issues outlined above, to have these reflected in the manifestos of political parties going into the General Election.::To create awareness among members of the Oireachtas regarding the funding issue being faced…

To address the deficits in Section 39 organisations and to restore pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations with their peers in HSE.

Increased funding: AT, Community-based & respite services, personal budgets, rehabilitation, Crisis funding for services, Reform of fundinf structures and sources, Transport grant & access, Medical Card earnings disregard, Disability Allowance, Employment activation & wage…

To pursue better outcomes for unemployed people and others of working age from Budget 2020. In particular to ensure that there is a better understanding of the role and interaction between adequate income, supportive employment services, good activation programmes, access to…