Victor Boyhan spoke in the Seanad in May 2026 to support amendments to the Critical Infrastructure Bill and to welcome the Government’s new Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund (HIIF). He urged clarity on what counts as infrastructure and warned that deficits in sewage, water, transport and energy are blocking housing and other projects.
Chapters:
00:00 Support for amendments
00:11 HIIF announcement
01:05 Sewage and water constraints
02:09 Transport infrastructure gaps
02:54 Energy bottlenecks
04:17 Housing as infrastructure
06:52 Flexibility vs prescriptiveness
18:06 Timelines and accountability
Credit to : VideoParliament Ireland
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