Results 1-20 of 81 for going forward speaker:Lynn Boylan

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chathaoirleach Gníomhach. Tá brón orm ach níl Gaeilge mhaith agam. Táim ag foghlaim agus táim ar 349 ar Duolingo. B'fhéidir an bhliain seo chugainn go mbeidh mé ag caint fully as Gaeilge. Sinn Féin is committed to the restoration of Irish to use as a spoken language in communities nationwide and as a primary...

Seanad: Domestic Violence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...xe9;in was pleased to sign it and add our names to it. There is a consensus across all political parties that we need to do more in relation to domestic violence in the State. We in this House are quite good at bringing forward legislation and having Members from different political parties cosign it. I have taken note of the Minister's concerns. In the briefing today we heard that the...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...officials from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, on this point back in January 2022 and there was none forthcoming. In fact, no one could tell us which bodies were going to be considered relevant bodies under the climate Act. I even followed up with a parliamentary question to the Minister, Deputy Ryan, in May 2022, who again, could not provide any clarity...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (7 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...to hold elected officials like us to account. In this instance, the wildlife rehabilitation hospital was very helpful in providing some of the background information. If the Minister of State is going to revert to the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, about the wildlife crime unit, it would like other questions to be answered around discrepancy on a regional basis in prosecutions,...

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...and overdue. I welcome our guests to the Chamber. It is regrettable, however, that it has taken so long for us to get to this point. We are a couple of years down the line now, but it is welcome that the Government is finally moving forward with the establishment of the tribunal, even though survivors view the proposed terms of reference, as others have said, as inadequate and...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...deserves to be recognised and valued by our society. Those are the bonds that hold us together. Currently carers are not respected or valued by the State. Every day we hear stories of carers who go about their thankless job of caregiving. They are often exhausted, worn out and cannot get respite. They fight a constant uphill battle to access services and supports for the individuals...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Senator McDowell for giving us a brief overview of his next column in The Irish Times. I raise first the electricity security review. I welcome that the Government is supporting a non-commercial liquefied natural gas, LNG, terminal as opposed to a commercial one. That is very welcome for our carbon emissions targets. My main focus and the area I would like to address is the...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: .... It is interesting that this Bill incorporates some of the amendments Sinn Féin tabled to last year's scheme. It is a pity - and it is always the case in this House - that when the Opposition comes forward with proposals, they are blankly refused and rejected rather than the Government working with the Opposition when the proposals are good, valid and coming from a constructive...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (26 Oct 2023)

Lynn Boylan: .... The first draft of the Bill emerged in March, with pre-legislative scrutiny completed in May. However, just before the summer recess, the Minister made the unexpected announcement that he was going to split the Bill, leaving us with a weakened temporary solidarity contribution scheme. The legislation to cap market revenues, which could have addressed excessive profits in 2022, only...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Data Centres (25 Oct 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...Networks Ireland, GNI, started seeing increased requests for data centre connections to the gas network on the basis that data centres would operate their own gas-fired generation on site. In July 2022, the Government adopted its statement on data centres. In many regards, the statement supports the status quoand does not go far enough to properly fix the mess that Fine Gael policy has...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...Unfortunately, the euthanasia rates have also doubled from the all-time low we hit in 2021. While they are not back to those awful days when we were euthanising more than 1,000 dogs, the numbers are still going in the wrong direction. I will provide context for the Bill we are bringing forward. Something that was identified by both the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...

Seanad: Crime and Policing: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Lynn Boylan: From the outset, I would like to make the point that it is good we have the opportunity to debate this motion, and I thank Fianna Fáil for bring it forward. Just in case there is any confusion in the Chamber or among the general public, Fine Gael has been in government for 12 years. Fianna Fáil has been in coalition with it since June 2020 and before that it propped it up in a...

Seanad: Care Payments: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I too thank the Labour Party Senators for bringing forward this important motion and welcome the visitors to the Gallery, especially those who are carers. It is much more difficult for such people to take out the time to attend, but that shows the importance of this debate. As other Senators said, family carers play an immeasurably important role in our society that should be valued. They...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...animal welfare issues. Previously RTÉ had the fantastic documentary on the greyhound industry, "Greyhounds Running for Their Lives". Most people were horrified by that and I do not think the numbers going to see greyhound racing have ever returned. We still have over-breeding within the greyhound industry. Dogs are over-bred and are then being sold at lower cost to the British so...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (6 Jul 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...roimh an Aire Stáit. The introduction of this measure and the process leading up to this legislation has been quite the saga. We are aware the EU introduced its regulation in October 2022 and the Government announced its intentions in November. However, here we are and it is coming up to summer recess and the finishing touches are still only being made to the Bill.We saw the first...

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...make sacrifices to come up to that standard, we do not undermine them by doing trade with countries that have far inferior food and animal husbandry standards. I worked closely with the Canadian non-governmental organisation, NGO, Food & Water Watch, on that very issue. As some said, the other element of this legislation is the national fertiliser database. It is essential that...

Seanad: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...I would like to highlight some important developments in it since its initiation and since the acceptance of Sinn Féin amendments during Committee Stage in February 2023. These amendments mark a positive step forward and I welcome the Minister's willingness to accept them. One of the key amendments is the increase in the number of board members of the regulator from five to seven....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...of my Bill that the same lacuna in the law applies to horses. Horses seized on welfare grounds must be retained by welfare organisations until court proceedings conclude. I asked the Minister to bring forward amendments to fix this lacuna at the same time as addressing the gaps I had pointed out in terms of dog welfare. The steering group set up to deal with the control of dogs and...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...murder of Declan Flynn and the response of Mr. Justice Seán Gannon, who said that no element of correction was required for the five young men who were involved in his murder because they came from good homes. That shows how society viewed those in the LGBT community at the time. Their lives were not worth as much as everybody else's. We know from history that the death of Declan...

Seanad: Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023: Second Stage (16 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I commend Senator Higgins, the Civil Engagement Group and Sárán Fogarty in Senator Higgins's office on bringing forward this Bill. It is really important the State leads by example when it comes to tackling climate change.We need that collective action and a strong, co-ordinated response. Through Government-led climate action we can...