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

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...demand reduction. I have looked at what other European countries have done. In Germany, they have asked for LED billboards to be turned off and their usage reduced to six hours per day. The NGO in Britain, Adfree Cities, said that LED billboards can be the equivalent of from four up to 33 households, depending on the size and colour of the advertisement. Is that something at which CRU...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: To echo what Senator Craughwell said, we are bringing forward these amendments in good faith because we broadly welcome the legislation but we think these would enhance what the Minister of State has brought forward. They are not big asks but they are exceptionally important asks. The first one, of course, is the licenceholders' forum. Despite the commitments from the IAA that its new...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I seek the leave of the House to amend the Order Paper such that No. 20 will be taken before No. 1. Senator Gavan will second the proposal when his turn to speak comes. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil deis agam cúpla focal a rá faoin mBille tábhachtach seo. Last week, Amazon officially opened its first warehouse in Ireland.It likes to call them fulfilment centres. I know...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...provide those extreme incentives that have been shown to be more productive. The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, research on turf cutting clearly stated that a ban without alternatives was going to be a disaster, and we are seeing that play out. Is the ESRI looking at evidence around the model the Supercharge Me: Net Zero Fasterbook put out to show those extreme positive incentives...

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: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Lynn Boylan: .... I know there are kids now in Tallaght who are looking and saying that they too can take up a position in the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is for them that one likes to demonstrate and put forward that our Oireachtas is for everybody, and long may it continue that working-class people can aspire to be Members here. It is a huge honour and I hope I can bring my experience from being...

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: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I am not the one who started with the petty political arguments. As I was saying, it is a shame that many progressive amendments put forward by those of us who want to take good climate action were rejected.The collaborative approach ceased after the committee's discussions. It stopped there and that is regrettable because the only way to achieve proper climate action is to bring everybody...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (8 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...pointed out, there are issues around those who own the fur farms but I would like to focus more on the workers because of the nature of the industry. It has been a legal industry until now and we are going to make it illegal. While we see that the industry owners are to be compensated, the workers also deserve to know what package will be put in place for them. It is entirely unfair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Lynn Boylan: But the measures stay in place for 12 years. Was there a regular engagement with ESB Networks? The Government's version was that there was going to be a €50 million subvention per annum or a rebalancing in favour of large energy users. What ESB Networks seems to have proposed was that a percentage of the network charges would be skewed in favour of large energy users. Did it come...

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: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...You engage with the people who are directly affected by the legislation, you take on board different points of view and try to work out a compromise or a best case. The rationale for us bringing forward amendment No. 1 which is the licenceholders' forum was that in the past, stakeholders were excluded. I acknowledge that when we get to them, the Government amendments will address some of...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...at the time. Bord na Móna then went ahead and put in a planning application for a wind farm on the site. We know that wind farms on peatland, particularly if the peat can be rehabilitated, is going to cause emissions as opposed to what it could be, that is, a carbon sink. Bord na Móna went back on that. The planning application was withdrawn because Bord na Móna believed...

Seanad: Review of Allegations of Sexual Abuse at St. John Ambulance: Motion (17 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...of how this House can work collaboratively for a common cause. Recent weeks have been difficult for everybody who has been listening to the airwaves as we once again expose how far the State needs to go to protect children from sexual abuse and to end the institutional cover-up of that abuse.Abusers in this country seem to be able to abuse for years and, in the case of perpetrators in St....

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: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: .... There is unity across this House about being in favour of ending mink farming. Nobody here is calling for an extension of mink farming.I would have liked to have seen it abolished a long time ago given my experiences as an ecologist dealing with escaped mink and the damage they do to the natural environment. There is a unity of voice in the Chamber when it comes to mink farming. Now...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Appointments to State Boards (11 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...about the importance of a public appointments process. We were told that the members of the Climate Change Advisory Council must be independent and they must be in a position to hold whatever Government it may be to account if it fails to meet its legally binding targets. We were advised that the hallmark of independence is the appointments process. We were told of the need for...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Lynn Boylan: As we know, climate change means that flooding is going to be an increasingly frequent issue. The Minister of State has asked us for solutions and I am going to lay out some that are very easily implemented by his Department. It is regrettable that a review of the Arterial Drainage Act did not make it into the programme for Government because as we all know, most of the issues around...