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Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following for subsection (6): “(6) In case the holder of a consent, given under subsection (1), constructs a pipeline, the holder shall take all reasonable measures to reduce gas demand and greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (4): “(4) Where, from the appointed day, the Commission determines that the capacity of existing or proposed distribution or transmission pipelines in a particular geographical area, as specified by...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 38: In page 19, after line 6, to insert the following: “Report 22. The Minister shall, not later than 6 months after the passing of this Act, lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas that— (a) outlines the reasons for the failure to publish a full Network Development Plan in 2021 and the dates on which future reports will be published,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I appreciate that - rather than coming down on one side, allowing the consultation to happen at least. It is progress. May I ask the witnesses about the recommendation in 2008, as Mr. Murphy said, of the transport advisory council, which has not been established? Mr. Murphy said that would allow for engagement with the NTA. How are communications at the moment? Are they good? Is there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I have read it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I find it shocking that Mr. Murphy says SIPTU is met with a brick wall when it comes to trying to communicate with either the Department or the NTA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I think I am out of time now, but the committee should follow up on that. It is not good practice if the people at the coalface have no route to let those in power know what they are experiencing and what needs to happen to make public transport safer for everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Acting Chair, welcome the witnesses and commend SIPTU on the survey. As the Acting Chair has said, it reflects what those of us who use public transport are seeing daily and I am sure it is even worse for some of the workers. From Sinn Féin's perspective, we support the need for a transport police and we welcome the Tánaiste coming out at the weekend in support of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: One of the things we know is that farmers are really struggling at the moment to get a fair price for their products. Equally, households are really struggling with the prices they are paying at the supermarkets. My understanding of this is that sustainability agreements are one way to try to get around those large supermarkets that are setting the price and getting a premium, so that if a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I do not know if anyone else wants to come in. Please forgive me if this comes across as a stupid question. I understand the contract. Contract is contract law, but then surely it is binding if it is contract law. Ms Jany-Roskova is saying that if this is inter-EU and not just Irish-based, that is, if there are other member states involved, then it becomes an EU Commission problem. If,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: That is a bit clearer now. Is there other activity going on at the European Commission level around antitrust and anticompetitive practices? The global food market at the moment is a broken system in that it is concentrated in large monopolies. In parallel to this, then, is there other work ongoing at the European Commission level looking at anticompetitive practices within the food...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Yes. It is as clear as mud.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Ms Jany-Roskova says they are guidelines. If a group of farmers in a region decides to come together and says they want to have one of these sustainability agreements and will do certain things from the list Ms Jany-Roskova has with the examples of objectives that would be covered. They can then go to another market actor, whether a shop or supplier, but if it is not binding, who is...

Seanad: Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. To echo what others said, there is an added urgency to the passing of the Bill. That was reflected in the Dáil debate in May of last year. At that time, speakers to this Bill spoke about the impact of delays in court proceedings, in particular, trials of people accused of very serious crimes. The delays have immediate consequences for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I have a whole list of jobs.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I second the proposed amendment regarding Senator Warfield's Bill on naming the children’s hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. She is my personal hero and, as Senator Warfield said, she was one of the founders of St. Ultan's Hospital, the first infant hospital in Ireland. She was motivated by the abject poverty and treatment of women in this country. It was interesting that the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, that No. 11 be taken before No. 1. No. 11 is a Bill I am seeking to introduce to ban fossil fuel advertising. We know that fossil fuel companies have been using renewable energy in advertisements showing wind turbines and solar panels to effectively greenwash what their actual activities are. For example, Shell has absolutely no plans to...

Seanad: Fossil Fuel Products (Control of Advertising and Sponsorship) Bill 2024: First Stage (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the control of fossil fuels and, for that purpose, to prohibit advertising of fossil fuels and fossil fuel undertakings and to provide for certain exemptions; to prohibit sponsorship by fossil fuel products and fossil fuel undertakings; to empower the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities to...

Seanad: Fossil Fuel Products (Control of Advertising and Sponsorship) Bill 2024: First Stage (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Next Tuesday.

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...