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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fuel Poverty (28 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for that update. I question the figures, however, in respect of how we have identified reduced numbers of people experiencing energy poverty. I again draw the Minister of State's attention to the report from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform entitled, Spending Review 2020: Social Impact Assessment – SEAI Programmes Targeting Energy...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. As others have said, it seeks to reconfigure substantially our aviation and navigation regulation services. Sinn Féin is happy to support it because it is right that the commercial air navigation elements are separated from the regulatory matters of the Irish Aviation Authority. The workers in this sector, especially those in Aer...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Over the last number of years, there have been improvements in the area of animal welfare but we still have a very long way to go in this country. This week alone, anybody who was listening to the radio would have been horrified by the stories of animal abuse and torture. Ireland still holds the reputation of being the puppy farm capital of Europe. Many of the animal welfare issues we have...

Seanad: Housing For All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland: Statements (29 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Housing costs in the State are the most expensive anywhere in the EU. According to the latest figures from EUROSTAT, we are at the top of the housing cost table. It is no wonder people are crying out for more affordable homes. We are in this mess because of the failed policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that have created the housing crisis and yet the Minister and the Government...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: We are all aware of the difficulties that are faced by people who are addicted to gambling. We all know that every day gambling can and has ruined lives. Gambling charities have called for stronger regulation and legislation for years. In 2017, I held a high-level conference in Dublin that included international academics to speak on the issue of how gambling and gambling advertisements...

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

Lynn Boylan: That is a cheek?

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

Lynn Boylan: An important point is around removing the fear to report. It is critical that any licence holder, pilot or air traffic controller who spots something that concerns them in terms of safety has to be able to report it without fear of coming under scrutiny or of it interfering with his or her job prospects because he or she has to go through his or her airline. That is crucial. If such people...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electricity Generation (6 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: The cost of energy is going through the roof, mainly due to the rising cost of gas. Curiously, several energy suppliers that claim to offer 100% renewable electricity are also raising their prices. How are companies that are supposedly 100% renewable exposed to the volatility in the gas market? At least part of the answer has to do with the fact that they are not 100% renewable at all....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electricity Generation (6 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. Unfortunately for consumers, they are not engineers or experts in electric provision. Therefore, it is hard for anybody to understand in terms of their bill. Even the CRU fuel mix disclosure is not transparent. It is not good enough to hide behind the regulator because the Government can change the remit and legislate for what the regulator...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I would like to raise the issue of Dublin Fire Brigade, whose firefighters and ambulance crew are currently at risk of exhaustion due to staff shortages. In fact, twice in the past ten days Dublin Fire Brigade was called to my road. In one instance it was for a fire and the second was an accident. In the second case a young man waited an hour lying on the ground in the rain for an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Professor McMullin. Some of my questions have been asked. Will he elaborate on the fact that Ireland does not have a hydrogen strategy? How important is it that Ireland develops a green hydrogen strategy to take the decisive decisions he outlined in his opening statement? I noted his social media post about the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, and the security of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the witnesses. My questions are quite specific. There has been a lot of talk about the demand site reduction and engaging with industry. How many dispatch instructions under the DS3 programme for demand site reduction have been issued over the past two years? What was the total amount in payments made by EirGrid to each entity in respect of the demand site reduction? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: In the case that somebody was not fulfilling their requirements, what is EirGrid's follow-up process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Could they please to respond to the question about the conflict between the 1999 Act and the climate Bill?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I wish to raise a matter that has been bubbling away for a number of years in our city, which is now beginning to come to a head. It is the destruction of our historic, cultural and social spaces in our capital city. The Moore Street Quarter is one of the most important intact battlefield sites in Europe and yet it was threatened with complete demolition a number of years ago. It was only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I refer Mr. Carberry to head 4, paragraph 9(b). My understanding is that it relates to activities the Minister can fund, including to assist the establishment, equipping and, where appropriate, the operation of waste re-use, recycling activities or recovery activities and that the levies come under later heads. Am I reading it wrong?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I ask Mr. Carberry to respond to my questions on the setting of statutory targets to force the industry to make the changes and in regard to the civic amenity sites and the standardisation of tariffs, opening hours, material accepted and the co-location of the re-use, repair facilities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I have a final question on biodegradable packaging. We work in a building where biodegradable takeaway containers are in use, but they end up in a bin. How do we ensure that biodegradable packaging does not require industrial composting so that we are not just creating waste and making ourselves feel better by saying it is biodegradable? What is happening with regard to the materials such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I promise I will be quick. One of the issues I wanted to bring up in the first round was use of the phrase "from time to time." It seems a vague use of language, and open-ended, for holding a Minister to account or even, in one case, the EPA, which may evaluate its programme from time to time but at least every six years. I am wondering if there is scope to tighten that up. We are...