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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: This is more a point of order. This is like an Order of Business session. Some of us have put down amendments and would like to get to them but people are not speaking to the Bill. They are coming in and speaking on behalf of their industry. This debate is rushed enough as it is and some of us have amendments but we are getting lengthy speeches.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I echo the comments made by Senator Higgins in the first section around the rushed nature of this. I made the point during the Second Stage debate that the fact we are submitting amendments before the Dáil stage is completed is disrespectful, given the work that goes into the amendments. We probably would not have submitted these amendments if we had the benefit of seeing the Dáil...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 7, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “Report on extending availability of full Parent’s Benefit to lone parents 9.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on extending the availability of the full duration of Parent’s Benefit to lone parents to examine the effect that enabling all...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 7, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following: “Report on Parental Bereavement Leave and Benefit 10.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the introduction of Parental Bereavement Leave and Benefit for parents who lose a child under the age of 18 and explore the establishment of a statutory...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Report on the means-testing for Blind Pension and Disability Allowance 14.The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before both Houses of the Oireachtas on the means-testing eligibility requirement for Blind Pension and Disability Allowance and the impact that income threshold limitations have...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “Report on rates based on Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) 16.The Minister shall carry out a review on introducing social welfare rates which are benchmarked to the Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) to study the effect that adequacy of social welfare rates could have on...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (17 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 16, after line 31, to insert the following: “Report on the current criteria for Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Pension 24.The Minister shall review the current criteria in order to qualify for a Widow’s, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner’s Pension, including the Non-Contributory and Contributory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank our guests. Going straight to my questions, and starting with the witnesses from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, the annual transition statement is 13 months overdue. Is there any indication of when we are going to see it? In addition, section 17 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 refers to "relevant bodies" and how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Does the Department have a breakdown of the size of the EVs and what people are choosing? There is a problem even within the electric vehicle sector where some of the cars are so heavy that they are doing away with the benefits of electric vehicles because the car is so heavy and takes so much power to charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: On seaweed and the likes of olives being used as an additive, has any research been done? Exactly what volume of seaweed would be required? I am aware that people involved in the seaweed sector would say that it is just not practical to be talking about harvesting seaweed to feed livestock.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is another day and another year and I am back to raise the issue of the Stardust inquest. The last speech I made last year was to implore the Minister to give clarity to the families about where the inquest would be held. Nobody in the Department had the foresight, knowing the contract would end in October, to find an alternative human rights compliant venue. It is now the middle of...

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Go raibh maith agat. I will stick to the topic and I will not bring up greyhounds, which is my hobby horse under agriculture-----

Seanad: Climate and Agriculture: Statements (25 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the opportunity to participate in today's debate on climate change in agriculture. I apologise that I cannot stay until the end, but I will be following the debate. We are at a pivotal moment when it comes to tackling climate change. The window for action is closing by the day. The future generations are watching us now. They will look back in despair at the last decade, about...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (26 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is 22 years since an independent working group published a very detailed report and findings on the coronial system in Ireland. That working group called for radical reform and major reconfiguration of the coronial system and stated that a clear strategy for change was essential. In April 2021, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL, published research that showed that no...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Measures (26 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: With all due respect, and this is not directed personally at the Minister of State, the families have had enough of sympathy from Ministers. They have had enough of the tea and sympathy from Ministers for Justice. What they want is a human rights compliant inquest. While the Minister of State said that the provisions of the Juries Act expressly do not apply to coroners' inquests, section...

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

Lynn Boylan: I wish to raise the report that was sent to the Committee on Environment and Climate Action yesterday by the European Court of Auditors, ECA. The ECA is the body that is charged with ensuring taxpayer funds are spent wisely. Historically, the ECA had very strong words for the Irish Government about the way it does energy efficiency upgrades. In 2020, the audit revealed that, incredibly,...

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

Lynn Boylan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Broadband Roll-out: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I am not the first to say that broadband is a basic utility in this day and age but, unfortunately, rural communities and some communities in north County Dublin are still waiting for connections. Yesterday, much attention was focused on the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Varadkar’s proposals on the so-called "right to ask to work from home"...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I wish to begin today like many others by offering my deepest condolences to Ashling Murphy's family, friends and partner. As a woman, every time we hear another woman has been murdered, there is that wrenching feeling of horror and fear and then that is quickly followed by anger. The anger relates to the fact that we continue to live in a misogynistic society. While as a country we have...

Seanad: Violence Against Women: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Hear, hear.