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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will be quick as I know we are under time pressure. I am following on from Dr. Kirby, as a vet practising for 20 years, explaining his concerns around surgical insemination and all the risks that it comes with. It is interesting that when I put a question to the Minister and the Department, they said they were not aware of any animal welfare concerns around surgical insemination. This is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I am delighted the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is here to take this question. I raised it last week and still have a number of questions arising from the response I got from the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke. The background to this matter is that works carried out in Emo Court appear to have been done without the necessary derogation licence and inevitably led to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It goes back again to the point that it is clear that the works were carried out without a licence. I contacted the NPWS, requesting all of the derogation licences that were granted to Emo Court for the works. There is no licence for the works that were carried out in November and December of 2019. Therefore, that is an offence. If it was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I would like to raise the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report, which is a stark reminder of the failure of successive Governments to heed the call of scientists to act on climate change. I will focus on a few points of the report, one being adaptation. The IPCC report is crystal clear about the global failures to adopt to climate change. Again, those least responsible...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: That is okay because Senator Gavan has put it better than I possibly could. The time of Operation Protective Edge was the first time we really saw the indiscriminate targeting of innocent civilians played out in real time on social media. Following that, in 2014, I had the opportunity to travel to Palestine. What I saw with my own eyes I recognise in the Amnesty International report. I...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 12, line 26, to delete “on the balance of probabilities” and substitute “beyond a reasonable doubt”. From the Dáil debates the Minister will be aware that Sinn Féin's position is that we will not support the Bill. We are not opposed to a penalty points system but it must be a fair system. We do not believe that this...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I do not accept what the Minister is saying. I do think any industry would tolerate beyond reasonable doubt as to the balance of probabilities. I am sure the Minister is familiar, being from Killybegs, with the issues the fishermen are facing up there and the manner in which they have been policed. We will push the amendment.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I would like to respond because as I said, we are not opposed to a penalty points system. The Minister makes the comparison with the road traffic penalty points system, but my understanding is that if you appeal the penalty points in the court, you are allowed to have those penalty points quashed, whereas when we get to amendment No. 6, the right to allow the innocent to clear his or her...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 12, line 41, to delete “an Irish” and substitute “a European”. My points will address all the amendments in this grouping. It seeks to delete "an Irish" and substitute it with "a European". This amendment comes from the same place of concern for the sector that it is being unfairly treated at a time when the Irish fishing...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I do not accept the Minister’s arguments. The Irish fishing industry has been treated very differently from the rest of the European fishing industries in respect of the competition they are up against.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 14, lines 35 to 37, to delete all words from and including “regardless” in line 35 down to and including line 37 and substitute the following: “subject to the outcome of any criminal proceedings in respect of the serious infringement concerned. Where a Master or Owner is found not guilty in such criminal proceedings, then the Authority...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I just do not accept that if somebody can go to the courts and have a conviction overturned on the balance of probability, the points would remain on his or her licence. I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: There are parallels with the penalty points system for driving. If you go to the courts and are successful, the penalty points are removed from your licence.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 18, line 20, to delete “on the balance of probabilities” and substitute “beyond a reasonable doubt”.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 18, to delete line 25 and substitute the following: “(b) involved a serious infringement and not minor in nature giving due regard to all of the facts of the case, and". Amendments Nos. 12 and 13, which will be discussed later, are similar. Amendment No. 12 seeks to delete the provision that an appeal can only be taken based on a point of law....

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 18, lines 38 and 39, to delete “on a point of law”. This relates to the same point as amendment No. 12.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I wanted to speak on amendment No. 3 but it was ruled out of order. I want the opportunity to reintroduce these proposals on Report Stage. I want to put that on the record in the context of amendment No. 3.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Did the Acting Chairperson not call out amendment No. 3?

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Okay.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The points I hoped to make were made by Senator Gavan during our previous debate on this issue. When we initially raised concerns around the Control of Dogs Act and the Animal Health and Welfare Act, we were told it was strictly to do with fur farming.We were then able to bring in amendments to deal with forestry, so if the scope of the Bill has been expanded, I do not understand why it...