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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I do not need to tell the Minister of State that the cost of energy is spiralling out of control. We know that renewables are cheaper than oil. The economic argument for transitioning to renewables has never been stronger and made more sense. However, the more we can produce electricity from renewables, the more we can protect households from the high prices of imported fossil fuels. My...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Prices (24 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. However, I do not see many answers in it. He outlined how the programme works in terms of how we get the RESS auctions. He is right that renewable energy will protect households from price fluctuations, but it will not guarantee lower prices. We have the highest renewable energy prices in the EU. While some say we are the Saudi Arabia of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have three specific questions for the guests today. I commend them on the report. There is nothing in it a woman using public transport would not have experienced. I recommend that some of the committee members read Caroline Criado-Perez's book Invisible Womenbecause it is not just transport. It is the whole of society that is affected by the fact we do not have women at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I might not have been clear. What I meant was not segregation as such. Segregated cycleways are part of commuting, but we are seeing many greenways. The greenway along the Grand Canal is not a safe commuting route. I do not mean segregation as in gender or such a thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I appreciate those responses. I will probably follow up with our guests afterwards if they do not mind to tease out some of those points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Welcome back. My question related to the importance of collecting gender-specific data and women being part of the consultation and design process. The other witnesses spoke about the collection of data. I had flagged the census but they said there were other surveying methods we could use. I understand the NTA does a household survey every five years. In Scotland there is an annual...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: This is why every member should read Caroline Criado Perez's book.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I think it is the NTA that does it every five years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: No, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The Chairman will have to read the book. It will not just be Deputy O'Rourke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It even comes down to the seat belts in a car.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is Invisible Women.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I just grew up thinking seat belts were uncomfortable but they are uncomfortable for women because the test dummies are male.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: No, it is an English book but it is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: -----international data. It was released a few years ago. Even medications do not take gender specifics into account.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Apologies but on Deputy Matthews' points on car ownership and Ireland being an outlier, Dr. Brian Caulfield of TCD has done much work on that. The problem for Ireland is the fact of our development, the way we have designed the country and the ribbon development. We have an issue of forced car ownership. It might be useful to get him in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, but Dr. Caulfield addresses that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Sarah Everard was murdered by a policeman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the witnesses for their informative opening statements and also the supplementary material that was circulated. I have two questions for EirGrid. Mr. Foley referred to a renewables target of 80% and EirGrid's Shaping our Electricity Future strategy. It has a figure for onshore wind to be connected by 2030 of 1,300 MW. On the basis of that figure, presumably the grid reinforcements...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: By renewable gas, does Dr. Ryan mean blue hydrogen gas generators or purely green hydrogen?