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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have a quick question on deceased dogs and the importance of the issue of registering them. We heard from the Department last week that almost 600,000 dogs have been microchipped since 2017, but we do not know if there are 600,000 dogs in the country or more or less. How important is it for that to be clarified, and how do the witnesses foresee that happening? I have another question on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Mr. Brennan for addressing the issue of dog breeding. We still hope the Department will come before the committee to discuss the matter. One of the issues for the agriculture committee is that this issue falls under a different Department, so we have requested that the Department of Rural and Community Development, when it is available, come before the committee. That leads me to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: We have loads of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Is Mr. Brennan referring to automated feeding and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The strengthening of the legislation leads on to my next point. Dogs Trust has been before the committee previously to discuss the online sale and supply of pets and the need for information on that to be correct. If that were lined up as well, someone trying to advertise dogs would be linked back to where the dogs were bred. It is the local authorities that license dog breeding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: One of the suggestions is that the legislation be amended to allow authorised officers, under the Animal Health and Welfare Act, to carry out inspections. Would that help? That would alleviate some of the pressure on local authorities if they are under-resourced. Obviously, we must bear in mind that we would have to resource the authorised officers to carry out inspections. Such a change...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Are breeding bitches euthanised rather than rehomed when they are finished breeding?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Mr. Brennan indicated that the guidelines state that the ratio for the number of breeding bitches is 1:25. What is his view on how big puppy farms can be allowed to get? The DSPCA told us that the Irish Kennel Club would say people can make a decent living out of 30 breeding bitches, which still seems a lot. Given that some establishments have 100 breeding bitches, does Dogs Trust have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Review of Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010: Dogs Trust Ireland (6 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Mr. Brennan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: My questions follow up on the witnesses' appearance at the Committee of Public Accounts. The SEAI presented to the Committee of Public Accounts that it had an underspend of around 16%. That was attributed to the better energy homes scheme. The biggest chunk of the underspend related to the warmth and health well-being scheme. I can understand why the organisation was not going into homes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Even on that, the EV programme got €3.5 million extra compared to the solar PV, which got €3.2 million. It was evenly balanced. In respect of EVs, I think we can all accept that anybody who is living in energy poverty is not buying himself or herself an electric vehicle.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Did SEAI approach local authorities? Local authorities were carrying out retrofit during Covid. Was it an option on the table for SEAI to go to local authorities and explain that it had an underspend and ask them to find a way to increase their capacity? Was that considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I also asked about the social impact assessment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I also asked about income. Is SEAI taking account of the income of households and the expenditure on energy before and after retrofit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Two of my questions relate to the heat study, one of which is about evolving existing policy supports to focus on existing fossil fuels in buildings. That quote can have a more significant and immediate emissions reduction impact than a fabric-first approach. Maybe it is one for Ms McCarthy to address. Will she tease out for us what exactly she means? Is that taking out the oil boiler and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: We are not paying out for the deep retrofit. The pilot is finished.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. Will Dr. Byrne give the committee a breakdown of how much was paid out on that scheme and how much is continuing to be paid out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have one question on the heat pump targets. In 2021, the target was 13,000 heat pumps to be installed. Was that reached? What did we do in 2021? If we did not reach it, how are we going to fix not reaching it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (5 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. That is from an SEAI document.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: All the questions have been asked. I was going to make the point just made, particularly about the direct lines and where it was good practice to place them, but we do not have to look very far, just up the road, to see that it is possible. I will ask a question about planning permission for ground-mounted panels and the delays in the network connections. There has been a bit of...