Results 681-700 of 1,773 for speaker:Lynn Boylan

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am raising the issue of rodenticide poisoning of raptors, particularly barn owls. Our bird populations are collapsing due to habitat loss but also as a result of deliberate and accidental poisoning. There is no need to tell the Minister of State that our native birds of prey are key indicator species of the health of our ecosystems and they...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I welcome the confirmation that the protocol will continue and that the service level agreement is being updated. I ask him to confirm a timeline for the completion of that process. I ask him to confirm also whether testing will be expanded so that we can have a complete picture of the current state of the raptor population and thus address...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: This morning I wish to raise two outstanding pieces of legislation. As Senator Chambers pointed out, it is now four years after that momentous day when we repealed the eighth amendment of the Constitution, but we know that there is still a lack of provision, which affects in particular people living in rural areas, people with disabilities, the working class, migrants and people living in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the witnesses for their submissions. My first question is for the Department and concerns the timeline for the local authority climate action plans. The Act obliges local authorities to prepare them within 12 months of the request of the Minister and the request must be made no later than 18 months after section 16 comes into operation. Progress has been delayed as the legislation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The application process for the CEG consists of a 47-page set of guidelines and 19 other documents. That situation would be the first port of call in helping communities come on board. How many of the CEGs are run by energy professionals and not by community groups?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have one more question on sustainable energy grants. Would the SEAI support stand-alone grants for community groups? Community groups identify who is interested and who is in fuel poverty. In Scotland, for example, those groups get a grant to help them identify people. Would such a scheme help here? I mean apart from my query about the paperwork we could provide funding or a grant to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Will the SEAI continue to support it in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Mr. O'Mahony.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: These would be dynamic tariffs, similar to what is in Germany, whereby people would get a notification on their phones to inform them that a certain time would be a good one to use a large appliance. The problem with it starting at 11 p.m. is that the fire brigade and other organisations concerned with fire safety are advising people not to switch on large devices when they are going to bed,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The CRU said it will react to Government and Departmental policy. That is not instructing the CRU, per se, but the policy in this regard is concerned with creating a situation where it will be possible - whether this is called "dynamic pricing" or not, we both understand the same meaning in this regard - for real-time information to allow flexibility in households. This is the Department's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. I thank Mr. Somers.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Agreements (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton. This is not the first time I have raised this issue of the Energy Charter Treaty and the modernisation process, Ireland's position is on that treaty and when Ireland will cut its losses and walk away from it. The Energy Charter Treaty was ratified in the 1990s by Ireland with no debate and it has been lingering around like a bad smell ever...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Agreements (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is deeply disappointing to hear the Minister of State say that Ireland supports this treaty and that it has worked well or in any way protects energy security. The only thing this treaty protects is the profits of fossil fuel companies. They are looking at ways to bail themselves out before the transition to a decarbonised future. The ISDS is not part of the modernisation process and no...

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. As the Minister did, I will start by commenting on the national maternity hospital because I would like to put on the record how disappointed we are at the deal that went through the Cabinet a couple of week ago. Nobody was denying the need for a maternity hospital. Concerns were raised by a wide group of people who were legitimate in raising those...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I apologise in advance that I will have to leave before the end because I want to go out to support the keepers of native Irish bees who are outside. I hope everybody will support Senator Martin's Bill today. I welcome the relaunch of the Raise the Roof campaign. We have been in lockdown for two years now but that does not mean that the housing crisis has gone away. In fact, it has only...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I commend members of the Native Irish Honey Bee Society who are here today, and the scientists, on their work on this Bill and for not accepting the excuses or lack of interest from departmental officials. Through their persistence and dogged research, they have produced incontrovertible evidence that the native Irish honeybee is not only alive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Needless to say, Sinn Féin supports them having a grant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I wish to ask Mr. Somers about smart meters. While 750,000 have been installed, they are not providing real-time information to households. In Germany people get real time updates suggesting that now might be a good time to put on a dryer or washing machine. I have a smart meter and I do not know what its benefit is because all I can do is request at the end of the day what my energy usage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will focus mostly on the dog-breeding establishments, if the witnesses do not mind. There is the legal definition of guidelines and there seems to be some confusion at different local authority levels, with some believing they are legally enforceable. Some local authorities make it a condition on granting a licence that a party complies with dog-breeding establishment guidelines but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: What we are hearing back is that the bar to close down an establishment is extremely high and the different local authorities apply a different standard in terms of inspections. Would the inspections not be better done like farm inspections and brought under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine so there is a consistent approach to all dog breeding establishments, no matter...