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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Usage (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the Minister of State. I will speak today about energy. While many people are terrified at the thought of their energy bills landing on the doormat, families must also contend with the prospect of blackouts. It is a long time since we had blackouts in this country. I remember having them when I was a child but most people will not remember them because...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Usage (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The issue is not showing solidarity with other member states. What I think many households would like to see is the Government showing solidarity with households as well and asking businesses to do their part in reducing our demand on the electricity system. We know that we are buying in gas-powered generators and that we have a particular...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “acknowledges that the Government:” and substitute the following: “- has failed to protect households and business from energy price rises adequately; - has failed to adequately target the response to those who need it most and instead gave an energy rebate to owners of holiday homes, vacant properties and...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: While I am going to speak mostly about the issue of the cost of electricity, it is important to address some of the points that were raised today, particularly around liquified natural gas, LNG. There is a lot of misinformation out there and a lot of people are exploiting the current situation to try to argue the case for an LNG terminal in Shannon. What they are not saying is that LNG will...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I want to address youth emigration, but before I speak on that it is important to note what happened yesterday outside our Houses of Parliament with the far-right attacks on Deputy Paul Murphy. That should be condemned by everybody in the House. We all need to be very careful, particularly on social media and of the accounts that we tweet and retweet that endorse threats of violence against...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: People's lives are not open to negotiation.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: People’s existence is not up for negotiation.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I am sorry, but the Senator cannot debate people's right to exist.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will raise a topic I have raised previously, namely, that of members of the Traveller community receiving the electricity credit rebate. While we disagree with going down the road of giving credits again, if that is the route the Government is going to take to support families with their energy bills, then we have to make sure that we learn from the mistakes made in respect of the previous...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the MEPs. We are all talking about climate change today, and I would like to raise the issue of the energy charter treaty. I would like to hear the views of the three MEPs as to where they stand that issue, and whether or not they support the call for Ireland to leave the energy charter treaty now that we know that the modernisation process has failed and that the investor-state...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: One, the negotiations are finished; two, the ISDS was not part of the EU's reform.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is not part of the amendments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I wish to follow up on questions that were asked earlier and I am seeking only "Yes" or "No" answers. In regard to opting in to the smart meters, will the portal be available as a phone app? In Britain and other countries, people can use a tablet or screen to see their usage live. Will it be as accessible as possible? I do not want people to have to log on to websites and key in passwords...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It could be a matter of years before we get the upgrade.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Does Mr. Melvin not believe that it should be prioritised? It was flagged with us by Energy Storage Ireland as a barrier to incentivising those who want to enter the Irish market to supply battery storage and large-scale batteries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Deputy Bríd Smith asked about data centres and demand. Has Gas Networks Ireland, GNI, been in contact with the CRU about the former's concerns? Much of the focus has been on grid connection. From looking at the graph using GNI's data, though, there is exponential growth in gas demand by data centres. The concern is that, if we are not controlling that stream, the centres' other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will ask two very short questions. The other issue is around demand reduction. I have looked at what other European countries have done. In Germany, they have asked for LED billboards to be turned off and their usage reduced to six hours per day. The NGO in Britain, Adfree Cities, said that LED billboards can be the equivalent of from four up to 33 households, depending on the size and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I also asked about Electric Ireland as a supplier of last resort.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Could the CRU look at certain companies to get recovery? For example, Iberdrola is a very profitable huge company in the Iberian peninsula, Spain in particular. Is the option to look at such companies on the table? Iberdrola walked away and left many employees out of work, in addition to leaving Electric Ireland to pick up the slack in respect of its 30,000 customers.