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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Brilliant. That would be great. I return to the hub controller because I am not clear on it. I think it was Mr. O'Mahony who was very categorical in saying the likes of the hub controller is still something people can opt for and they can still get funding provided to have these installed in their houses. However, when I met the organisation that provides these it said with the changes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Okay, and that will continue beyond 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: That is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Great. I thank the officials.

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 1: 1. In page 4, to delete lines 3 to 11, and substitute the following: “ “non-vacant, non-holiday home domestic electricity account” means an electricity account in respect of which a meter point registration number has been assigned and which— (a) is held by a final customer with an electricity supplier, (b) is identified...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Yes. The Minister of State's response is deeply disappointing. Senator Higgins has made a very strong argument in favour of our amendments. On the one hand we are using low usage as a metric in the context of a low-usage charge but at the same time, it is not a good enough metric when it comes to trying to exclude people who have means and are clearly not in urgent need of this measure....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I want to raise the following and put it with all of the things energy-related this morning. My first query relates to what happened yesterday at a private meeting of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action as 15 minutes before we went into session we were informed by a letter from the relevant Minister requesting that we wave pre-legislative scrutiny of a Bill for emergency...

Seanad: Poverty and Social Exclusion: Motion (19 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Minister of State. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an deis a labhairt sa díospóireacht seo. I commend the Civil Engagement Group on bringing forward this issue and for their very strong words in favour of this motion in the moving of it. We know the annual survey on income and living standards is the official source of data on households and individual incomes and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Infrastructure (20 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We all know we are facing into a tumultuous winter. Many people are terrified of the energy bills that will land on their doormats. Families are also concerned about the prospect of blackouts. Unfortunately I remember when we used to have blackouts. They...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Infrastructure (20 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer. It is reassuring to hear there are back-up generators for ECAS. The concern is that those who need to get in touch with ECAS will be able to do so because most people now use mobile phones or online services. The response did not address my specific questions on battery storage or the isolation of antennae on the grid. I will...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his responses.

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

Lynn Boylan: I highlight to the House today the plight of workers in the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, the services of which I am sure many Members have availed. I, for one, am all in favour of the modal shift and of getting people out of their cars, on to public transport, using pedestrianisation and cycling, when possible but we know that the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre is steeped in corruption in...

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

Lynn Boylan: What happened with the Liffey Valley Shopping Centre, I believe, is well documented as to why it was built beside a motorway and not in the community where it was supposed to be, which would have made it accessible by foot to many members of the community. Staff in Liffey Valley Shopping Centre have suddenly been informed that they must now park in an overflow car park at a cost of...

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

Lynn Boylan: I ask that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage give the House an update on the redress scheme for defective apartments. Throughout the country families, through no fault of their own, are living in apartments and houses that are unsafe. They are living the real-life effects of the light-touch regulation that successive Governments presided over. Recently I met with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Control of Dogs (26 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Minister of State but I am disappointed that the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is not here to take this Commencement matter, particularly given that her constituency contains many dog breeding establishments. I look forward to hearing the official response because for too long, Ireland has had the unfortunate title of being the puppy farm capital of Europe.Government after...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Control of Dogs (26 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The Minister of State has just summed up the problem in his response in that it is scattered all over multiple Departments. The Department of Rural and Community Development has the responsibility for the Control of Dogs Act but, once the dog is seized or surrendered, it is the local authority's problem and we had the same issue when the Minister of State's Department officials came before...