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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Do we have a timeline for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: In the climate action plan progress report that is stated to be high impact measure that it is completed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay so we do not know yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: That is fine. The second question is on anaerobic digestion. The pilot in the climate action progress report found it suffered repeatedly from supply chain issues. I assume those supply chain issues relate to getting such things as the machinery, due to the war and the lag after Covid-19. Will the Minister provide an update on the anaerobic digestion strategy, we are on that and when it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The last question relates to powdered milk. The Government encourages Irish mothers and women living in Ireland to feed their children by breast-feeding. That is a high priority and financial resources have been put into that. How do we square that with the fact that Ireland increasingly is becoming a large supplier of powdered milk to the global south and to China? They do not have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Has the Minister any concerns about how it is marketed to mothers in the countries where we are promoting powdered milk for newborns?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: From a personal point of view, does the Minister agree with the ban on promoting powdered milk for newborns in Ireland? Does the Minister agree with that ban?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I am just asking a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Senator Garvey is not even a member of the committee and that is the Cathaoirleach's responsibility.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The Minister tends to get very personal when he is in committee and in the Chamber. We just want him to answer questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: That is all we are doing. We are just asking the Minister to answer questions. We are not personalising this in terms of the Minister's political party. We have not mentioned the Minister's political party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: We have not mentioned the Minister's political party once. The Minister should grow up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I will not be long. Coillte is not a “relevant body” under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. This was confirmed to us by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan. What level of engagement has the Minister had to ensure the organisation will achieve its emissions reduction targets? My next question is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Is the Minister referring to PFAS?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: We are all delighted to see the uptick in farmers who are going organic, which is very welcome. We are talking about rewetting and rewilding. Regenerative farming is also part of that process. Surely there is space on the board for representatives of these sectors to bring their expertise, given that our agricultural sector is moving in that direction, albeit not fully. At least more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: How long will it take the European Food Safety Authority to do the evaluation on the grazing additives?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It will be no surprise that I will raise the matter of the announcement that the eviction ban will not be extended. Many families, including pensioners and young people, found the safety net had been ripped from under them when they woke up this morning. People who have been given eviction notices woke up to the news that this Government does not care, does not want to protect them and does...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Myself and the Minister have just left Tallaght, where we were in the company of the formidable Muslim Sisters of Éire, a fantastic group of women who are getting on with the business of plugging the gaps in society. I used the opportunity to talk to them about Dr. Kathleen Lynn and about how she is my inspiration because rather than just complaining...

Seanad: International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: They never have and they never will. They are just using it as another wedge issue to exploit and divide. I have spent many years on protests and campaigns, including campaigning for change within my own party with regard to reproductive rights and campaigning in the referendum but I do not remember meeting any of those individuals who are active on social media now. I do not remember them...