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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Is it not true the Irish suppliers would have hedged up until October or November, which is when the largest increase took place? The hedging would not have run out at that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, just to clarify that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The hedging continued for October and November, which was when we saw the largest increases.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: That tees up nicely for Mr. Hagan to answer the question as to whether the CRU has the staff that it needs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: So it will be external consultants. About 25% of CRU's budget is already spent on outside consultancy. We have seen it is very rare for the CRU to challenge requests from the transmission system operator, TSO, and the distribution system operators, DSOs, when they are looking for revenue. I am concerned it not going to be in-house expertise if it is going to be a case of more outside analysis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, on Irving Oil and how much it has influenced the design of the scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I get that 100%. How much scrutiny was given to the threat that this would end the oil refinery in Cork? Was it verified or backed up, other than what we heard from the oil refinery? I am not accusing the Department of lobbying or capture, but such organisations definitely had an influence on the design of the scheme. The oil refinery said it would shut down if we go the way we are going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Nobody wants to risk energy security. My concern is that there has been a lot of talk in the public domain about legal threats from energy companies, including the Irish Wind Farmers Association-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: -----which is supporting a European Court of Justice case. We have concerns. The committee has discussed the energy charter treaty and risks that it protects the current and future profits of energy companies. When we read in newspapers that companies are threatening legal action against the State for taking measures, I have real concerns about how much scrutiny we are putting into what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: On the capital expenditure deductions, will that be transparent? Will we have that data?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety Authority (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit go dtí an Teach. I wish to raise an important issue of road safety. As the Minister of State will probably be aware – or perhaps he is not – the Road Safety Authority, RSA, does not release data about collisions to researchers and it has not done so for years. We need better research on road safety to save lives and the key...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety Authority (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I appreciate that now we are getting an acceptance that the Road Safety Authority Act allows for the Minister to issue that direction to the RSA. However, I am not sensing any urgency about it. It is 12 months since the review took place. This is happening in every other European country; they are able to give those monthly accessible data. We need to see a little bit of urgency around...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Some Senators raised the surplus in the public accounts this morning. It comes as cold comfort to many families that are in arrears on their gas bills. At the end of December 2022, 139,785 domestic gas customers were in arrears. I am sure many Senators have constituents who are horrified by the large gas bills that are landing on their doorsteps. It was the subject of a commencement...

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Curim fáilte roimh an Aire. I was delighted to see the exciting development in the Irish wool industry of the launch of the Irish-grown wool council, which is set to bring together industry representatives to build on the potential of the sector. As colleagues have noted, this all-island council will seek to improve the quality of Irish-farmed wool and facilitate collaboration in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023 (18 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The Irish Wind Farmers Association wrote to the committee and stated that the Department and the Minister had failed to engage with it. The association made the point that there is scope for flexibility in the EU regulations to the effect that community windfarms do not have to have the same standard applied to them. Did the Department engage with the association? We only have its word.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I note the momentous occasion yesterday in the Pillar Room of the Rotunda Hospital when the families of the Stardust victims heard that after a four-decade long campaign, the new inquest into what happened to their loved ones that night when the fire took place in the Stardust Ballroom will finally begin. I pay tribute to all the families. They have never given up hope of finding answers to...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I seek clarification from the Minister of State on the subject of transparency in respect of members' organisations that are engaged in lobbying. I refer to subsection (4)(b)(iii), which amends section 5 of the principal Act to create the new subsections (5)(2)(d) and (5)(2)(e). From my reading, this will amend the 2015 Act such that where a person is a representative body or an issue-based...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, and whether the obligation might be evaded by having any employee at all.