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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I wish to raise the very disappointing news that yet again Ireland's emissions are on the rise when they should be going in the other direction. It is deeply concerning that once again we have the worst record in Europe. It needs to be said that more and more of our carbon budget is being consumed by ever more demand for electricity. The Government agreed at an EU level in November 2022 to...

Seanad: Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023: Second Stage (16 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I commend Senator Higgins, the Civil Engagement Group and Sárán Fogarty in Senator Higgins's office on bringing forward this Bill. It is really important the State leads by example when it comes to tackling climate change.We need that collective action and a strong, co-ordinated response. Through Government-led climate action we can...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Prices (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, and I welcome the women from the Liberties. I am a fellow Liberties woman, so it is great to see them in the Chamber. I wish to raise the issue of the impact of increasing electricity demand on electricity costs for households. The focus over recent months in the cost-of-living crisis has been on the cost of energy and the cost of gas heating....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Prices (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State. We all know that households have to play their part in reducing their demand, and smart meters are part of that. I have flagged numerous times that many people who live in apartments and flats are being gaslit by the Government's policy when they hear people on the radio telling them when is a good time to dry their clothes outside when they are not actually...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Prices (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Yes.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I will speak briefly in favour of the amendment. I agree that we need greater transparency. The amendment is relevant in the context of my amendments relating to fossil fuel lobbyists. The Irish Academy of Engineering lists itself as a non-profit organisation harnessing the expertise of engineers and providing independent advice to policymakers and industry, yet it has repeatedly appeared...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 6, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Insertion of section 16A into Principal Act 9.The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 16: “Report on code of conduct to protect the public interest from fossil fuel lobbying 16A.(1) Having regard to the success of the United Nations World...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: These amendments follow on from the debate we had on Committee Stage. On Committee Stage we had tried to bring in a code of conduct specific to fossil fuel lobbying, building on the style of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. I think there is a general acceptance that we are now at a situation when it comes to climate change that we do not have time with...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I wholeheartedly agree with Senator Norris that the tobacco industry engaged in the exact same tactics as the fossil fuel industry, which knew for decades that its activities were leading to global warming but fought and spread disinformation. In fact, some of the same individuals were involved in spreading that misinformation. Exxon's whole campaign has been very well publicised, where...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: No.

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “Insertion of section 16A into Principal Act 9. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 16: “Report on how to protect the public interest from fossil fuel lobbying 16A. Having regard to the success of the United Nations World Health...

Seanad: Disregard of Certain Criminal Records of Gay Men: Motion (17 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I commend my colleague, Senator Warfield, on tabling this Private Members' motion in the Seanad. We sometimes reflect on how far we have come as a country in terms of rights. I recently listened to the "Inside the Crime" podcast and it brought back just how different a country Ireland was in the 1970s and 1980s. The podcast covered the murder of Charles...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I congratulate all the successful candidates in the Six-County local elections. It was an historical election for Sinn Féin, which is now the largest party in local government in the North. There has been a clear message from the electorate that people want to see the assembly back up and running. I encourage all the political parties to work hard to make that happen and for the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank everybody for their contributions. It is important, as others have said, that we are discussing energy poverty around climate action as well. It is a real blind spot for many policymakers and even media to draw the parallels between the two in that if we are not reducing our emissions and our energy poverty, we are just transferring wealth. That might have been in Social Justice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I am sorry. Did Ms O'Connor say there is no energy poverty representative on the energy poverty steering group?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I want to pick up on this point and ask the witnesses their view on the standing charge and whether the CRU needs to have greater powers over it. Once again, whether people are reducing their energy use for efficiency reasons or because they cannot afford not to do so, they are punished by the fact that the standing charge is increasing as they are reducing their energy use. Would the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This morning, I want to raise the matter of the rehoming of horses which are seized under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. I had my own Bill, the Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill, which passed Second Stage unanimously here. Unfortunately, the guillotine meant that it did not progress to Committee Stage yet.During the Second Stage...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for raising directly with the Department the particular point I am raising. Section 38 is the key issue. The example I have given is that horses seized, as with dogs, are held for very lengthy periods. This is not in the interests of the animal's welfare. As I have said, it carries a significant cost for the welfare organisations homing them. The Minister of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I want to raise the matter of the Energy Charter Treaty. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, announced last Friday that he would not grant a lease undertaking for the oil and gas prospecting due to happen off the Cork coast. This is, of course, the right decision. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, has said we can have no new...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.