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Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit and the guests in the Gallery. I welcome this motion. It has been long-standing Sinn Féin policy to name the children's hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. When a motion came before Dublin City Council, it was indicative that only Fine Gael opposed it. The motion passed by 11 votes to four. As was said in the emails we received, the...

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Will the Senator stick to the Bill?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The Senator can table a Commencement matter on the issue.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Sinn Féin supports the legislation. It is a welcome help for those families who are really struggling. Today, we all listened to the commentary on the Barnardos report that was released, which outlined the harsh reality for many families living in poverty in this country. It is a wealthy country and no family should be subject to what we heard in the findings of that report....

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Second Stage (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?

Seanad: Social Welfare (Child Benefit) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Professor McMullin has answered a lot of our questions. I am particularly glad that he engaged on that point around the generation capacity problem that we have. There has been a lot of muddying of the waters in the media and so on about the need for LNG to prevent blackouts. Professor McMullin has made it very clear today that it is about the generation of electricity that leads to those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I will be brief because Professor McMullin has been very comprehensive today. We have learned a huge amount about energy systems. I will pick up on that point around the importance of demand reduction. We tabled a parliamentary question to the Department asking for the number of people working on demand reduction. We were told that 76 people are working on demand-side management but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It was about Gas Networks Ireland.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Today I want to raise the RTB figures for eviction notices whereby 4,753 households have received an eviction notice. The worst is yet to come, the tsunami of people who are facing homelessness because of the lifting of the eviction ban. I want to put on the record once again that Sinn Féin is calling on the Government to see sense and reinstate the eviction ban to give people security...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Not the Dublin GAA fans anyway.

Seanad: Government Commitments on Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (31 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I think we are all in agreement in the House, which is a nice position to be in. We all accept that Ireland has a massive potential to develop its offshore wind generating capacity. It is important to reflect that, as a country, we are lucky in that we have a very small minority of people who do not support both the climate targets and the potential for our offshore wind. If it is done...

Seanad: Garda Reserve: Statements (31 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I am speaking on behalf of Senator Ó Donnghaile. Although we have heard statements on the need to recruit to the Garda Reserve, the focus of Sinn Féin's comments will be the recruitment to the full-time An Garda Síochána. That is in no way to relegate the reserve element of An Garda Síochána. However, the policing operation that is required to deal with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Assisted Dying: Assisted Dying, Legal and Constitutional Context: Discussion (13 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I have a couple of questions. Obviously laws are developed based on moral principles or underpinnings within a particular society. I am looking at the principles of double effect. When one is trying to create law or regulate in a new area, the principles of double effect are when something that is intended to do good also causes harm, whether to people who are left behind, to society's...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I want to raise the need for Government policy to incorporate the contributions that people on different incomes make to the climate crisis. In order to do that, good quality data is essential. The climate justice question is often framed as the difference between wealthy countries in the global north like Ireland and America that have high...