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

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for the response but we are conflating two different things. He spoke about the impact of climate action on different income groups. That is important to assess what the impact is but what I am asking about is assessing the contribution various groups within society make towards climate change. The facts are that high net-worth individuals contribute far more...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, released a report today that found there has been no significant improvement in the biological quality of our rivers or lakes in 2022. Ireland relies heavily on its clean and green image, both for its food production and for its tourism industry. Increasingly, however, the reality is the very opposite and all of our biological and environmental...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister and Ministers of State. I have a question for the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, on the marine protected areas. There was a presentation in the AV room last week on the potential of carbon in fish. I think it is 16% of the carbon cycle. Will the Bill for marine protected areas the Oireachtas committee report recommendation, which is for 10% strictly protected...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I am sorry, but is that a matter of where the 10% is to be designated or whether or not there will be 10% strictly protected?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, and also some people who live in private rental houses are not allowed to dry their clothes outside.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Well, not even just me. The Labour Party also has a Bill to amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2021 to allow the conditions restricting peaceful enjoyment of a tenancy, so that it would not be permissible to ban people from drying their clothes outdoors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: No. The Department says it has no role. That is the cause of my frustration. This is really low-hanging fruit, especially when we are paying money to roll out public advertisements telling people not to use their dryer, but we have all these people living in apartments saying that it is great but they are not allowed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Does the Minister of State appreciate that because electricity demand reduction is key to us meeting our targets, and we have to reduce the amount of electricity that we require, this is a very easy measure by which to do that, and to factor that into new builds so that new apartment blocks will have facilities? Years ago with council flats, there were public drying spaces.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I suppose it is significant enough to warrant a public campaign telling people not to use their dryers. If the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications thought it was warranted to run an advertising campaign on RTÉ-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It was about reducing our demand and production, but particularly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: -----sorry, this is really important. Particularly because when people are drying or washing their clothes, it is generally at peak demand, and to reduce peak demand means reducing our reliance on gas and fossil fuels. There is an element, but we signed up to a 10% reduction, and we increased our demand by 6%. The big, key plank is that when one asks what the Department did to reach the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay.

Seanad: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I welcome the opportunity to debate this Bill. The establishment of a food regulator has been a long-standing demand of Sinn Féin. An enforcement body that protects farmers and communities from the stranglehold of dominant processors, particularly the meat factories and multinational retailers, must be a central plank in delivering a fair...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: There is a recommendation that the report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity should be submitted to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action. I am just wondering why that decision was made when one of the recommendations contained in the report proposes the establishment of a stand-alone committee to look at the assembly's other recommendations. There are 159...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It came through at 11.20 a.m. today. I had not seen it either but we got it-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: That is what I thought.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It is to refer the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss report to the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action. It is on the Dáil paper but it came in at 11.20 a.m.

Seanad: Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: My colleagues in the Dáil have spoken at length about some of the issues of concern they have with this legislation. It is interesting because I worked on the One Health strategy when I was an MEP and one of the things it highlights is the length of time it takes for EU legislation to make its way to national level. There is also the conversation we are having here about the importance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I would echo what Deputy O'Rourke was saying. It is very depressing when I think of what the potential was and how slow we have been in grasping district heating. Dr. Connolly has more or less answered the question about the need to retrofit. While we want to get to greater efficiency, the benefit of district heating is that it is not necessary to have a house retrofitted to a certain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonisation of the Heat Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: It might have come up earlier that there is probably less embedded carbon in laying pipes as opposed to installing individual heat pumps. Can this be taken on board? The selling point of needing no boiler maintenance, where the hot water is available without the carbon monoxide, is an important point for households. Is there also a benefit in regard to embedded carbon? When Dr. Connolly...