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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Agreements (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Leas-Cathaoirleach. Given that it is UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, I raise an issue related to the Israel-Palestine conflict that has been overshadowed.Like all conflicts, there is always a material aspect to the war. For decades, Israel has exploited Palestinian natural resources in contravention of international law. A recent study by the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Agreements (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the recent energy security report and the findings that a non-commercial LNG terminal, and not a commercial one, will be the way to go. I have stated that in this House previously. The Minister of State mentioned that the memorandum of understanding is an EU memorandum of understanding and not an Irish one. We all know that because we are a member state, EU policy dictates the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Go raibh maith agat. This is the first chance I have had to raise the horrific attack that happened on Parnell Square last Thursday, but I want first to take up Senator Dooley's comments about the unwritten rule in respect of addressing race. I do not know what unwritten rule he is talking about. From my perspective as an elected representative and that of our party, we have been engaging...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: There is no unwritten rule. It is everybody's obligation to show leadership on the issue of racism. As I said, I want to focus on what happened on Thursday, and my thoughts go out to those children who were seriously injured and to the carer in that horrific attack, as well as to those who intervened and put their lives on the line to put children in safety and protect the person who had...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I will use my time to raise a number of concerns I have around the greyhound racing industry. The first one is the 80:20 split in funds. It does not make any sense whatsoever that there are two organisations, completely independent of each other, and one could send in the best business plan in the world while the other could scribble some notes on the back of one-pager and they would both...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank all the witnesses for their comprehensive statements and questions. I was interested around the tax on excess corporate profits and those international tools that are being used. I would like to pick the witnesses' brains not only on the idea of Ireland being a good neighbour but around wealth taxes, and the importance of collecting the data on wealth taxes. I know that my own...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Some 6,000 jets a year come to this country alone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: But it is still a significant number and it is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: This is slightly relevant but, because we have the time, I will ask the panel if it has any views on it. Data centres in Ireland is a big conversation and I will not go back there. I refer to AI and the amount of energy that is required for AI computer services. Should we be regulating what they are doing? In Ireland, should we have greater oversight of what the data centres are doing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Or Amazon Web Services making it more efficient to take fossil fuels out of the ground and move around the world as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: COP28: Discussion (28 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: On the issue of real-time bidding, which is an international issue, we are talking about the emissions of a small- to medium-sized country purely on those real-time bidding advertisements that are tracking or engaged in surveillance of personal data. A ridiculously tiny percentage of the adverts that bid to show an individual an advert actually get to show that person an ad. It is a huge...