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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Following on from what Deputy Whitmore and other speakers said, we hear a great deal about the potential of offshore wind. Everybody welcomes that to reach our climate targets but also as employment for rural coastal communities. What we hear less of is the potential for jobs in biodiversity, natural capital and research. I was particularly interested in Dr. Whelan's statement about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (11 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I asked whether we need some sort of independent body to monitor these wind farms.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: When people resort to shouting insults, it shows they are on a very weak footing.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: We desperately want to solve this housing crisis. I did not interrupt the Senator and I would appreciate the same respect from that side of the House. This Government has failed. It has failed on the housing crisis. Despite all the rhetoric it brings here, the truth is it has failed. The Minister has missed every deadline he has set. He said he would have an affordable housing Bill in...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I am accusing you of-----

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I am not a bully. The 1% did not-----

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. It is a distortion of the truth.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I withdraw "lying". I will say it is a distortion of the truth. The 1% did not refer to price inflation. The detailed analysis of this scheme was carried out by the London School of Economics and Political Science and it found that house prices increased by 6%. Sinn Féin has an alternative. We would oversee a doubling of direct capital investment, at least €2.8 billion...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: You can bully all you want. We know Fianna Fáil has an issue with women. You can bully all you want. You are not going to silence me. Okay?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: The Senator has an issue with strong women. We know that from the history. Sinn Féin would deliver a minimum of 8,000 affordable homes each year, with 4,000 affordable cost rental-----

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: What accusation did I make?

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Yes.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I note the clock, and I will take my time. Sinn Féin would deliver a minimum-----

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Look, you can talk us down if you do not want to hear the solution.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: You cannot make the accusation that the Opposition has no alternative and then shout the alternative down.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Thank you. A bit of respect, please. Sinn Féin would deliver a minimum of 8,000 affordable homes each year - 4,000 affordable cost rental and 4,000 affordable purchase homes. Sinn Féin would structure the financing and delivery of the affordable purchase homes to deliver an average purchase price of €230,000 in Dublin and less elsewhere. We need an approach that puts...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I still have time.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (18 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Only this morning, the International Energy Agency, IEA, released a report calling for radical change if we are to reach net zero emissions and stay within the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement. The IEA stated, "If we want to reach net zero by 2050 we do not need any more investments in new oil, gas and coal projects". If ever there was a clear signal that Ireland and the EU need to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Policy (18 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State. He did not answer my question about the ISDS mechanism in the ECT. Does the Government support the removal of that system? Even if it excluded fossil fuels, is it right that investors have that power over states? We do not know what the future holds in terms of hydrogen or renewables. In fact, RWE, which is a renewable energy generator in Ireland, is riding...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I will speak about health infrastructure in Gaza but I also want to make a point on the seemingly increasing trend of elected representatives making veiled threats to public bodies with regard to their funding. It is not a good look for any democratically elected representative. I want to focus on the health infrastructure in Gaza. Last night, we heard how Gaza's only Covid-19 laboratory...