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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I have three questions. One of them goes back to rhododendrons in Killarney National Park. As somebody who participated in the clearance for years, in respect of the current scheme, is the NPWS working in the areas that ground work had previously maintained clear, which are the most valuable woodlands in the national park? My understanding is that while we were there, we worked in those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Is there an acceptance by the management of Killarney National Park that areas must be revisited and maintained on a regular basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: That was not the practice-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Regarding the definition of a national park, I know the NPWS's website states that it uses the International Union for the Conservation of Nature criteria and that those standards have been endorsed and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage will abide by them. These criteria state that ecosystems should not be materially altered by human exploitation and occupation. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: So the State is going to be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The State will be carrying out agriculture within a national park.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: In a response from the Minister to a parliamentary question, he did not categorically say that there would be no rent paid by a private entity on the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: That is fine. The reply stated that the contractual arrangements for the purchase are currently being finalised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. But can Mr. Ó Donnchú say categorically that as of now, there will be no private involvement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. That is very good to hear. The last point I want to raise, which others have also brought up, is about wildlife crime. I want to get some understanding of the process. If somebody comes to the NPWS either to report what he or she believes to be a wildlife crime or the NPWS ranger goes out and investigates, who is responsible for making the decisions on prosecutions? Is it the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. We know there have been reports suggesting that morale in the NPWS was previously very low. A lot has been done to improve that situation. Does Mr. Ó Donnchú feel that the NPWS, as it currently stands, has enough autonomy to pursue wildlife prosecutions, in particular those that might involve another State body or local authority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: If it was an annex IV species under the habitats directive, which I do not believe has discretion from prosecution and if a recommendation was made by an NPWS ranger that an annex IV species was deliberately interfered with, disturbed or killed, who would make the decision not to act on that ranger's recommendation?

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 9, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Reporting on the use of proceeds from the cap on market revenues 6. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the application of, including the use of the proceeds from, the cap on market revenues.”. ...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Reporting on the application of the cap on market revenues across Member States within the European Union 6. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on the application of the cap on market revenues in Ireland in...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 11, to delete lines 10 to 13 and substitute the following: “(a) €100 per megawatt hour for electricity produced from the source referred to in paragraph(a), (b)or (g)insection 7, (b) €120 per megawatt hour for electricity produced from the source referred to in paragraph (d)of section7, (c) €180 per megawatt hour for...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I take on board what the Minister of State is saying. In reference to Deputy O'Rourke saying that the market conditions are not favourable in the context of enticing renewable energy companies to invest here, we all know that the reasons do not relate to the price for the auctions; it is the fact that it takes too long to get projects through our planning system. We need An Bord...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 12, lines 1 and 2, to delete “1 December 2022 and ending on 30 June 2023” and substitute “1 July 2022 and ending on 31 December 2024”. For Sinn Féín, probably the most objectionable part of this legislation is the limitation of the cap to the period from 1 December 2022 to 30 June 2023. It specifically catches the...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 20: In page 29, lines 17 to 19, to delete all words from and including “prescribe” in line 17 down to and including “with,” in line 19 and substitute the following: “prescribe a scheme for the due disbursement of amounts from the Fund for the purposes of lowering the electricity purchase costs to final domestic electricity customers,...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Anything that helps people in a cost-of-living crisis has to be welcomed. It is interesting that this Bill incorporates some of the amendments Sinn Féin tabled to last year's scheme. It is a pity - and it is always the case in this House - that when the Opposition comes forward with proposals, they are blankly refused and rejected rather...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Can I speak to the section?