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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: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Tá fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This morning, I want to raise the matter of the rehoming of horses which are seized under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013. I had my own Bill, the Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill, which passed Second Stage unanimously here. Unfortunately, the guillotine meant that it did not progress to Committee Stage yet.During the Second Stage...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for raising directly with the Department the particular point I am raising. Section 38 is the key issue. The example I have given is that horses seized, as with dogs, are held for very lengthy periods. This is not in the interests of the animal's welfare. As I have said, it carries a significant cost for the welfare organisations homing them. The Minister of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I want to raise the matter of the Energy Charter Treaty. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, announced last Friday that he would not grant a lease undertaking for the oil and gas prospecting due to happen off the Cork coast. This is, of course, the right decision. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, has said we can have no new...

Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

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.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I congratulate all the successful candidates in the Six-County local elections. It was an historical election for Sinn Féin, which is now the largest party in local government in the North. There has been a clear message from the electorate that people want to see the assembly back up and running. I encourage all the political parties to work hard to make that happen and for the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I thank everybody for their contributions. It is important, as others have said, that we are discussing energy poverty around climate action as well. It is a real blind spot for many policymakers and even media to draw the parallels between the two in that if we are not reducing our emissions and our energy poverty, we are just transferring wealth. That might have been in Social Justice...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Poverty: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I am sorry. Did Ms O'Connor say there is no energy poverty representative on the energy poverty steering group?