Results 41-60 of 147 for long speaker:Lynn Boylan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I have a couple of questions. It has been a long meeting and I appreciate the witnesses' time. I will pick up on what Deputy Whitmore said about pricing in and the impact of demand on the prices. Did the EU regulation not clearly stated that reducing electricity demand at national level can have a positive nationwide effect on electricity prices? The EU has already made the connection that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I note the momentous occasion yesterday in the Pillar Room of the Rotunda Hospital when the families of the Stardust victims heard that after a four-decade long campaign, the new inquest into what happened to their loved ones that night when the fire took place in the Stardust Ballroom will finally begin. I pay tribute to all the families. They have never given up hope of finding answers to...

Seanad: Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...and a designated public official shall act in a manner consistent with the code of conduct.”.”. This amendment is to address the issue of the fossil fuel industry, the vested interests that it has in maintaining its position and profitability, and its long history of funding climate change denial and climate change delaying tactics. We have seen exactly how fossil fuel...

Seanad: Public Water Connection Charges: Motion (26 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...about the wording of the resolution and the potential legal implications of recognising water as a human right. The decision was rightly criticised by civil society groups and activists. We have moved on a long way from 2010. It is most welcome to see that there now seems to be a consensus on recognising water as a human right. I commend the Green Party Senators on bringing forward...

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: .... The council's formation is a critical step in implementing the wool feasibility study's key recommendations, which were published last year. The Irish wool industry has been undervalued for far too long. The new council will provide research, innovation and technical expertise to support the development of wool as a key industry across the island. Irish wool has a wide range of uses....

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...feel we are not. What has changed? Perhaps it has to do with the subject of the recent Business Postarticle that stated data centres have been in touch with the Minister, Deputy Coveney, about how long it is taking to get EPA industrial emissions licences for their emergency backup generation. Are we freeing up the EPA so it can focus on these industrial emissions licences? There are...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement and Windsor Framework: Motion (8 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...in the North support the protocol and want to see the economic opportunities of the competitive advantage maximised for people's benefit and the dual market access capitalised on. We have been consistent all along that a deal was possible, so long as people came to the negotiations in good faith. Unfortunately, that has not always been the case with British Prime Ministers, such as Boris...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...should be allowed to purchase private rental properties that have housing assistance payment, HAP, or rental accommodation scheme, RAS, tenantsin situ. Sinn Féin has been saying that for a long time. The Minister says he has done it but he has not. It is being applied inconsistently across the country and is taking too long. The houses are being sold and tenants are being made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I will not be long. Coillte is not a “relevant body” under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. This was confirmed to us by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan. What level of engagement has the Minister had to ensure the organisation will achieve its emissions reduction targets? My next question is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (2 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: How long will it take the European Food Safety Authority to do the evaluation on the grazing additives?

Seanad: Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...of colonial plunder or unethical means. We all heard recently, after more than two centuries of being displayed in a museum against his expressed dying wish, that the remains of Charles O’Brien are now no longer on display in the Hunterian Museum in London. Likewise, housed at Oxford University’s Bodleian Library are the Annals of Inisfallen, which is a manuscript written...

Seanad: National Forestry Fund: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Lynn Boylan: .... As with everything to do with climate action, it cannot be done without the engagement and buy-in from local communities and farmers. A just transition is all about bringing local communities along with us. The Government has overseen the disengagement of those stakeholders from forestry and the Coillte proposal has not helped to mend those bad feelings. There are problems with...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...mortgage arrears, their electricity bills were going to increase to subsidise these large energy users. It was clear in the Cabinet memorandum that this was something for which the industry had been lobbying for a long time. It was not due to the recession. It was a lobby request of large energy users of profitable companies and the Government at the time capitulated and instructed the...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...of reasons for that. It is not to do with the Ukraine war, although that is certainly playing into costs and supply chains. We have always consistently had the most expensive renewable energy. For a long time, Sinn Féin has called for a high-level stakeholder, cross-departmental forum to identify where the points are, why we are outliers in renewable energy costs compared with our...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad: Animal Welfare (24 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...their capacity issues? Will funding be put in place so that they can foster the dogs out or provide new accommodation for them? They are under extreme capacity pressure. What is the plan in the long term for dealing with the dog breeding establishments, which are churning out dogs, as if on a conveyer belt, making them readily accessible to people to get, and then, when the behavioural...

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...product available to push tobacco products onto young people and develop a new generation of smokers. It is unfortunate that this was not supported at an EU level but we are where we are. It has taken a long time for us all to stand up to the tobacco industry but this debate needs to be medically led and based on the most up-to-date scientific research available. I note that the HSE...

Seanad: Forestry: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...not the same thing. They are two separate crises. Biodiversity is impacted by climate change but it can equally be impacted by climate action and it is important that we protect both and address both of those crises. For too long, forestry plantations have been a major driver of biodiversity loss, especially the mono-crop plantations of Sitka spruce. For this reason, it is particularly...

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...mar chuid den díospóireacht seo. The Sinn Féin Deputy for Kildare South, Deputy Patricia Ryan, has been raising the issue of the impact of the short-hop zones on people in her constituency for a long time. People are driving to Sallins in north County Kildare, as we have heard, to use more affordable public transport. We all know that as part of our climate targets and...

Seanad: Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...because they were not relevant to the Bill. However, they are absolutely relevant to the Bill. Large energy users are critical to why we are in this situation. It is interesting to see that Ukraine is referred to in the Bill’s Long Title, when we know this is not about gas supply issues; it is about electricity generation capacity. It is interesting that Ukraine was mentioned in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna (Atógáil) - Commencement Matters (Resumed): Control of Dogs (26 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ..., is not here to take this Commencement matter, particularly given that her constituency contains many dog breeding establishments. I look forward to hearing the official response because for too long, Ireland has had the unfortunate title of being the puppy farm capital of Europe.Government after Government has failed to get to grips with the situation and the dog-breeding establishment,...