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Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Does the Minister of State want to respond to the question?

Seanad: Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I just think it is important to hear the response.

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. The health of the citizens of the EU is much better today because of the restrictions that we have put on smoking and tobacco products over the last 20 years. Credit where credit is due; this State led the way when it introduced a ban on smoking in certain places to protect people’s health. At an EU level, my colleague, Martina Anderson,...

Seanad: Vaping: Motion (16 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: -----without bringing forward this legislation, but again I welcome the fact that Fine Gael is at least bringing forward a motion on it. We are happy to support the motion.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I too offer my condolences to Vicky Phelan's family. The State is mourning her loss but mná na hÉireann are really feeling her loss today. I thank Senator Paul Daly for calling for a debate on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine report on dog welfare issues. I echo the call. A debate on those issues is very urgent. I will raise the annual crisis...

Seanad: Forestry: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire go dtí an Teach. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an deis agam labhairt sa díospóireacht seo. There was quite a bit of media fanfare about the new forestry strategy and while I welcome its publication, it amounted to only a single page dealing with payment rates. The previous strategy amounted to almost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank all of the witnesses. I have a number of questions. First, on the area of forestry on peatlands, I agree it is not the way to go and that it is more beneficial to rewet but I would like to hear the witnesses' views around wind farms on some of the peatlands as well. We have seen instances, particularly on State land such as the mid-Shannon wilderness park located on land owned by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Will Mr. Ó Brolcháin send on the report he mentioned? Have those peatlands been mapped where-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Why not solar on peatlands?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The moisture is not getting-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I want to say a few words about the Save Moore Street Campaign. As I am sure everybody is aware, a large development is proposed for a large site in Dublin city centre that is bordered by Moore Street, Henry Street, O'Rahilly Parade and the other laneways in the area. Most importantly, the site covers the escape route, final battles and surrender of the men and women of the 1916 Easter...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an deis agam labhairt 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...

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Nobody is saying you are not. It is about the effective use of time.

Seanad: Transport: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: There are many things the Senators could bring forward.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I add my endorsement to the comments around the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar and to offer solidarity to the LGBT community as that country should never have gotten the World Cup. I also raise an issue around another country that is well-known for its human rights violations, namely, Egypt. As somebody who has gone to Egypt, has been in an Egyptian prison, and has spoken to members of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have a major interest in the consultation process. I was taken by the point about how box-ticking consultation can be even more damaging than no consultation at all. That was certainly the experience I had when I worked in Ballymun. That is how local people said they felt about the regeneration project. We do not do consultation very well in Ireland. We are afraid of it. We sort of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: No, I am okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: We will discuss the nature restoration law, which is the 30%. It is important that the committee does discuss it. The witnesses might have seen how at the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, people had to withdraw statements. Not wanting to give the witnesses more work around consultation but it would probably be useful for groups to make submissions to the committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks (8 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Is it drained peatland farming?