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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Could the CRU look at certain companies to get recovery? For example, Iberdrola is a very profitable huge company in the Iberian peninsula, Spain in particular. Is the option to look at such companies on the table? Iberdrola walked away and left many employees out of work, in addition to leaving Electric Ireland to pick up the slack in respect of its 30,000 customers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I promise I will be brief. I have two questions that I did not get to earlier. Some information the witnesses provided relates to arrears and the electricity market with the caveat that we are going into the winter period, so it will become more difficult for people. That seems to be fairly static, but it is not the same for domestic gas customers. The witnesses mentioned that they have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Given the trajectory, it is quite a large increase. Do we need more bespoke measures, particularly for gas customers? It might be something equivalent to the credit but just so there is something extra there because, as we know, it is gas that is inflating all of the prices, and people are relying on it heat and then there is the electricity as well. Is it of concern to the regulator,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Is the CRU advocating for a backdated payment? In some cases the halting sites got no payment but in others it was divided up among the number of mobile homes because it was a single MPRN. They were getting €200 but actually the families were getting about €7 off their bill. I am just flagging that there is a multitude of different issues but it meant they all lost out on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, but it is about the regulator making sure the people benefit from the electricity credit.

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

Lynn Boylan: I want to address youth emigration, but before I speak on that it is important to note what happened yesterday outside our Houses of Parliament with the far-right attacks on Deputy Paul Murphy. That should be condemned by everybody in the House. We all need to be very careful, particularly on social media and of the accounts that we tweet and retweet that endorse threats of violence against...

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

Lynn Boylan: People's lives are not open to negotiation.

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

Lynn Boylan: People’s existence is not up for negotiation.

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

Lynn Boylan: I am sorry, but the Senator cannot debate people's right to exist.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Usage (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the Minister of State. I will speak today about energy. While many people are terrified at the thought of their energy bills landing on the doormat, families must also contend with the prospect of blackouts. It is a long time since we had blackouts in this country. I remember having them when I was a child but most people will not remember them because...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Usage (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The issue is not showing solidarity with other member states. What I think many households would like to see is the Government showing solidarity with households as well and asking businesses to do their part in reducing our demand on the electricity system. We know that we are buying in gas-powered generators and that we have a particular...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “acknowledges that the Government:” and substitute the following: “- has failed to protect households and business from energy price rises adequately; - has failed to adequately target the response to those who need it most and instead gave an energy rebate to owners of holiday homes, vacant properties and...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: While I am going to speak mostly about the issue of the cost of electricity, it is important to address some of the points that were raised today, particularly around liquified natural gas, LNG. There is a lot of misinformation out there and a lot of people are exploiting the current situation to try to argue the case for an LNG terminal in Shannon. What they are not saying is that LNG will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank all the witnesses for their contributions so far. My first question is for the Minister. He mentioned in his opening statement the demand side of 15% voluntary. Will he outline his view on that? Many European countries have already published their ideas around how they will reach those reductions in demand but we have not really seen anything from the Government on what it is and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Lynn Boylan: In the energy poverty strategy of 2019, the CRU was asked to carry out an analysis of what the barriers to switching were for people. I know the CRU regularly says that the best way to reduce one's household bill is to switch supplier. Age Action and other organisations such as the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, MABS, and Traveller organisations will say that there are significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is more for people who do not want to do direct debit. Many older people have an issue with being forced to set up a direct debit and they are being blocked from swapping or people who have a poor credit rating are stuck with their supplier. How do we address those barriers for those people because they are more likely to be the more vulnerable households?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Some of the analysis that was done also would be really helpful for the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, I can draft a list of questions. I refer to the analysis that was requested of the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, as it was then, after the 2019 energy poverty strategy, which looks at the barriers to switching and to what proposals-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Lynn Boylan: That would be great.

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I hope the Cathaoirleach will give me a bit of latitude, because there is a lot I want to say.