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Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the motion and thank Senator Pauline O'Reilly for tabling it. Animal welfare is a really important issue. It does not receive the attention it deserves. Part of the reason for that is that the issue, particularly canine welfare, falls across a number of Departments. I was very pleased that the agriculture committee, in fairness to it, agreed to my proposal for post-enactment...

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I do not like greyhound racing. I have been very honest about that with the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and with the greyhound industry when its representatives have come before the committee. Nonetheless - and this is a little like what Senator Pauline O'Reilly said about live exports - we can certainly tighten up the regulation. We need vets at every trial,...

Seanad: Animal Welfare: Motion (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: We will just keep going.

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 52: In page 29, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(9) Within seven weeks of the passing of this Act the Minister shall lay before both houses of the Oireachtas a report on the implications of this section on relevant owners whose initial grant was for demolition and rebuilding of a relevant dwelling and whether, by way of amending legislation,...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Senator Keogan for outlining why it is not actually a 100% scheme, because she has just said "if there is a shortfall".We know there is a shortfall. The woman attended the committee and outlined her case. There is a shortfall in her case of almost €40,000. As anybody who has tried to deal with the SEAI will know, the backlog is enormous. It is difficult to get a house...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I can respond-----

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: This amendment relates to double recovery and relates to people who are taking a case against the supplier of the defective blocks that is currently underway. Section 29 will prohibit people from taking cases in the future. There amendment addresses people who will benefit if they successfully take a case against a supplier and they have already received a grant. Nobody is arguing that...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: On a point of order, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Meaning no disrespect to Senator Dooley, it is ironic to talk about the accessibility of the courts given what we are going to be discussing in the next session and what the Government is trying to do with judicial review and railroading through the barring of people from access to justice. There are two parts to the issue around section 29. One is the idea of preventing people from taking...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The amendment is self-explanatory. It relates to the Public Appointments Service, PAS. In fairness to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, I know he has used the PAS in making appointments and gave a commitment yesterday that it will be used in order that appeals will be completely independent. The issue, however, is that Ministers change. One cannot future-proof against ministerial...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will speak to the grouping. Amendment No. 66, in my name, is similar in effect to amendment No. 65. An appeals process is generally based on new information. The amendment would allow material relevant to the appeal, such as scientific or engineering evidence, to be submitted. It is interesting. In the social protection system, if a person wishes to appeal a decision, he or she is...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 66: In page 43, line 22, after "appeal" to insert "except where any such documentation is materially relevant to the appeal".

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Amendment No. 1 refers to the group 3 theme, which is about design flexibility. Group 1 refers to the Airbnb issue.

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I refer to our Seanad amendments.

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, in group 1 are Government amendments rather than our proposed Seanad amendments.

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: We welcome the measures relating to short-term lets.

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: On a point of order, my understanding is that the grouping relating to our amendments Nos. 1 and 2 relates to design flexibility, which is group 3. Our amendments seem to have been put in for discussion under group 2.

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Yes. Group 2 relates to ministerial directions regarding the statutory plan and related provisions. Our amendments seem to refer to group 3, relating to flexibility in planning applications.

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I do not mean to put words in the Senator's mouth. The issue is that we think the amendments should be included with group 3 rather than group 2.

Seanad: Planning and Development, Maritime and Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: No disrespect to the Bills Office, because the people there are completely run off their feet, but the fact that nobody even spotted the problem with these amendments, and I am not referring to the Chair but to the Minister of State, shows us how shoddy this procedure has been. No disrespect is intended. The Minister of State is bringing in 48 pages of amendments with no oversight, no...