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Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The groupings changed between last night and this morning. I have a copy of the groupings.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The issue is the Government amendments have brought together the licenceholders' forum and the licenceholders' charter.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: My amendment discusses the licenceholders' forum. The issue is that while I would be prepared to withdraw that amendment, I still have concerns that not all of the issues I was trying to address in amendment No. 1 are covered by the Government's amendments. That is the problem with the groupings.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: My concerns are that IALPA still has a preference for a licenceholders' forum but one of its issues concerns the requirement to hold meetings. We have received correspondence from the Irish Aviation Authority which does not give information on whether there will be regular meetings, how often meetings will be held or if they are mandated to be held at certain times. What IALPA is looking...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I suggest that the Acting Chairperson presumes nothing.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Yes.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I intend to be brief because like the Minister of State I am interested in getting this legislation finished but we must get it right.

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I want to address the issue of the licenceholders' charter. Other Members have expressed their support for what I said about mandating when meetings take place. I do not see why that cannot be prescribed in the legislation to ensure that no change of management or personnel deters from the situation. In terms of the letter supplied by Captain Gavin, I was reassured by the fact that there...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Our amendment is No. c4a on crew peer support. We know that since the Germanwings murder-suicide crash in 2015, it is recognised that pilots need to be provided with support programmes to deal with personal and mental health issues, and this requirement is mandated by the European Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, and came into force in February 2021. IALPA has provided pilot support programmes...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will talk about the amendment. I have met representatives of the Irish Aviation Authority. I am happy to put that on the record. It approached me and we met. That is why we are now seeing amendments coming from the Government. People are listening and taking on board the concerns that were being raised the last time we discussed this Bill in the House. I have also met the Irish...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: As my colleagues have said, the Quad proposal is inadequate. It is a step backwards. It is "not a workable or effective solution", according to Professor Aisling McMahon from Maynooth University. The people of the global south are the most affected by the vaccine apartheid. At the WTO ministerial conference, the Indian minister for commerce said: ... what we are getting is completely...

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It did not.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is a political Chamber.

Seanad: Cost of Living: Motion (15 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I find it interesting to talk of narratives. Let us talk about the Fine Gael narrative. We hear Ministers and spokespeople talking about GDP, the fastest growing economy in the European Union and full employment, but the reality is that one might as well be the emperor strutting around naked because the emperor has no clothes. We are not living in an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I offer my condolences to Councillor Collins's family. As this is Pride Month, I offer solidarity to all the LGBTQ+ community. I especially offer solidarity to our trans brothers and sisters. I call for a debate on the National Parks and Wildlife Service review. Such a debate already took place in the Dáil and I hope that the Seanad will also have the opportunity to discuss that very...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I echo others in welcoming the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill which is long overdue. For too long we have developed a global economic system which is extractive, linear and based on hyper consumption. The Bill will not address the bigger issue relating to the growth model we live within,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank Dr. Lynn for her presentation. I apologise for arriving late to the meeting. I echo what others have said, and welcome the NPWS review having been done and recommended increased funding and a strengthened role for that agency concerning wildlife crime. I would be interested to hear, however, whether Dr. Lynn thinks that the service will have the ability to undertake those types of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. Regarding the opening statement and what was said about a-whole-of-government approach, my query again is whether Dr. Lynn believes that the NPWS will be able to go to those other Departments to ensure there is such an approach. One example concerns rodenticide, and its use and impact, particularly on the barn owl project, but also on other raptors. Despite this impact, the CAP...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have raised the issue of rodenticide with the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, but also that of formaldehyde, glyphosate and all these chemicals that are readily available. It is possible to walk down to any high street store and buy them cheaply. I have asked for a public awareness campaign, and I think the Minister of...