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

Lynn Boylan: We can follow up on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Give him the bell.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: We are being very rude today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have been blown away and I have taken many notes on what has been said. I agree with much of it. On the question of young people engaging in politics, anybody who argues that allowing voting at 16 is not a runner should listen to the quality of today's debate. I do not want to plamás or patronise the witnesses because I hate when young people are told how wonderful they are in that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: That is Deputy Alan Farrell's fault.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I apologise in advance that I will have to leave before the end because I want to go out to support the keepers of native Irish bees who are outside. I hope everybody will support Senator Martin's Bill today. I welcome the relaunch of the Raise the Roof campaign. We have been in lockdown for two years now but that does not mean that the housing crisis has gone away. In fact, it has only...

Seanad: Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I commend members of the Native Irish Honey Bee Society who are here today, and the scientists, on their work on this Bill and for not accepting the excuses or lack of interest from departmental officials. Through their persistence and dogged research, they have produced incontrovertible evidence that the native Irish honeybee is not only alive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the EU Commissioner for Energy (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Chairman and I apologise to our guests for arriving late. We were debating the protection of the Irish native honeybee. I want to go back to the Energy Charter Treaty. In 2018, Commissioner Malmström announced that investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS, was over and dead. Investor-state dispute settlement is not even on the negotiation proposals under the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the EU Commissioner for Energy (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: That is being ignored though. That ruling has been ignored repeatedly by the tribunals because EU law is a separate code of law from international law. It has been rejected and the tribunals are progressing. I know there is agreement at EU level for countries to appeal that but they have all been rejected.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the EU Commissioner for Energy (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The tribunals are still taking place and finding against member states on intra-EU disagreements. All they need to do is get the compensation from a country that is outside the EU and that could be Britain or Switzerland. Spain has 48 cases pending against it so it could be a Latin American country where it has assets. The tribunals are still happening even though the European Court of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the EU Commissioner for Energy (2 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: So we are excepting that some countries will carry out significant harm.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Agreements (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton. This is not the first time I have raised this issue of the Energy Charter Treaty and the modernisation process, Ireland's position is on that treaty and when Ireland will cut its losses and walk away from it. The Energy Charter Treaty was ratified in the 1990s by Ireland with no debate and it has been lingering around like a bad smell ever...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: International Agreements (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: It is deeply disappointing to hear the Minister of State say that Ireland supports this treaty and that it has worked well or in any way protects energy security. The only thing this treaty protects is the profits of fossil fuel companies. They are looking at ways to bail themselves out before the transition to a decarbonised future. The ISDS is not part of the modernisation process and no...

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital and Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. As the Minister did, I will start by commenting on the national maternity hospital because I would like to put on the record how disappointed we are at the deal that went through the Cabinet a couple of week ago. Nobody was denying the need for a maternity hospital. Concerns were raised by a wide group of people who were legitimate in raising those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Mr. Philips referred earlier to using the platinum services. My understanding is that the fast-track lane is closed at the moment and that all the lanes are operating regular security. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: The platinum services are offered to VIP guests and allow for private check-in, security and so on, and Mr. Philips is familiar with them given, as he stated, he used them last Saturday. Did he pay for the use of the platinum services or did that come out of the DAA's expenses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Mr. Philips stated people were concerned about travelling earlier during Covid. Clearly, the people who use the platinum services are not just concerned about travelling during Covid but also have deep pockets. Access to the service starts at €295 and there are optional extras such as chauffeur services. When Mr. Philips used the platinum services on Saturday, did he avail of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Was it because of the delays in the airport? Did Mr. Philips avail of this high-end system because there were already delays when he was travelling through the airport on Saturday?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I accept that and I do not doubt Mr. Philips works very hard. He is very well paid, but I do not doubt he works very hard for that money, as do many of the other people working at the airport who earn much less money. He stated he likes to use the different types of security lanes, whether the fast-track, the regular or the platinum, in order that he can get a feel for the experience of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Mr. Philips stated the platinum services are one of the best performing services the DAA offers, and I think fast-track is also quite popular. How much does the DAA take in annually from sales relating to fast-track and the platinum services, respectively?