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

Lynn Boylan: Is it fair to say that if it is a well-performing product, it is in the interests of the DAA to have queues that do not move very efficiently? I believe a member of the committee held up a picture of Shannon Airport earlier, where there were no queues. Is it not in the interests of the DAA to have some delays or queues, so that there is a product to sell to those who can afford to bypass...

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

Lynn Boylan: I have one more question, if there is time, on the issue of baggage. First, I ask Mr. Philips to confirm that the cost of him travelling platinum comes out of his pay package with the DAA. Is that correct?

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

Lynn Boylan: So Mr. Dalton's cost centre deals with his expenses.

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

Lynn Boylan: My final question concerns the issue of baggage. We have heard that over 1,000 people missed their flights at the weekend. Are there figures available for delays in baggage? How many bags did not make it on to planes, went to the wrong place or were left in the airport? Are there any updated figures available on that?

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

Lynn Boylan: Was Mr. McLean happy with the baggage handling at the weekend?

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

Lynn Boylan: Was it a problem at the weekend? Was there an issue with bags backing-up on baggage belts? Were staff basically overwhelmed by the amount of baggage that was coming through in trying to ensure the baggage got to the planes it needed to get to?

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

Lynn Boylan: Will the DAA be asking for those figures so that we can get a full picture of just how bad the events of the weekend were?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank our guests. Many of the questions have been covered so I might change the topic slightly and broaden it out to some of the stuff that has been raised with regard to the joined-up approach in planning. This committee heard recently about buildings that are being demolished as opposed to being repurposed, the carbon footprint of that, and that the best and most efficient building is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: On district heating, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, did its heat map study, and a key thing it identified was district heating. The potential for its use is more widespread than it first considered. What sort of resources do the local authorities need? The SEAI is saying it will not just be our cities but that villages and towns will also be able to avail of district...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: That would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Challenge and Opportunity for Local Authorities in Climate Action: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I want to go back to the €11.5 million that was flagged. Is that to resource the enhanced CAROs or is it for the local authorities as well? How does it break down in terms of thinking about staff numbers? Do the witnesses from the CAROs have figures for how many people they think the CAROs will be hiring for that money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Operation of the Coroner Service: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank all the speakers. The discussion has been fascinating. I am not a member of the Joint Committee on Justice so I am learning a lot sitting here. I am here particularly to raise the issue of the Stardust inquest, which is coming up, we hope, in September. Professor Cusack was involved in writing the report in 2000, which stated that the Coroner Service is a service for the living...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am raising the issue of rodenticide poisoning of raptors, particularly barn owls. Our bird populations are collapsing due to habitat loss but also as a result of deliberate and accidental poisoning. There is no need to tell the Minister of State that our native birds of prey are key indicator species of the health of our ecosystems and they...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I welcome the confirmation that the protocol will continue and that the service level agreement is being updated. I ask him to confirm a timeline for the completion of that process. I ask him to confirm also whether testing will be expanded so that we can have a complete picture of the current state of the raptor population and thus address...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: This morning I wish to raise two outstanding pieces of legislation. As Senator Chambers pointed out, it is now four years after that momentous day when we repealed the eighth amendment of the Constitution, but we know that there is still a lack of provision, which affects in particular people living in rural areas, people with disabilities, the working class, migrants and people living in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will focus mostly on the dog-breeding establishments, if the witnesses do not mind. There is the legal definition of guidelines and there seems to be some confusion at different local authority levels, with some believing they are legally enforceable. Some local authorities make it a condition on granting a licence that a party complies with dog-breeding establishment guidelines but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: What we are hearing back is that the bar to close down an establishment is extremely high and the different local authorities apply a different standard in terms of inspections. Would the inspections not be better done like farm inspections and brought under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine so there is a consistent approach to all dog breeding establishments, no matter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I think it would make more sense if it was streamlined and if there was just one body carrying out the inspections, rather than the Department having to keep carrying out training exercises. The revised guidelines set the staff to breeding bitches ratio at 1:25. Most animal welfare organisations have a 1:10 ratio. What is important for anybody listening today is that it is 1:25 breeding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Would the Department be open to the idea that the operator would establish a system which keeps a system record of births, deaths, sales, movements and any other events, for example, when the bitch is retired, the number of litters she has had, the number of live pups versus dead pups and all of that information in order that it is available and we can track what exactly is going on in these...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Is that available electronically?