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Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 14, lines 35 to 37, to delete all words from and including “regardless” in line 35 down to and including line 37 and substitute the following: “subject to the outcome of any criminal proceedings in respect of the serious infringement concerned. Where a Master or Owner is found not guilty in such criminal proceedings, then the Authority...

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I just do not accept that if somebody can go to the courts and have a conviction overturned on the balance of probability, the points would remain on his or her licence. I will press the amendment.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: There are parallels with the penalty points system for driving. If you go to the courts and are successful, the penalty points are removed from your licence.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 11: In page 18, line 20, to delete “on the balance of probabilities” and substitute “beyond a reasonable doubt”.

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 18, to delete line 25 and substitute the following: “(b) involved a serious infringement and not minor in nature giving due regard to all of the facts of the case, and". Amendments Nos. 12 and 13, which will be discussed later, are similar. Amendment No. 12 seeks to delete the provision that an appeal can only be taken based on a point of law....

Seanad: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 18, lines 38 and 39, to delete “on a point of law”. This relates to the same point as amendment No. 12.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I am delighted the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is here to take this question. I raised it last week and still have a number of questions arising from the response I got from the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke. The background to this matter is that works carried out in Emo Court appear to have been done without the necessary derogation licence and inevitably led to the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It goes back again to the point that it is clear that the works were carried out without a licence. I contacted the NPWS, requesting all of the derogation licences that were granted to Emo Court for the works. There is no licence for the works that were carried out in November and December of 2019. Therefore, that is an offence. If it was...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I would like to raise the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, report, which is a stark reminder of the failure of successive Governments to heed the call of scientists to act on climate change. I will focus on a few points of the report, one being adaptation. The IPCC report is crystal clear about the global failures to adopt to climate change. Again, those least responsible...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: That is okay because Senator Gavan has put it better than I possibly could. The time of Operation Protective Edge was the first time we really saw the indiscriminate targeting of innocent civilians played out in real time on social media. Following that, in 2014, I had the opportunity to travel to Palestine. What I saw with my own eyes I recognise in the Amnesty International report. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thought I was not going to get in at all. Most of my questions have been answered. I echo what Senator Higgins said regarding our concerns about the designated protected marine areas and how we will square that circle in terms of those of us who want to deliver on the carbon budgets but also want to protect our biodiversity, and getting that balance right so biodiversity is not the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the witnesses.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (24 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I am sure that at this point the Minister of State is aware of the existence of two separate reports outlining where the OPW has clearly breached wildlife protection laws, in both Emo Court, County Laois and Barryscourt Castle, County Cork, by disturbing bat roosts without the proper derogation licence. Before I get into the details of the Emo...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (24 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: This is what I received from the Department.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (24 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I have the respect to show the Minister of State what I received when I put in a freedom of information request.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (24 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I will proceed. However, as I said, the freedom of information request was heavily redacted. We know that the facts are that in 2019, an ecologist report was produced on the works that were requested to be done on Emo Court. The report stated that the works could not go ahead because the mitigation could not ensure the safety of the bat roost. Despite that report, the OPW carried on with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Wildlife Protection (24 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for his lengthy response. I disagree with him. This is not specific to Emo Court. Barryscourt Castle is in the same position in that works were carried out there in 2016 but a bat expert was not hired until 2020. With all due respect to the Minister of State, the timelines do not add up. The works in 2019 were not emergency works. At the time the works were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I echo the recommendation that everyone visits the Rediscovery Centre. When I worked in Global Action Plan in Ballymun, I worked closely with Dr. Miller and the Rediscovery Centre. It is an incredible resource. I was going to say I was happy the Minister of State was in the Gallery because of what I was going to speak about today. I will not have the opportunity to speak during the...

Seanad: Coroners (Provision for Jury Selection) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Order for Second Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Coroners (Provision for Jury Selection) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the families of the victims of the Stardust fire to the Chamber. I am proud to introduce the Bill but I would prefer that it was not necessary to do so. The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Coroners Act of 1962 to facilitate a transparent process of jury selection similar to the process that...