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Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I commend Senator Murphy on the Bill and support it proceeding to Committee Stage. Flooding is an important issue and we have discussed it on numerous occasions in this House. It is going to become a more pressing issue as we face into the winter months and, in the longer term, more extreme weather events due to climate change. I recognise the devastating effects of flooding on the area...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I second the amendment.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: With the leave of the House, Senator Gavan is on his way to second my amendment. Can I speak to it now, please, and move it.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Okay, that is fine. I will speak to it then. We welcome the debate on the national development plan, which contains many positive measures. We would like to see the MetroLink and DART+ progressed rapidly in order that people might be helped to get out of their cars. It is regrettable, however, that the 2027 completion dates for both the MetroLink and DART+ have been removed from the plan...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. I think all present know Sinn Féin's position on the carbon tax. I encourage the Minister of State to read the work of Professor Jessica Green, the policy analysis and carbon markets expert, who stated that her meta analysis indicates there is no robust empirical evidence to support carbon taxes.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 4: To delete the fourth and fifth paragraphs under “acknowledges:”.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: On today's Order of Business, there is a motion on the horse and greyhound racing fund, to be taken without debate. Regardless of people's views on greyhound and horse racing, I find it incredible that we would have no discussion in this House on the allocation of €70.4 million of public funding. It is not good enough simply to say we are going to refer this to the Joint Committee on...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I will share my time with Senator Warfield. Is that agreed?

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Dublin MEPs. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach said, I am a former MEP-----

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Yes. We will do it now. We can start the clock again.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the MEPs to the House. I know from my experience that it is incredibly hard to get anybody to pay any attention to the work they do. It often feels like being a hamster on a wheel. One problem is that although MEPs can attend the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, which allows better scrutiny of European legislation, the timings never worked. If we have learned anything...

Seanad: Energy Security: Statements (2 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Minister. It is fair to say Ireland faces a perfect storm, if Senators will excuse the pun, in respect of energy security issues, with low winds, pandemic delays and two power plants going down. That said, it is critical we reduce the overall demand for energy. Current Government policies have been likened to trying to go down an escalator that is going up. We are an outlier...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Across the country, homes, schools, community buildings, farms and businesses are crying out to generate their own solar energy but, unfortunately, the restrictive planning framework for solar generation has undermined progress in this regard. Planning regulations currently require planning permission for all but the smallest of solar panel...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for outlining all of the roadblocks that are in place and for saying there is a deadline of early 2022. I hope that deadline will actually be the deadline and that it will not move again, as it has previously. This will come as little comfort to schools and community groups that are desperate to be part of the transition and to do their part for climate action....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I listened with interest to some of my colleagues speaking about the roadshow that Deputy McConalogue is currently undertaking. I wish he would include a stop in this House as part of his roadshow because I cannot get a response to the emails I have sent to him. I have requested a meeting with him three times regarding the lack of enforcement of animal welfare laws, particularly in respect...

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motion (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Criminals, as the people of this State and the North know only too well, are becoming increasingly sophisticated as they ply their dangerous trade, whether it is peddling drugs on the streets or killing each other and many innocent people over personal and territorial disputes.Even last night we saw with the BBC "Spotlight" programme that they are...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (20 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte ar ais go dtí an Teach roimh an Aire Stáit. Sinn Féin will support the Bill and I am speaking on behalf of my colleague, Senator Warfield, who could not be here and wanted to speak on this issue because it is of great importance to him. We are absolutely behind the proposal to restrict applications for the change of use of student accommodation and commend...

Seanad: Flood Risk Management: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I commend this motion from the Green Party. Many here have said that we know that climate change means flooding will be an increasingly frequent issue. This summer alone we bore witness to the extreme flash flood events not only close to home in western Europe but also across the world, in China and Turkey. They are a devastating embodiment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: In regard to one EU member state doing something different in labelling and the Single Market, we might not have other countries with that problem but we have had other countries which addressed labelling issues. The process is you notify the European Commission that you are doing it, that it is on either health or environmental reasons, you run a trial for a set period and then you review...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank both speakers. It has been informative. I have a couple of points. I am glad Ms O'Brien said she would rather not have compostable be the minimum for use because she is correct that things do not get composted. Nothing in the Leinster House complex gets composted. I have come from the European Parliament where thousands of people work and the canteens there reuse. People pay a...