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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I just want to clarify something. Mr. Maughan is saying the allocation is 1% of the overall fund because it is based on population, so is it population or the allocation key which is deciding how much money Ireland would get? To reiterate, if Ireland is expected to submit a social climate plan to be eligible to access that social climate fund, how are we going to do that if we do not the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I want to pick up again on the 25% to the social climate fund. To put aside the fact that I and my party have issues around the emissions trading scheme, is it not the case that under the current emissions trading scheme 50% of the revenue raised is supposed to be allocated for climate projects? Ireland is an outlier in that we do not ring-fence and we have been called out by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: To follow up on Deputy Whitmore's question about the additional amount being ring-fenced for the carbon tax, has any data been collected by the Department? Given that carbon tax is supposed to be a behavioural tax, you should be seeing the revenue decreasing as it is having the effect it is supposed to have. Is any modelling being done by the Department on that? Mr. Maughan gave the figure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister. Everybody who is watching this at home would say that it stinks, and I do not believe anything we have heard today would change their opinion. In fact, there are now questions for the Minister for Finance as well as to what his role was in this process. For the ordinary Joe and Jane Soaps watching this, what they see is somebody who has access to very senior...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I want to come in as a lot of that is being repeated. When the Minister spoke to Katherine Zappone, did he say to her it would not be appropriate for him to set up an introduction with Samantha Power?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: When the Minister had the conversation with her on 26 February, the fact Katherine Zappone had initially reached out to him looking for an introduction to Samantha Power did not come up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: So it did come up in the course of the conversation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: At that point the Minister discussed the fact there might be a role for her within the Irish Government instead of introducing her to USAID.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: On 4 March, things had moved swiftly between the first phone call the Minister had with Katherine Zappone and his conversation with his Secretary General. Katherine Zappone believed - mistakenly, according to the Minister - she had been offered a job but it was subject to a Department review of whether such a role was required. Yet she queried the time period of the appointment and what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: When someone contacted various Ministers and the ambassador inquiring about a job she had not been formally offered, did the Department not at any point think it might be appropriate to go back to Katherine Zappone, ask her to cool the jets and tell her there was no job yet, that it had not been finalised and that the process was still being gone through relating to terms and conditions and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Why did she then, on 3 March, say to the Minister, when she was delighted about this job she did not have, that that was great and she had spoken to Deputy Donohoe as well? If she was to be involved in a conceptual process to explore whether there was to be an envoy, what role would the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, have had in that? Why would she have needed to speak to him and to tell the...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Sinn Féin will not oppose today's amendment by the Minister to the climate Bill as we too welcome the inclusion of 6A into section 3(3). However, its inclusion does not allay all our concerns about the Seanad amendments that were adopted in the Dáil on Wednesday night. I continue to share the concerns of Professor John Sweeney that their inclusion undermines the scientific basis...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: That is on the record. We have the letter from the Minister himself. It is a shame that many progressive amendments-----

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Okay. I will correct the record.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: We were asked to give the Bill two weeks' pre-legislative scrutiny so it would pass before Christmas.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I am used to being interrupted, a Chathaoirligh, whenever Sinn Féin members speak. It is a shame that many progressive amendments-----

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (16 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I am not the one who started with the petty political arguments. As I was saying, it is a shame that many progressive amendments put forward by those of us who want to take good climate action were rejected.The collaborative approach ceased after the committee's discussions. It stopped there and that is regrettable because the only way to achieve proper climate action is to bring everybody...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: The British Government announcement yesterday that it would introduce legislation to cover up the role in the conflict in the North, in the form of a statute of limitations, has united opinion in this country in an unprecedented manner. The Irish Government, Sinn Féin, the SDLP, the Alliance Party and the Unionist Party have all called on the British Government not to proceed with this...

Seanad: CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Minister. I will begin by extending my best wishes to Vicky Phelan. We all know she is in a battle and we wish her the very best. I also extend my solidarity to all of the women affected, as I am sure the Minister and all Senators here do. It is our job to make sure we do right by them and that we stand by them and their families. I take this opportunity to encourage women...

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I am not usually up so quickly.