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Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) in section 10B(2), by the substitution of the following for paragraph (c): “(c) where connection to or enhancement of the upstream pipeline of the operator is required by the applicant, an offer made under that subsection— (i) shall include the terms for such a connection...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 16: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) by the insertion of the following section after section 17: “Reporting 17A. (1) A pipeline operator shall on an annual basis prepare a statement for the approval of the Minister setting out— (a) areas of the gas network for disconnection, decommissioning or repurposing in...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: This amendment is around the decommissioning of gas pipelines. It proposes that as well as during construction, health and safety measures should be accounted for during disconnection, decommissioning or repurposing. In other words, this amendment emphasises the point that in construction and in use are not the only two states in which a pipe can exist. They can also be disconnected,...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I think I actually spoke to amendment No. 17.

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Amendment No. 16 is around giving the power to the Minister to issue a direction to upstream pipeline operators as their activities may relate to the climate action plan. It would also force large energy users to report on carbon intensity. My understanding from a reply to a parliamentary question is that LEUs, particularly data centres, are lumped together with oil refineries, which seems...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 17: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following for subsection (5): “(5) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (4), the Commission may— (a) attach to a consent given under subsection (1) for the construction by a person of a pipeline, a condition requiring to...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: As I said, I have spoken to amendment No. 17, which provides that health and safety measures should be accounted for during disconnection, decommissioning or repurposing of pipelines given that in construction and in use are not the only states in which a pipe can exist. Health and safety, therefore, needs to be taken into account. Amendment No. 19 gives the CRU the power that it "may"...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I am not surprised that the amendments will not be accepted. It is a rare occasion that Opposition amendments are accepted in this House. However, I would like the Minister of State to confirm what he said about electricity and the reduction in the emissions. Will he accept that was down to offshoring, as reported by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland? It said that because our...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 18: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following for subsection (6): “(6) In case the holder of a consent, given under subsection (1), constructs a pipeline, the holder shall take all reasonable measures to reduce gas demand and greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 19: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(g) in section 39A, by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (4): “(4) Where, from the appointed day, the Commission determines that the capacity of existing or proposed distribution or transmission pipelines in a particular geographical area, as specified by...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 38: In page 19, after line 6, to insert the following: “Report 22. The Minister shall, not later than 6 months after the passing of this Act, lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas that— (a) outlines the reasons for the failure to publish a full Network Development Plan in 2021 and the dates on which future reports will be published,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I appreciate that - rather than coming down on one side, allowing the consultation to happen at least. It is progress. May I ask the witnesses about the recommendation in 2008, as Mr. Murphy said, of the transport advisory council, which has not been established? Mr. Murphy said that would allow for engagement with the NTA. How are communications at the moment? Are they good? Is there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I have read it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I find it shocking that Mr. Murphy says SIPTU is met with a brick wall when it comes to trying to communicate with either the Department or the NTA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I think I am out of time now, but the committee should follow up on that. It is not good practice if the people at the coalface have no route to let those in power know what they are experiencing and what needs to happen to make public transport safer for everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour on Public Transport: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Acting Chair, welcome the witnesses and commend SIPTU on the survey. As the Acting Chair has said, it reflects what those of us who use public transport are seeing daily and I am sure it is even worse for some of the workers. From Sinn Féin's perspective, we support the need for a transport police and we welcome the Tánaiste coming out at the weekend in support of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: One of the things we know is that farmers are really struggling at the moment to get a fair price for their products. Equally, households are really struggling with the prices they are paying at the supermarkets. My understanding of this is that sustainability agreements are one way to try to get around those large supermarkets that are setting the price and getting a premium, so that if a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I do not know if anyone else wants to come in. Please forgive me if this comes across as a stupid question. I understand the contract. Contract is contract law, but then surely it is binding if it is contract law. Ms Jany-Roskova is saying that if this is inter-EU and not just Irish-based, that is, if there are other member states involved, then it becomes an EU Commission problem. If,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: That is a bit clearer now. Is there other activity going on at the European Commission level around antitrust and anticompetitive practices? The global food market at the moment is a broken system in that it is concentrated in large monopolies. In parallel to this, then, is there other work ongoing at the European Commission level looking at anticompetitive practices within the food...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Antitrust Guidelines for Sustainability Agreements in Agriculture: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Yes. It is as clear as mud.