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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the witnesses. I have a number of questions but I would like to pick up on the issues in the review. I welcome that ESB Networks has apologised for the error. Are the Department and the CRU willing to make an apology? When this issue came into the public domain, we lodged FOI requests. In fairness to ESB Networks, it wrote to the regulator and asked whether the subvention was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: A briefing note for the Cabinet subcommittee pointed to the fact that this was going to be unpopular with the public as the subventions were being unwound. The analysis of the electricity bills at that time was that LEUs would see little or no difference in their bills, and some would see decreases of up to 20%. That was a Cabinet subcommittee so with that knowledge the Government still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I understand there was a ministerial direction to the regulating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: It is important-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: He is confirming that the decision and direction for this subvention came from the Department and not from the regulator.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Do you want me to ask the question, Acting Chair?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: We have some clarity in that in 2010 the CEO told the Oireachtas committee that it was categoric that this was a Government decision. I think we accept that this was a decision made by the Government and was given as an instruction to the regulator to implement. The key thing for me is what analysis was done by the Department or the regulator to warrant the introduction of the subvention,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I want to know what independent analysis was carried out to verify what IBEC was saying about the energy bills of LEUs.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I want to add my voice and take the opportunity to wish Senator Norris very well on his retirement. As others have said, I have not had the opportunity to work directly with you, but your reputation and legacy is next to none. I do not think there is a person in this House who did not know who you were when they came in here. You have impressed others to enter politics because you have...

Seanad: An Bille um an Daicheadú Leasú ar an mBunreacht (Cúram), 2023: An Dara Céim - Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I welcome the opportunity to speak in the debate on the 40th amendment to our Constitution. For a long time, the gendered, sexist language in the existing wording in the Constitution has been criticised. I echo what Senator Higgins said that while many of us have criticised the existing language, we are also very cautious about a straight deletion to the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: The Cathaoirleach cut the Senator's rhythm.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I also wish everybody a safe and healthy Christmas. I echo Senator Boyhan's calls about coming back at the same time as the Dáil and committees. This House needs to be putting its shoulder to the wheel and doing as much work as the other institutions in the Houses. I echo the calls that we should be back early. I would happily use that time to progress two Bills that I have on...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I welcome the Minister. I was not intending to speak, but I felt it was important to put my support for this legislation on the record. It is welcome and I hope it can be progressed, as Senator Gavan has said, before Lent and before those protests ramp up once again. I commend my colleague Senator Gavan, Karen Sugrue and all of the Together for Safety group on their efforts in progressing...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I, too, welcome the UN agreement although we know that it does not go far enough. The UN agreement is indicative of the influence that the fossil fuel industry has on negotiations and particularly at COP28. I do hope that the Members of this House will support my Bill when I introduce it in the new year as it will seek to rein in the fossil fuel lobbyists in this country. We are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I hope that the EU will raise the bar and not use Ireland as an example.

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (13 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 49: In page 67, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: “it for the period to which an annual service plan relates, so inform the Board, the Authority and the Minister.”. The amendment proposes to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the wording "it for the period to which an annual service plan relates, so inform the Board, the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: I raise the issue of Palestine again today because what we have been witnessing in recent days is barbarism of the highest order. I do not use this word lightly. It is genocide and the most brutal collective punishment of a civilian population that I think the world has witnessed. Nobody should be doing business with Israel now. It should be boycotted and shunned as a rogue nation where...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Put in the words "Israeli child" and the software will return an image of a nice happy child, like we would for any other nation. Apart from introducing sanctions against this rogue state-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: -----one thing Ireland can do is to call the platforms based in this city to account. They have their EU headquarters here and they should be called in to account for their actions and get them to at least treat Palestinians equally, the same as they do the Israelis.

Seanad: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I apologise in advance because I have to go to a committee meeting. Sinn Féin will not be opposing this Bill. In advocating for a robust social protection system, it is imperative to establish a commission similar to the Low Pay Commission. A social protection and income adequacy commission would recommend precise increases in social...