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Seanad: Special Measures in the Public Interest (Derrybrien Wind Farm) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...we heard, during its construction in 2003, there were significant landslides. There was one at turbine 17, which did not halt construction. There was then a second landslide at turbine 68, which dislodged 450,000 cu. m of peat. That peat moved 2.5 km away before sliding further into the Derrywee river, killing 50,000 brown trout and then going on to kill 100,000 fish in total,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (22 Feb 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...risk Ireland's position at the OECD. We know that other countries have already introduced a tax on digital advertising, not the digital tax he is referring to. The Austrians charged a rate of 5% on gross receipts from advertising services rendered by providers in Austria if they are targeted at Austrian users on Austrian devices. The French scheme takes aim at targeted advertisements in...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Lynn Boylan: This is about the defective concrete products levy. The levy will apply to specific concrete blocks and boring concrete. Precast has now been excluded. The measure was expected to raise €80 million in a full year when announced in budget 2023. However it is likely to yield less than this as the proposed 10% levy will now be implemented at a rate of 5%. It is about the impact of...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...and other ill-treatment; unlawful killings and serious injuries; and the denial of basic rights and freedoms, and persecution. That is the apartheid straitjacket that is daily life for nearly 5 million Palestinians who live under Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The Irish Government and the EU must end their appeasement policy on Israel. There is a price...

Seanad: Budget 2022: Statements (12 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, which is at the forefront of the biodiversity crisis. Sinn Féin supports the NPWS being put on a statutory footing and would have increased its budget by €5 million this year. The lack of any reference to the biodiversity crisis does not bode well in terms of the urgency to establish a citizens' assembly on biodiversity. We...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (25 Jun 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...that he is extending, through this legislation, is that many vulnerable tenants, including those affected by Covid, do not fit the criteria for the protections and will be excluded. Now that level 5 restrictions on evictions, relating to the 5 km travel limit, have been lifted since 1 April, notices to quit will start working their way through the system. This could see a slow, steady...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...and, indeed, the economic return communities get from post offices, is enormous. Therefore, not only are the social and economic returns significant, they are far greater than the €17 million that would be required for the PSO. Undoubtedly, An Post faces funding challenges, but the answer is not to simply remove the vital infrastructure; the answer is to invest in it, and to do...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Value Added Tax (8 Mar 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...on the EU single use plastic directive, we were told that period products are the fifth most common item found in marine litter and that on average a person who menstruates will use on average 150 kg of tampons, pads and applicators in their lifetime. However, the approach favoured by the EU was not to regulate the manufacturers. It was not to insist that as a bare minimum they print on...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (9 Dec 2020)

Lynn Boylan: ...is not held to account, the promises will not worth be the paper they are written on. One of the main mechanisms for accountability in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 is that the Minister comes before both Houses of the Oireachtas and debates the national transition statement. That is a progress report that sets out, among other matters, the details of mitigation...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Fuel Poverty (8 Dec 2020)

Lynn Boylan: ...that a review of the implementation of that strategy will be completed in 2021. This is a whole two years after it has run out. We are aware that the St. Vincent de Paul is currently spending €5 million to support people with the costs of energy. Will the Minister of State take it back to the Minister, Deputy Ryan, to see if the review could be expedited, because two years is a...