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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Acting Chairperson and cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit.I would like to raise an issue that was brought to my attention by the Irish actor and producer, Áine O'Neill. It is about her experience in Las Vegas in November 2022. Late one night, her phone pinged and she was notified that she was visible to an Apple AirTag. The latter was able to see where she worked,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Minister of State for the response but it does not reassure me very much at all. For example, we cannot say that the use of electronic tagging devices like AirTag definitely apply under the legislation; rather, they may apply under it. I welcome that the Minister, Deputy McEntee, will raise this with her colleague the Minister, Deputy Ryan, but this confirms that the issue has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Lynn Boylan: This morning I would like to raise the issue of animal welfare.The European Union is currently looking at regulations that set out to improve the welfare of companion animals, particularly cats and dogs, and this is welcome. I wish to flag my concern at the news coming out of Brussels with regard to the negotiations that the Government is siding with countries that want to reduce the...

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

Lynn Boylan: I wish to pick up on what the Minister of State said about Gas Networks Ireland being a relevant body. It beggars belief that GNI is aware that is bound by the climate Act, given that all its actions at the moment are contrary to what the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is saying and the climate action plan. It continues to connect data centres to the gas grid despite the Minister, Deputy Ryan,...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...10A(3), by the substitution of the following for paragraphs (b) and (c): “(b) the Commission shall have the power to examine the reasons for making an offer under paragraph (a) and to give appropriate directions with regard to the volume and rate to be offered and with regard to future disconnection decommissioning or repurposing in accordance with carbon budgets, without...

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

Lynn Boylan: Amendment No. 10 relates to when new users are offered connection or enhanced connection to the network. The regulator may review offers made in terms of their alignment with the carbon budget and make appropriate directions. Applicants should conduct assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions impact of their connection. The amendment concerns the role of the commission in regulating the...

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

Lynn Boylan: I feel like a broken record when it comes to islanded data centres because it seems as if we are ignoring the elephant in the room. The recent figures from GNI's ten-year network development plan show an astounding level of data centre connections in the industrial consumer segment of the market while at the same time demand for electricity in the household sector is projected to decline....

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 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: 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...

Seanad: Court Proceedings (Delays) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. To echo what others said, there is an added urgency to the passing of the Bill. That was reflected in the Dáil debate in May of last year. At that time, speakers to this Bill spoke about the impact of delays in court proceedings, in particular, trials of people accused of very serious crimes. The delays have immediate consequences for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I second the proposed amendment regarding Senator Warfield's Bill on naming the children’s hospital after Dr. Kathleen Lynn. She is my personal hero and, as Senator Warfield said, she was one of the founders of St. Ultan's Hospital, the first infant hospital in Ireland. She was motivated by the abject poverty and treatment of women in this country. It was interesting that the...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Chathaoirleach Gníomhach. Tá brón orm ach níl Gaeilge mhaith agam. Táim ag foghlaim agus táim ar 349 ar Duolingo. B'fhéidir an bhliain seo chugainn go mbeidh mé ag caint fully as Gaeilge. Sinn Féin is committed to the restoration of Irish to use as a spoken language in communities nationwide and as a primary...

Seanad: Private Rental Sector: Motion (6 Mar 2024)

Lynn Boylan: As my colleague said, the dire state of the private rental sector remains a crisis and the Government has failed to grasp it. Speaking to people when out on the doors, those in the private rental sector are fed up, frustrated and they do not have security of tenure. I also end up talking to the adult children living in their parents homes about how desperate that situation is. We cannot...

Seanad: Community Safety and Investment: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Labour Party Seanad team for bringing this motion tonight. Sinn Féin has no problem in supporting its contents. We are all in agreement that the safety of the general public is the number one priority for any police service anywhere in the world. People's safety as they go about their daily lives is of paramount importance. It is the bedrock on which society harmoniously...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Building Regulations (27 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Go raibh maith agat, agus fáiltím roimh an Aire Stáit. As the Minister of State will know, construction on the built environment accounts for 37% of Ireland's carbon emissions, and 14% of that is the embodied carbon emissions. Current analysis is showing we are not on target to reach our emissions reductions in this particular area. The Climate Change Advisory Council has...

Seanad: Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. I remind Senators that this debate is due to adjourn at 5.45 p.m., if not previously concluded. Before we move to the amendments, I welcome to the Gallery members of the Together for Safety campaign for safe access zones. They are very welcome.