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

Lynn Boylan: ...13, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(c) in section 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...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (20 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...for the environment, our climate Act and our sectoral targets are all telling GNI that it needs to go in a different direction, to completely move away from expanding the gas network and to examine alternatives for its future business plans that do not involve fossil fuels. That is our rationale. The role of the Minister for Finance seems to lean towards where GNI sees itself at the moment.

Seanad: Defence Forces Tribunal of Inquiry: Motion (30 Jan 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...The tribunal must thoroughly investigate the health impacts experienced by these survivors and their families. It must move beyond merely evaluating the adequacy of the complaints process. We need a statutory inquiry to examine the health impacts endured by these survivors and their families. I will keep my comments brief because I am conscious other people wish to contribute to this...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2023: Motion (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: .... When are we likely to see that? I think we were told it would be coming out in the coming months. It is now almost December and the last plan only covered 2018 to 2022. In July 2022, the Irish Examiner reported that the greyhound racing industry was refusing to reveal the details of the performance of its sole remaining stadium in Dublin as regards attendance and gate receipts. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...people and suggest that we just want to tear the thing up and flood the entire island. For the record, I would just like to hear how important Dr. Ó Cinnéide feels it is that we go back and at least examine that 80-year-old legislation and ensure it is fit for purpose.

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...in paragraph(c), (f), or(h)of section 7, and”. The rationale behind this amendment is to facilitate a reduction in the cap on wind and solar energy from €120 per megawatt hour to €100 per megawatt hour. On examining the cap relating to the REFIT scheme, we find that the point of profitability for wind and solar is well below €120. We believe there is room...

Seanad: Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...terms of what is being produced but also the scale at which food producers are producing it. As an aside, while we are on the subject of boards, it is important that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine examines the membership of other boards involved in the agricultural sector and particularly those of Teagasc. Its board is currently made up of representatives of the Irish...

Seanad: Naming of National Children's Hospital for Dr. Kathleen Lynn: Motion (24 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...the walls and acknowledge they existed and we exist. Women have played an important role in the history of our State. It is interesting that we are discussing this issue today. Across societies, people are examining who theirs streets and buildings are named after and what statues are in their squares. The statue of the slave trader Edward Colston was torn down in Bristol. The Trinity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: When examining the SOLR review, will the CRU consider bringing in a bond so that when companies leave the market, it is not going to be the SOLR customers who have to pick up the tab? Electric Ireland would not have hedged for those extra customers, which has a knock-on impact on everybody else.

Seanad: Sheep Sector: Statements (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: .... It was disappointing and a surprise that the Minister and Minister of State did not provide new supports for sheep farmers, despite a previous announcement that officials in the Department were examining the potential introduction of such supports.The sheep welfare scheme, which provides an additional €12 per eligible ewe, does not even cover the level of inflation farmers have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...to ask a similar question around the regional equity issue. We are hampered by having poor local government. It does not have the powers to do this properly, but there is merit in the Minister examining ways of addressing this issue. We could look at the meter point reference number, MPRN, as a way of identifying people with EVs and their addresses. I encourage the Minister to revisit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dangerous Dog Breeds and Sheep Worrying: Discussion (1 Feb 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Sorry, I know I fired a load of questions at Ms Creedon. One of them was about the dog bite prevention body. Are such bodies running in other jurisdictions that we can examine? We have a tendency in Ireland to look to Britain because of the language comparison and because it uses a similar system with a dangerous dog breed list, but it has not reduced the number of dog attacks.

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare (Dogs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...him to know that we on the agriculture committee requested that and conducted it more than a year ago, producing a comprehensive report in October. I recommend, therefore, that he and the Minister of State examine those recommendations and implement them without delay. As I said, I am not precious about the Bill. I just want to see it enacted because it will have a real-life impact for...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...“October, 2022”: “; that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine shall: - conduct a full review of the Exchequer funding to the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund with a view to examining the social and economic impact of the Fund, including the efficacy of the Fund in supporting the development of both sectors, the broadest cohort of those involved in both...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...the cost of living but particularly to focus on those issues affecting young people, including youth homelessness. We are now seeing students who have done excellently in their leaving certificate examinations and who are being offered places in college and they may have to defer those because, again, the housing crisis is impacting on them. Unless young people are catered for in the...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (13 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...No. 36: In page 22, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: "(11) Within seven weeks of the passing of this Act the Minister shall lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas a report examining whether an exceptional circumstances grounds for the awarding of a remediation grant under the scheme, as provided for in section 17 of the Pyrite Resolution Act of 2013, should be...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (7 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...page 25, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "Supermarket Refill Station Report 16.(1) The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and publish a report examining how retailers can reduce plastic packaging in Ireland by encouraging customers to use re-usable containers through requiring a minimum amount of floor space be dedicated to refill...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...14, to insert the following: "(c) how to achieve greater harmonisation of civic amenity site services in terms of opening hours, materials accepted, accessibility, tariffs charged and an examination of the co-location of these facilities with cooperative and social enterprises such as Men’s Sheds.".

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...No. 14: In page 12, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following: "Right to Repair 8. (1) The Minister shall, within 12 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and publish a report examining how a right to repair can be introduced in Ireland. (2) This report shall examine how the introduction of minimum design requirements, allowing for the easy disassembly and replacement of...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...comparison between countries across the world. As regards amendment No. 72, I touched on this earlier. It relates to a supermarket refill station report. It asks for the Minister to prepare and publish a report examining how retailers can reduce the amount of plastic packaging in Ireland "by encouraging customers to use reusable containers through s through greater requiring a minimum...