Results 1-20 of 56 for land speaker:Lynn Boylan

Did you mean: and speaker:535?

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

Lynn Boylan: ...pipeline by any local authority within whose functional area a proposed route, or any part of such a route would, if the pipeline were constructed, be situate, or any of the following on, in or over whose land such route or part would in such circumstances be situate, namely— (a) a harbour authority (within the meaning of the Harbours Act 1946), (b) a company (within the...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...: “(4) The majority-shareholding Minister shall, on a bi-annual basis, lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas any shareholder letters of expectation issued in respect of Gas Networks Ireland.”. The amendment follows on from our concerns about the Minister for Finance being the majority-shareholding Minister of GNI. It relates to a broader concern with regard to how...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Agreements (29 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...for the benefit of others. What is worse is that the EU now seems to be complicit in facilitating the Israeli Government in appropriating those resources. The EU’s involvement, and therefore Ireland’s involvement, stems from the memorandum of understanding between the EU, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt, which was signed in June 2022 in the wake of the...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...to their overall environmental impact. It is interesting that there was an academic paper which was published only a month ago which found that Google's AI alone could consume as much electricity as a country the size of Ireland. Some 29.3 TW per hour is required, and that is just Google's AI, which is a significant increase when compared to Google's historical AI-related energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...carrying out agricultural research within a national park does not really meet the criteria for a national park. Is this private corporation paying rent to the NPWS to carry out that research on land that is supposed to be within a national park?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...-oriented. I know that Senator Higgins has legislation on the books in the Seanad but we should look at the legal mandates for these two organisations, given that they control approximately 8% of the land in Ireland. I would be interested to hear the views of our panellists on that issue also. Touching on the point of constitutional changes and where we, as a society, put our...

Seanad: Road Safety: Statements (27 Sep 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...for the accidents. If we go to any other European country that has proper infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists and we will see they are not dressed up like they are going to war, as we see in Ireland. It is not necessary to wear all the high-vis clothing, helmets and all of that safety equipment when adequate infrastructure for cyclists is put in place. In Ireland, when we read...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Environmental Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...before our eyes is to the contrary. The OPW is regularly in breach of both EU and national environmental legislation. What we need is an OPW that respects the law as well as flood management and land use systems that are fit for purpose and protect homeowners, villages and towns, but also protect biodiversity.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...of a stand-alone committee to look at the assembly's other recommendations. There are 159 recommendations in the report. While there is something of a relationship between climate and how the use of land might impact on emissions, biodiversity and the crisis relating to it cut across a number of ministerial portfolios. It would be more beneficial for us to have a stand-alone special...

Seanad: Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023: Second Stage (16 May 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ..., local councillors and Deputies, yet Bord na Móna has reneged on that promise to the community. Instead it is proposing to put forward a windfarm on the site which will require the continuation of the pumping of that land. This means it is using electricity to create electricity, when all it has to do is turn off the pumps and create that wilderness park that the people of the area...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Apr 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...on their gas bills. At the end of December 2022, 139,785 domestic gas customers were in arrears. I am sure many Senators have constituents who are horrified by the large gas bills that are landing on their doorsteps. It was the subject of a commencement matter this morning. Gas bills are in the thousands of euros. Pensioners are having to face finding the money to heat their homes. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...do the same again. Would the changing of the mandate help with that? By not doing that wilderness park, even Bord na Móna's plan for that site goes against Government policy and principle 16 of the national peatlands strategy, which states that cutaway bogs that flood naturally should be permitted to flood unless there is a clear environmental or economic case to maintain pumped...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...data centres. One of the answers involves processing the power for immense volumes of online advertising. An insidious practice these data centres use is what is called real-time bidding, RTB. When a person lands on a web page, a complex, quick and energy-consuming auction occurs to determine what advertisement he or she will see. Real-time bidding uses data gathered on individuals,...

Seanad: National Forestry Fund: Motion (8 Feb 2023)

Lynn Boylan: .... He should then consider all options for disengaging from the Gresham House venture. The Coillte deal will see millions of euro in public funds used to subsidise the purchase of huge swathes of Irish land by a British investment company. The investment provided by Gresham House is completely unnecessary because if a workable forestry regulatory framework were in place farmers could...

Seanad: Forestry: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...is available. The draft plan is open for consultation until the end of the month. We are all on the same page on some elements of the forestry strategy. It is important that we get it right. There is a lot riding on it. Ireland's forestry cover is very low compared with our international peers. Only 2% is native woodland and that is among the lowest in the world. We are all in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (15 Nov 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank all of the witnesses. I have a number of questions. First, on the area of forestry on peatlands, I agree it is not the way to go and that it is more beneficial to rewet but I would like to hear the witnesses' views around wind farms on some of the peatlands as well. We have seen instances, particularly on State land such as the mid-Shannon wilderness park located on land owned by...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Infrastructure (20 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an Aire Stáit. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. We all know we are facing into a tumultuous winter. Many people are terrified of the energy bills that will land on their doormats. Families are also concerned about the prospect of blackouts. Unfortunately I remember when we used to have blackouts. They were quite a regular...

Seanad: Poverty and Social Exclusion: Motion (19 Oct 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...to poverty is people with disabilities or long-term illnesses, who face much higher levels of poverty than others. The European Disability Forum's human rights report 2021 found that 38.1% of people with disabilities in Ireland are at risk of poverty and social exclusion. That is the fifth worst in the EU. Again, while the Government has yet to announce any plans regarding the cost of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Usage (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I thank the Cathaoirleach and welcome the Minister of State. I will speak today about energy. While many people are terrified at the thought of their energy bills landing on the doormat, families must also contend with the prospect of blackouts. It is a long time since we had blackouts in this country. I remember having them when I was a child but most people will not remember them because...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...of us who follow this closely and understand the energy wholesale market will watch the LNG tankers turning in the ocean and going to the highest bidder. It is not realistic to expect that Ireland, a small country, would be able to bid against Asia when it comes to getting LNG tankers to come here for a price that we can afford to pay. This is a commercial industry which will be selling...