Results 1-20 of 145 for long speaker:Lynn Boylan

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

Lynn Boylan: ..., by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7A): “(7B) The transmission system operator and distribution system operator shall be entitled to refuse connection on the grounds of long-term greenhouse gas emissions or inconsistency with the carbon budget programme or sectoral emissions ceilings as made under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...is in renewable energy sources. Equally, BP used its sponsorship of the end of days exhibition in the British Museum to get access to politicians in Britain to greenwash its activities there.It is long overdue that we treat fossil fuel companies exactly in the same manner as we have treated tobacco companies, which is to effectively ban any fossil fuel advertising whatsoever. We know...

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

Lynn Boylan: ..., Irish on ATMs and ticket machines and using Irish for placenames on road signs and on State branding. The right of children to receive education in the medium of Irish is also being denied.Tá cearta á séanadh do pháistí oideachas trí Ghaeilge a fháil. An ESRI report showed that 23% of parents would choose the local Irish-medium school if they could,...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...need to be adequately funded to ensure 25% of all private rental properties are inspected at least once a year so renters can be sure their accommodation is safe. An NCT-type system for private accommodation is long overdue. In addition to ever-increasing rents and decreasing standards, renters are also faced with properties that are extremely cold and expensive to heat. Renters are...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...to ensure that not only are the recruitment targets that have been set achieved but also that they are exceeded in order that we can restore the required service level relating to An Garda Síochána. The outcome will go a long way to making policing in the community the success it needs to be to ensure that communities are safe and police officers have the confidence of the...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Motion (21 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...On the way home, I heard on "Drivetime" that no food has been delivered into northern Gaza in three weeks. There is no baby formula. Parents are resorting to feeding their children cat food, for as long as that will last. This is the reality that is happening - the deaths and injuries and systematic destruction of Gaza's society. It is not collateral damage. It is a genocidal rage...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...), and means the State’s obligation, so as to reduce the extent of further global warming, to pursue and achieve, by no later than the end of the year 2050, the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich, environmentally sustainable and climate neutral economy; ‘national long term climate action strategy’ has the meaning assigned to it in section 4(5) of the...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...that is carbon budget-aligned, economical and efficient and shall perform its functions in a manner consistent with— (i) the most recent approved climate action plan, (ii) the most recent approved national long term climate action strategy, (iii) the most recent approved national adaptation framework and approved sectoral adaptation plans, (iv) the furtherance of the national...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...sought.”, and (ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7A): “(7B) The Board shall be entitled to refuse connection on the grounds of the expected emissions profile, long term carbon emissions or inconsistency with the carbon budget programme or sectoral emissions ceilings as per sections 6A and 6C of the Climate Action and Low Carbon...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...could not provide any clarity and said that the Department was seeking legal advice at that time. Finally, it was only in September 2022 that the Minister was finally able to confirm that Ervia, along with other commercial semi-State companies such as Dublin Bus, Dublin Airport Authority, and the ESB, were not bound by the climate Act. Would the Minister of State consider taking this...

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

Lynn Boylan: I remind Members that there is a long list of speakers, which shows the importance of the issue. If Members want to share their time they may feel free to do so. This will allow us to ensure that we get everybody in. The debate has to conclude at 4.45 p.m. Our next speaker, on behalf the Independent Group, is Senator Craughwell.

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

Lynn Boylan: ...opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is welcome that we have established a tribunal of inquiry to investigate abuse in the Defence Forces, including exposure to hazardous chemicals, because this is long-awaited and overdue. I welcome our guests to the Chamber. It is regrettable, however, that it has taken so long for us to get to this point. We are a couple of years down the...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...responsibility rests with the regulator regarding why this was not being audited on an annual basis in terms of how this is being implemented, and how the subvention was allowed to continue for so long. We have heard from the Minister of State that the measure was being introduced because LEUs were facing high electricity prices. Yet again, through FOI requests, it was discovered that...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...said, it is very welcome legislation. It is another reason the Seanad should be back as soon as possible doing its work, because we need to progress this legislation as soon as possible. It is long overdue and it is necessary. Until we do it there will be women today, tomorrow and next week running that gauntlet, trying to pass those white coffins while trying to access their basic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Rising Veterinary Costs on Dog Ownership and Surrenders and Abandoned Dogs: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Lynn Boylan: Yes, and I am conscious that people need to get on the road and have been here a long time. I wanted to ask a few questions around the surrendering for behavioural issues, which has been accepted as one of the things that is cited with people surrendering dogs. I want to ask the Department whether funding should be provided for more rescue dog trainers? I will go back to that Amárach...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...is deeply troubling though is that in the memorandum, for the first time in approximately ten years, the EU has agreed a deal like this with Israel without any clause excluding the occupied Palestinian land. The long-standing Irish and EU policy is that all agreements with Israel should be explicitly inapplicable to territories occupied by Israel in 1967. The 2012 European Council's...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...centres which use an estimated 200 TW hours of energy each year, which is more than the entire national energy consumption of a medium-sized country. As I said, we accept that AI is with us. It has been with us for a very long time. It has come on in leaps and bounds in recent years. We have to have a conversation about what AI is essential and what AI is not essential and about the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...being made. We have excluded that period. The Government's decision not to accept our amendments to capture those excessive profits was highly regrettable. The other thing we need to do is in the long term. Ever since Ireland liberalised its electricity and energy markets, we have seen prices go up. We have gone from being one of the cheapest to one of the most expensive countries in...