Results 101-120 of 145 for long speaker:Lynn Boylan

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Dec 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...period products in this country. It is a small grassroots organisation I am proud to volunteer with. Ms Claire Hunt, its founder, will not mind me saying that Homeless Period Ireland should have long left the stage and it should not still exist. The programme for Government committed to rolling out free period products and in February this House had not one but two period product Bills;...

Seanad: Horticultural Peat (Temporary Measures) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...a transitional plan to ensure the horticulture industry had sufficient supplies of peat in the short term while sustainable alternatives were being identified and put in place in the medium to long term. Despite knowing this for years, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael failed to act, even though some members of those parties were in government. Today, we have the bizarre situation of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (24 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...of the fund specifically to the small fishers who face unique challenges. They are going to be directly impacted by the development of offshore wind. These are communities that have been alienated for a long time by many Government bodies and by EU bureaucracy, and they should have a separate fund that they can access to enable them to be net beneficiaries of the development of offshore...

Seanad: Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021: Second Stage (24 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...are going to reduce them. It places the burden of the climate crisis closer to where it should be, which is on the companies responsible. The transparency and accountability measures in the Bill go a long way to tackling the avalanche of green washing and spin from companies that are doing very little for the climate but which are trying to convince us otherwise. I raised the issue...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...and will not come into effect until 1 January. People need help now. They need to heat their homes now. The impact of energy poverty on households is not just about discomfort, it has real long-term consequences. There are nearly 3,000 deaths a year related to fuel poverty on this island and children who grow up in poorly heated homes are more likely to develop respiratory diseases and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...the treaty, but this question of whether Ireland’s position should now follow France and Spain in saying that the EU should walk away. That is the more important question. Anyone who has followed these long-winded negotiations in any detail will have seen that the reports are saying that no headway is being made at all. It would be more interesting to hear about what position...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...offered nothing for renters and the policies coming from the office of the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, continue to be developer, investor and landlord driven. The Minister said he would ban co-living but left a long enough lead-in time to allow the developers to get their applications in before the change came into effect. The Minister said he would curb investors' bulk-buying homes, but...

Seanad: Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...Stage. Flooding is an important issue and we have discussed it on numerous occasions in this House. It is going to become a more pressing issue as we face into the winter months and, in the longer term, more extreme weather events due to climate change. I recognise the devastating effects of flooding on the area around the Shannon lakes, especially around Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...and the Navan rail line are mentioned in passing, no firm commitment is provided in respect of these important projects. We hope that the national development plan is not just a booklet with a long list of projects to keep backbenchers happy, but, rather, that it is a serious plan to address the deficits in our infrastructure. I agree with Senator Garvey that lower fares will be key to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...and we still think glass should be in the deposit return scheme even though we have high rates of glass recycling. That is because there is an added benefit for anybody who walks their dog or goes along beaches or local football pitches, as broken glass is a major problem for them. There is an antisocial element to it. A deposit on glass bottles is more likely to address that issue, as...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...Covid pandemic. These are people who could not fly, for one reason or another, and who were either waiting in frustration for refunds from Ryanair - and we have heard of numerous cases concerning how long people had to wait for their refunds - or where they decided to go down the chargeback route. Ryanair has decided not to take up that dispute with the banks or the credit card companies...

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...the climate deniers of this world have to accept that peat is a finite resource. Therefore, it needs to be sustainably managed. Research has to be invested in developing a viable and sustainable long-term alternative for the horticulture industry. I am fully aware and appreciate that the horticultural peat industry has been working very hard to try to reduce the amount of peat it uses,...

Seanad: British Government Legacy Proposals: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...justice and truth. This soft language from the mouths of Johnson and Lewis is fooling no one, and certainly not the relatives of those killed. Relatives have been at the coalface of the decades-long efforts by the British Government to block them from getting truth and justice. It has been the actions of the British Government in the courts in Belfast and elsewhere that has prevented...

Seanad: British Government Legacy Proposals: Motion (13 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement. The British Government should honour the commitments it has made and bin its amnesty plans to protect its armed forces. Relatives have waited long enough for truth and justice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...saying we do not want to put too much work on the EPA. They have enough to be doing. This is a huge body of work that they will take on in implementing this but six years also seems like a very long period. Given that we are in this phase where there will be pilot schemes and the initiatives we were talking about, such as the sharing economy, the repair and the co-location of civic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...much you are charged and how often you can access the site, including at the weekend. There are some parts of the country where there is no provision for waste collection services and people have to travel long distances to civic amenity sites. Are we, therefore, increasing the potential for illegal dumping? Will this be covered in the Bill? Will there be a standardisation of tariffs,...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...option or what is in the commercial interest of the airline, and to underpin the right of licenceholders in either the legislation or in the regulations. Unfortunately, we in this country have a long history of light touch regulation and self regulation and we are living with the legacy of it, and we have seen people's houses crumbling as a result of light touch regulation. I cannot see...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: Over the last number of years, there have been improvements in the area of animal welfare but we still have a very long way to go in this country. This week alone, anybody who was listening to the radio would have been horrified by the stories of animal abuse and torture. Ireland still holds the reputation of being the puppy farm capital of Europe. Many of the animal welfare issues we have...

Seanad: National Lottery (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...Bill were published in 2013 and more legislation was developed by Fianna Fáil in 2018. Considering a gambling control Bill has essentially been written already, it should not have taken this long for us to discuss that legislation. Yet here we are, over a year into the lifetime of the Government, and we are left waiting. Given all of the can-kicking that has happened, it is...

Seanad: National Maternity Hospital: Statements (2 Jul 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...given by the Government that they will be able to access all services, including future services that will be legal in this State, in our national maternity hospital. Women deserve cast-iron guarantees. For too long, women's health has been at the back of the queue and even today, after repealing the eighth amendment, only half of our maternity hospitals and one in ten GPs offer abortion...