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Seanad: Special Measures in the Public Interest (Derrybrien Wind Farm) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Feb 2024)

Lynn Boylan: ...its construction in 2003, there were significant landslides. There was one at turbine 17, which did not halt construction. There was then a second landslide at turbine 68, which dislodged 450,000 cu. m of peat. That peat moved 2.5 km away before sliding further into the Derrywee river, killing 50,000 brown trout and then going on to kill 100,000 fish in total, disrupting the local water...

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

Lynn Boylan: ...I am particularly interested in Bord na Móna and the Derryadd mid-Shannon wilderness programme. Again, it goes back to trust with a community and just transition. When Bord na Móna was ending the peat extraction on that site, it gave a commitment to the community that it was going to give the bog back to them. The community, the local authority and the senior planner all put...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (5 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...for a wilderness park. It was endorsed by the county manager at the time. Bord na Móna then went ahead and put in a planning application for a wind farm on the site. We know that wind farms on peatland, particularly if the peat can be rehabilitated, is going to cause emissions as opposed to what it could be, that is, a carbon sink. Bord na Móna went back on that. The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Bord na Móna (7 Apr 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...he is here to answer the question because it relates to the mid-Shannon wilderness park, which I am sure he is familiar with. The issue is Bord na Móna promised that once it had finished removing peat, the bog would be handed back to the community. After spending generations harvesting peat, the local community decided it wanted a network of bogs that would be turned into a...

Seanad: Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Mar 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I move amendment No. 25: In page 16, to delete line 32 and substitute the following: “(S.I. No. 477 of 2011). (5) Regulations under subsection (1) shall not apply to planting on peat soils where the climate change implications are unclear.”,”. This amendment seeks to limit the operation of the unlicensed planting of forestry enabled by these provisions so that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Feb 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...;s track record and pointed out that only 15% of our terrestrial habitats are in favourable condition; 50% are suffering decline; rarely, if ever, are environmental impact assessments carried out on peat extraction and afforestation; and we are bottom of the Natura 2000 network with only 2.5% of our marine waters protected. Likewise he pointed out that the penal and uncertain costs...

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

Lynn Boylan: The Government has known for many years that the use of peat for horticulture must be phased out. It has known that this would require 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...

Seanad: Flood Risk Management: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...was brought into stark relief when we saw the footage from Meenbog near Ballybofey in County Donegal. After Amazon started construction on a windfarm, there was a major bog slide that saw a slurry of peat flowing into rivers north and south of the Border. In light of the cross-Border nature and the river basin management programme, perhaps the Senators proposing the motion would consider...

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: I acknowledge that the situation with horticultural peat for some businesses has reached a critical point. I accept that it must be an extremely stressful time for those business owners and their employees. I also acknowledge, as have others, the importance of the agrifood industry to Ireland's economy. That said, it is essential that we understand how we have reached the situation we are...