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

Lynn Boylan: ...tree and in others it is completely free. We need to have that just transition principle of equality for everybody to be able to access the services when they want to do the right thing on waste management. It is similar around the issue of food loss and waste. We have concerns with the Bill. We have amendments, which we will withdraw today and reintroduce on Report Stage, around the...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. I echo others in welcoming the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill which is long overdue. For too long we have developed a global economic system which is extractive, linear and based on hyper consumption. The Bill will not address the bigger issue relating to the growth model we live within,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2022)

Lynn Boylan: I wish to raise issues relating to housing but before doing so I wish to express my concern that, yesterday, amendments were submitted that are non-consequential to the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 and which seek to amend the planning Act. There has been no pre-legislative scrutiny of these amendments and no notes as to why...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...Ireland. It has been here for a year and God knows how many items have been dumped in that time. As the Minister of State said, it is absolutely imperative that commercial bodies segregate their waste, as householders have been doing for a long time, but this is not waste we are talking about but unsold products. What we have heard from the French evaluation process is that there has...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...;in Seanad team’s disappointment at the manner in which our MEP, Mr. Chris MacManus, was invited to today’s debate on the future of Europe. As someone who was an MEP, I know how difficult it is to manage a calendar that sees one in three different countries every month and it was a disappointment that Mr. MacManus was put at a disadvantage to his constituency counterparts by...

Seanad: EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Lynn Boylan: ...allow for an earlier signature by the President. On top of all of that, we had the issue last week where the Government used a procedural loophole to pass related legislation by amending the Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022. I must register my concern that this is not the way in which we should be passing legislation. I...

Seanad: Peat Harvesting: Statements (13 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...tourists. Aside from all of those reasons for ending peat extraction, even 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...