Record 322,000 households in arrears while data centres and big business get subsidies
New figures from the Commission from the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) show that 322,298 households are now in arrears – more than at any point since available records began. Lynn Boylan MEP criticised the government’s lack of support for households – setting up a taskforce and axing the energy credit – to its approach to supporting […]
Renewable energy is the obvious path to energy independence
A report published today has said that investing in renewable energy now, will help to cushion countries from another energy price shock. It also pointed out that long term deals to import Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) will only lead to long term dependence on on energy source that has already been shown to be extremely […]
Government to hand €300m to big business while abandoning families to a ‘Taskforce’ talking shop – Boylan
The European Commission has approved a €300 million government scheme to subsidise the energy costs of big business. Lynn Boylan contrasted the swift action for big business with the can kicking of supports for households. Boylan compared the scale of the €300m subsidy to household supports, pointing out that the money being handed to big business […]
Hosepipe ban shows it’s one rule for us, another for data centres and big tech
While ordinary households are forced to restrict their water, data centres continue to guzzle millions of litres completely unchecked. Lynn Boylan MEP called on the government to end the blatant double standard and immediately pass laws forcing data centres to declare their water use. Lynn Boylan MEP said: “It’s incredible that the government slapped a […]
Boylan welcomes committee vote on EU’s levy for polluting imports
The EU has voted to improve and extend an EU Law to ensure that imported products have to abide by the same ‘Polluter pays’ rules as EU products do. MEP’s who negotiated the new rules, including Dublin MEP Lynn Boylan, have suggested the funds raised by this mechanism could be used for measures such as decarbonisation projects in developing countries, […]
CSO report shows urgent need for government to tackle data centre issue
A new report from the CSO shows that Data centres are now using 23% of the electricity generated in Ireland. The report, which shows that electricity consumed by Data centres has risen by 1% since last year, and 18% since 2015, follows a number of recent reports that have highlighted the severe issues with data […]
Scrapping EU foreign policy veto is a dangerous path
Claims that Ireland should look at abolishing EU member vetoes over foreign policy are extremely concerning according to Lynn Boylan. Lynn, who is the Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin, and Ireland’s only MEP on the Security and Defence Committee, spoke after the comments from a Euractiv interview with Billy Kelleher MEP. “For a government MEP […]
European Commission must release documents on Israel’s destruction of EU-funded infrastructure in Gaza
Lynn Boylan MEP (The Left, Ireland) has condemned the decision by the European Commission to not release documents relating to Israel’s destruction of EU-funded infrastructure in Gaza. MEP Boylan, who is Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Palestine, slammed the decision as “an affront to transparency and accountability”. The request was made […]
Boylan named as negotiator for European Parliament’s priorities for COP 31
A Dublin MEP will help negotiate the European Parliament’s priorities for the next COP conference. Lynn Boylan, the Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin has been appointed as one of the negotiators for the parliament’s position and priorities for COP 31. Bolyan, a member of the ENVI committee has said that the EU “must use its […]
Backbencher pushback shows lack of support for scrapping Triple Lock
A pushback by Fianna Fáil backbenchers against government plans to scrap the triple lock shows the lack of support for this course of action according to Lynn Boylan MEP. The Sinn Féin MEP, who is the only Irish MEP on the EU’s security and Defence Committee, said that the EU’s obsession with militarisation has made […]
