Government energy policy serving corporations, not people – Boylan
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has accused the government of handing over Ireland’s energy grid to big businesses at the expense of households, our climate and neutrality. Speaking after addressing a protest outside the Dáil, the Dublin MEP said: “Twenty years ago, Ireland had some of the lowest energy costs in Europe. Today we have […]
Government backing data centres over delivering homes – Boylan
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has slammed the government for their clear choice to back data centres, over delivering the affordable homes that people desperately need. Speaking after the Taoiseach said that Ireland would need more offshore wind farms to handle future data centres, the Dublin MEP said: “Micheál Martin’s comments this week make it […]
Urgent action needed to help families and businesses with rising energy debts – Boylan
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has said that urgent action is needed to help families and businesses as the value of electricity arrears rose to the highest level on record. Speaking after the latest Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) figures were published, the Dublin MEP said: “Every time that arrears data is released, we […]
New figures show government utterly failing to tackle energy poverty – Lynn Boylan MEP
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has said new figures show the true scale of the government’s failure to tackle energy prices and give families the support that they need. The Dublin MEP said: “Figures I obtained last week showed that the number of people in energy arrears had hit a new record of 301,379. “New […]
300,000 left in energy debt while government stands idly by – Lynn Boylan MEP
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has slammed the government as figures show the number of people in energy arrears has hit an all-time high of 301,379. The Dublin MEP said: “New figures that I obtained show a record 301,379 households are in energy arrears, the highest number ever recorded. “On top of this, the Commission […]
CRU plan means households pay more while data centres get discount energy prices – Lynn Boylan MEP
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has accused the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) of putting the interests of big businesses ahead of hard-pressed households with their draft PR6 plan. The Dublin MEP said: “It is completely unjustifiable that this plan will hit households and small businesses with higher electricity charges, while data centres are […]
Delay to dynamic electricity pricing putting big businesses ahead of ordinary people
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has criticised the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) for delaying the rollout of Dynamic electricity tariffs. The Dublin MEP, and Ireland’s only member of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee, said: “It’s extremely disappointing that the CRU are delaying the rollout of Dynamic electricity tariffs. “This delay is a clear […]
Staggering arrears figures show total government failure to tackle energy costs
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has slammed the repeated failure of the government to tackle the burden of high energy costs for families across Ireland. Responding to the latest Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) figures, the Dublin MEP said: “Every month we see clear evidence that the government is failing to stop people from […]
Lynn Boylan MEP slams government’s hypocrisy on water charges and data centre transparency
Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin, Lynn Boylan, has strongly criticised the government’s kite-flying on plans to introduce household water charges while continuing to shield data centres from transparency requirements regarding their water usage. The Sinn Féin MEP for Dublin said: “The government today was kite-flying on plans to charge households for water, yet they still […]
Data centres devouring 50% of Dublin’s Electricity
Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan has raised concerns at Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) figures which show 50% of the electricity produced in the Dublin region is consumed by data centres. The Dublin MEP said: “The latest CRU report dropped the bombshell that 50% of Dublin’s energy is being used by data centres. “For […]
