Lynn Boylan

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Overbooking of passenger flights

Jan 14, 2025 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan

Question for written answer E-000054/2025to the CommissionRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left)Overbooking by airlines leads to passengers being denied boarding, causing huge disruption and distress. In response to a citizen’s petition in January 2024[1], the Commission said it has no plans to tackle the issue of overbooking, as it affects only small numbers of passengers. This assessment is based on a report[2] which assesses data provided by airlines on overbooking from 2014 to 2018.
Commission white paper on options for enhancing support for research and development involving technologies with dual-use potential

Jan 14, 2025 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan

Question for written answer E-000085/2025to the CommissionRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left)In January 2024, the Commission published a white paper on options for enhancing support for research and development involving technologies with dual-use potential. Option 2 in the white paper proposed removing the exclusively civilian nature of research funded under Horizon Europe and allowing for research on dual-use and military technology under the programme.
Sustainable use of pesticides and vulnerable groups

Jan 13, 2025 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan

Question for written answer E-000041/2025to the CommissionRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left)Article 12 of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides requires Member States to ensure that the use of pesticides is minimised or prohibited in certain areas. This includes areas used by vulnerable groups which, as per the definition in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, include residents subject to high pesticide exposure over the long term.
Data on exports of non-compliant toys

Jan 13, 2025 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan

Question for written answer E-000042/2025to the CommissionRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left)EU legislation on toy safety only applies to toys placed on the EU market, leaving the door open for manufacturers based in the EU to produce and export non-compliant toys outside the EU. This puts children outside the EU at risk and goes against the EU’s commitments[1] to protect children’s health and uphold their rights globally.
The EU must do better on toxic chemicals in toys

Dec 11, 2024 | thejournal.ie | Lynn Boylan |Patricia Devlin |Christina Finn

IT’S THAT TIME of year again. The time of parties, presents, family gatherings and those last-minute lists toy purchases for the children in our lives. Despite Santa doing the bulk of the heavy lifting on that front, it’s also a profitable time of year for toy manufacturers. We live in a country that is part of the EU, where the standards of the quality of toys should be exceptionally high because of good governance.
Application of the Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Morocco to Western Sahara

Nov 27, 2024 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan

Question for written answer E-002585/2024to the CommissionRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left)In November 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the Euro-Mediterranean aviation agreement between the EU and Morocco[1] does not apply to Western Sahara. On 14 November 2024, Ryanair announced that it will be commencing flights to Dakhla (a city in the territory of Western Sahara).
Humanitarian and infrastructural crisis in Cuba

Nov 26, 2024 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan |Kathleen Funchion

Question for written answer E-002542/2024/rev.1to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security PolicyRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left), Kathleen Funchion (The Left)Cuba is currently experiencing a severe crisis, which has largely manifested itself through nationwide blackouts, two earthquakes and severe difficulties with the nation’s water supply.
Right to appeal state aid rulings

Nov 20, 2024 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan

Question for written answer E-002395/2024to the CommissionRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left)The Commission may instigate a state aid investigation based on a complaint made by interested parties against a Member State. 1.When the Commission conducts such a state aid investigation, is a Member State obliged to provide all documentation, such as internal unpublished reports, that may be material to the outcome of the case?
European database on data centres and requirements of the Energy Efficiency Directive on data centres

Nov 20, 2024 | europarl.europa.eu | Lynn Boylan

Question for written answer E-002394/2024to the CommissionRule 144Lynn Boylan (The Left)Article 12(1) of the recast EU Energy Efficiency Directive[1] requires that data centres above a certain size make publicly available information related to a few different factors, including energy consumption, waste heat utilisation and water usage. Article 12(3) of the same directive mandates the Commission to establish a European database to collect the information disclosed by data centres.
Mercosur Trade Deal, Forests Destroyed: Is This the Europe We Stand For?

Nov 16, 2024 | brusselsmorning.com | Jonas Sjöstedt |Lynn Boylan

Picture this: the coffee in your morning cup, the leather in your car, the chocolate in your dessert. Each of these products carries a hidden cost—a destructive toll on the world’s forests. Deforestation is not an abstract problem: it’s there every time we shop, woven into our daily choices. Yet, as the climate emergency accelerates, the EU is backtracking on its promises, risking more devastation for forests and amplifying climate disasters worldwide.