Results 181-200 of 400 for going forward speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (7 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...to local authorities in the province in 2021 alone. The Safe Routes to School Programme, which aims to provide safe infrastructure for walking and cycling around schools, will form part of this Active Travel spending going forward. I am delighted to say that thirty schools in Connacht have been selected to receive funding under Round 1, with additional schools in the province due to enter...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...in which we operate. Since the Oireachtas passed the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021, there have been significant developments. The sixth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, published in August, on the science and threat posed by climate change could not have been clearer. It was stark and dramatic in its use of the word...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: No, the opposite is true. It is going to greater detail at earlier stages in order that we will avoid finding, in the middle of a construction process, that matters keep changing. The new public spending code seeks to bring forward much of the assessment that might previously not have been done. In some ways, that could be frustrating because it takes time, but the public is better served...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I formally welcome Deputy Bacik to the House. Well done to her on her election. I wish her the very best and look forward to working with her as a constituency colleague. We have to make sure our transition is just. Social justice must be achieved in the wake of addressing the ecological crisis. There are so many different parts to that. The Government and its predecessor have done a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (27 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...and Outreach Programme, which is funded by Dormant Accounts Funding, will continue until the end of 2021, a decision was made by the Board of IFI not to apply for Dormant Accounts Funding for 2022 as the focus of IFI going forward will be on the core functions of protection, management and conservation of Ireland’s inland fisheries and sea angling resources and to maximise their...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I will be brief because I realise we are here late at night. We accepted and tabled seven amendments in the Seanad, some of which were from the Opposition but most were from the Government and covered a variety of issues, such as just transition, which was the main subject of the Report Stage debate in the Dáil; and climate justice with regard to accepting what the NGOs said, in that it...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...have been many contributions and this is a critical issue. I want to explain some of the thinking on this. Senator Lombard started with reference to Courtmacsherry. I remember more than two years ago we spent a day or two talking to farmers in the brilliant Barryroe Co-operative, which does a really good job in the proud tradition of small co-operatives in west Cork. Carbery has had...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: .... I want to make a key point in respect of the earlier debate and the comments just made in terms of a trading system. Nothing has been specifically designed yet. There are proposals coming forward from various quarters as to how this transition could be funded, particularly in the context of land use and agriculture. We have a challenge in this country, particularly when it comes to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The decision we made on Monday night was to give ourselves time to work out the application in this regard of a whole variety of solutions we are going to need to apply. I am not going to set out here what that approach should be. The Tánaiste is talking to the restaurant and hospitality sectors today. We need to do that. We need to do further analysis of the capability in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I attended the oral hearing on the widening of the M50 because I was interested in transport campaigning before I got involved in politics. In the past 30 or 40 years we have seen a significant improvement in road safety, as I said earlier. Much of that is down to legislative provisions on drink-driving, safety belts, airbags and a range of different measures which have helped us to reduce...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...means they can access services. The 15-minute city concept is also a 15-minute town concept. Refurbishing beautiful historic buildings and bringing them back in a variety of different ways is going to be a much more economical, low-carbon and socially progressive way for the State to bring back communities. That sense of living within the centre of that community, of that town, is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the NPF. This provides the strategic and financial framework for the National Roads Programme for the period 2018 - 2027. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to bring forward the review of the NDP and use the review to set out an updated Plan for the period out to 2030. The review of the NDP will be aligned with the NPF and Project Ireland 2040. Accordingly, work is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...;30m is to support the licensed bus sector. Any assessment of a proposed change to public transport fare structures including the pilot of a free transport scheme and campaigns such as the previously ran "Kid Go Free" would be a matter for the NTA to consider in the first instance. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is appropriate that Deputy Canney was the last speaker because I want to say to him that I absolutely respect every Deputy in this House, their integrity in putting forward amendments and their representative role in trying to strengthen the Bill. However, I will not be accepting this group of amendments because I believe the Bill has real strength and these proposals would not strengthen...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (15 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...climate change as a serious threat, want action, and appreciate that everyone in society has a role to play in delivering this. These views will be reflected in the draft of the Climate Action Plan 2021, with a full report due to be published in the coming weeks. Going forward, there will be on-going dialogue with citizens including an annual public consultation, administered...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services (15 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...The NTA works with the relevant public transport operators, who have responsibility for day to day operational issues, to progressively make public transport accessible. Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead, Irish Rail and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) each have an Access Officer and a Disability User Group. The Disability User Groups provide a forum for operators to consult and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the airports and the airlines, they are more concerned about, and desire more than anything, an understanding of the timeline in respect of the reopening of international travel. As a Government, we committed to providing that timeline by the end of this month, which we will. Statements on aviation due to be made in the Dáil next week will be a most useful opportunity for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (19 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...the overall framework of Road Traffic law or road safety in general. Department officials are currently working on drafting the necessary changes to primary legislation which I intend to bring forward in association with the forthcoming Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. The current approach taken by my Department to permit the safe use of e-scooters on public roads takes...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...say they too want to act. I believe there were some signs of hope yesterday, as there are today and, I hope, there will be tomorrow. The UK Government has expressed real ambition in what it is going to do. The EU stated earlier today that it is going to set ambitious targets for action on climate. The US Government is likely to do the same tomorrow. These are massive, dramatic and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...in the digital society. The NBP will ensure that over 1.1 million of our citizens that currently live in areas without access to a reliable high speed broadband service will have access to this service going forward, at a cost comparable to urban areas. With respect to schools, my Department continues to work with the Department of Education to prioritise schools with no high speed...