Results 81-100 of 398 for going forward speaker:Eamon Ryan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (8 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...in this time. It has to guide us towards radical system change to reduce emissions. The test of that will come in the near future when our latest iteration of the climate action plan will put forward proposals in areas such as transport, energy, agriculture and industry, which have gone beyond compare in the scale of the changes that need to be made. Many of the changes will not be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The issue of the Energy Charter Treaty is under consideration, I think, across European countries. There is due to be a meeting in Mongolia, I think, in the coming weeks. A lot of concern has been expressed, rightly, about the need to make sure the Energy Charter Treaty and every other international treaty stitches in the Paris Agreement and delivers and supports that. I do not think that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...imposition of financial penalties where performance does not meet the required standard. In relation to the Deputy's specific question about meetings between either myself or my Department and Go-Ahead Ireland, this does not fall within my remit and would not be appropriate. The NTA is engaging regularly with Go Ahead Ireland and the other public transport operators in relation to any...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...all public transport operators is monitored by the NTA as part of the contractual arrangements in place between it and the operators. In light of the NTA's responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the Deputy's question in relation to Go-Ahead Ireland to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the Foynes line, which I hope is a harbinger of a significant revival, not just of rail freight in our country but for the city of Limerick and surrounding region. The Shannon area task force will come forward with an important report. I hope and expect that it will support this type of development and capture the sense of where our future is going. This is important for a variety of...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...heard on the wider issue of energy security. There are three aspects that we need to consider among others. The immediate key security issue is energy being used as a weapon of war. The Russian Government as long ago as the summer of 2021 started to turn off the gas supplies to Europe in preparation for the war. It is clear now its aim was to reduce the storage in the European system...

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...currently being concluded by EirGrid. Given that this legislation is passing through the Houses while that process is concluding, it is only prudent that we would ensure it will not be necessary to go back to the House again with further emergency legislation in the event that an alternative site might be needed should that process not be concluded. What is important here is that we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am very glad to be here in this august Chamber, which we always look forward to coming into. I love the armchairs, the comfort and the splendour. We do not have the same celestial ceiling above us in our own humble Chamber down the road. I am very glad to be here to to give some reflections and then to listen, more than anything else. I would reflect on the summer just gone by or even...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...we do need them, but that must be part of an overall plan that sees us meeting our emissions reduction targets. An Bord Pleanála recognised that in its letter. As I understand, the decision must go to a court hearing. The Department will continue to work with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and the local authorities to make sure we do get Galway travelling and working well....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...across rural Ireland, using broadband and new remote working systems. The Tánaiste will deliver legislation in that regard shortly. I accept this is a potential we need to deliver on. The Government recognises that. It set out a strategy in May 2021, a year and a half ago, that it would establish 400 remote working hubs by 2025, of which 300 are already up and running. They are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Government is acutely aware of the impact that the recent increases in global energy prices is having on households. This is why a €2.4 billion package of supports was implemented during 2022, and a package of once off measures worth €2.5 billion included in Budget 2023. The Budget package includes a new Electricity Cost Emergency Benefit Scheme through which €550.47...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of those services. In light of the Authority's responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the Deputy’s specific question, in relation to Go-Ahead Ireland No 17 and No 175 bus routes and Dublin Bus No 116 bus route, to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...operation and development of the national grid by the System Operators, including network charges such as the large energy-user rebalancing subvention. Revenue raised through these charges does not go to the Exchequer. The CRU is accountable to the Oireachtas and not to the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications. The Deputy may wish to note that CRU provides a dedicated...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of those services. In light of the Authority's responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the Deputy’s specific question, in relation to Go-Ahead Ireland No 17 and No 175 bus routes and Dublin Bus No 116 bus route, to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: This Government has three central goals. We need to provide affordable housing for our people, we need to deliver health reform and we need to accelerate climate action. We have to stick to that course and focus on those three tasks while also managing an energy crisis that arrived on our shores in a way that no one could have expected. Energy is being used as a weapon of war and that has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ..., I am not involved in the day-to-day management and operational aspects of public transport. The queries raised are operational matters for the individual transport operators, Dublin Bus, Go-Ahead Ireland and Bus Éireann.  Accordingly, I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the companies for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in conjunction with the relevant transport operators. In light of the NTA's responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the Deputy's question in relation  to Go-Ahead Ireland, to the Authority for direct reply.  Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...ordinary Joe and Josephine on the side of the road. We only started this last year so we are learning. The first two were in counties Leitrim and Kerry, down on the Dingle Peninsula, where really good lessons were learned. In Leitrim we learned that we can integrate Local Link and other public transport services with the health transport needs we have. As I said in the Dáil...