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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Eir is putting its least subsidy at €512 million, which could be compared with the Department's figure €1.7 billion. That does not include the €250 million cost to the Department of monitoring this, which would bring it close to €2 billion. There is still a difference of €1.5 billion between those two figures.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If the Department had, hypothetically, gone with the universal service obligation, USO, model, there is a possibility that ComReg would be doing that job. ComReg would, to a certain extent, already have the capability or teams in place to manage that, so there might be a cost saving in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The intervention by Eir last week has changed the tenor of our investigation to a certain extent. The previous presentation by academics from the University of Limerick was also very compelling. Going back to my core concern, the question was always whether a gap model or concession model was the appropriate approach. The State is the investor here and the one taking the risk and putting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The M2, the M3, the M4.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Bird Population in Ireland: BirdWatch Ireland (2 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am not a member of the committee, but when I saw BirdWatch Ireland's presentation I wanted to be present. It is a hugely important review of where we are in this country. As Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell said, our bird populations are the canary in the mine where our wider environmental challenges are concerned. This indicator screams that there is a huge problem in our sea areas,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Bird Population in Ireland: BirdWatch Ireland (2 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That has been mapped. Are the witnesses aware of any other mapping exercises that show where we should plant continuous cover forestry, restore wetlands, allow heath lands to be grazed or protect certain heath lands? Has any mapping work been done apart from the Teagasc map of high nature value farming, or is that a project we will have to undertake in the State both for climate reasons and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Bird Population in Ireland: BirdWatch Ireland (2 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Dr. Donaghy is right. All of this must be done. The climate action plan calls for this mapping exercise to be done by the end of the year. That can be done in conjunction with the revision of the Common Agricultural Policy provisions so that farmers are paid when we designate wetland areas for restoration. At the same time we must change our entire forestry support model so we stop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Bird Population in Ireland: BirdWatch Ireland (2 Jul 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I represent an urban constituency. We are doing our bit in terms of putting in swift boxes and so on, but do the witnesses have any other advice for us? It seems that our urban environment is often very diverse and rich in flora with all the gardens we have. Is there anything the witnesses would recommend to householders in urban areas? What can we do? Strangely enough, the urban bird...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I recognise that in the diplomatic world it is sometimes right to play things low key. However, I fear that we could be sitting here in three or four months' time, at which point it would certainly cease to be low key. It would be elevated to a political crisis, not only in the economic order but also in respect of the constitutional fabric of our agreements. In a no-deal scenario where...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: -----is direct rule and the end of the Good Friday Agreement. That is something we cannot ignore.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There are other connections.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Our thoughts are with the family of Councillor Manus Kelly as he is buried today. It is a tragic loss. Tomorrow our thoughts should also be with the friends and family of Ivan Cooper, and on how we need men like Ivan Cooper today. Coming from a working-class Protestant tradition, he ended up managing a shirt factory. Championing the cause of the Catholic workers in his factory, he led...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If the Minister of State does not have the details, his Department might respond in writing to my questions. I understand it is possible to have same-day testing services and that Dublin City University might have pioneered some of those systems. It is important that we advance these processes as the current system is completely inappropriate because we only find out what is wrong days...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We have a problem at the moment in Dublin Bay. There have been discharges of sewage of various types into the bay 15 times in the past year. The fact that it is only noticed several days after the fact means people are swimming in sewage. I am keen to hear the Minister of State's views on same day testing all year round. People swim, surf and do everything in Dublin Bay all year round....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment which is looking at the national broadband plan met representatives of Eir yesterday. They indicated that the experience Eir had of rolling out broadband to 340,000 rural houses gave it a certain credibility. It believes it could achieve roll-out to the remaining rural houses for less than €1 billion, which is one...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees Ireland has accepted under the resettlement and relocation strands of the EU relocation programme; the number of those accepted that have been found permanent accommodation; and the number that remain in reception centres. [27174/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to secure appropriate long-term accommodation for asylum seekers following the situation in County Monaghan in which over one hundred asylum seekers were removed from their accommodation and transported to County Wexford to facilitate a private function. [26852/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: This discussion has been useful. I have a suggestion if it is possible for the clerk to the committee and her team to do it. They should go back over the transcript to find the key recommendations, particularly relating to the national energy and action climate plan, including the likes of e-mobility and so on. It would be useful to collate those and refer them to the Departments of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Dr. Aldred cited two examples of how to do trials and temporary improvements. We are stuck. We have been planning a Liffey cycle route for seven years. It takes time. Her comments on trials and temporary measures were interesting. Could she give some practical examples of those, or even locations would be useful? I am also interested in what she said about buses and bikes on rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Does Dr. Aldred mean connecting by bike to the local bus?