Results 21,101-21,120 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (21 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the broad approach the Taoiseach seems to be taking to this. It is important that we give it time and get it right. It is not just important for religious communities, which are in a state of real change at the moment. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin asked the right question at the time of the Pope's visit last year, that is, "Where are our young people and where are they going?"...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (21 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for a new covenant between church and State. [16388/19]

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The European Commission's top civil servant on climate change appeared before an Oireachtas committee last week. He asked for each Government to aim for the target of net zero emissions by 2050, similar to President Macron when he announced the same ambition at the European leaders' meeting the week before last. Some eight other countries signed up to that target but we did not. What are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission and the outgoing Parliament have done a good job on the whole green energy package, particularly in the governance mechanisms which have been put in place. It has dragged the Council forward and I commend the Commission on how it has done that. However, now we have to act. The Irish plan, which we will see in June, is critical for us. This committee has looked at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Much of Ireland is covered by wetlands, unfortunately. We have a lot of wetlands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I must catch a train. I apologise, but I will watch the remaining part of the meeting later.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I was pleased to hear the Taoiseach say earlier that he would welcome consideration by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment of our national broadband plan and that any such consideration must be done in a timely manner, which I absolutely accept. I really want to support this deal. The more I look at it, however, the more I am left scratching my...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: -----and I think it will be difficult for the Government too. Can the deal be changed as we start to investigate it in the Oireachtas committee? What flexibility do we have if we do this digging, which we should do? What is the chance of our changing the deal, either on the ownership end or some other end? Someone said last night-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: -----that the deal is legally tied down now but I do not believe that is the case. I think we have a moment for change here before we sign a contract. Can the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, confirm that this is the case?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The real urgency is that people want low rent. Those caught in the rental sector are the ones who are caught - our younger generation. Fr. Peter McVerry, who I trust on this, said today that the primary responsibility for social housing lies with the Government and that it is falling short. Regarding all this talk about the numbers, if we parse it down, it is falling short because it is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The issue of housing is coming up at people's doors right across the country, particularly in my city of Dublin. My assessment is the Government has completely lost the trust of the Irish people in this regard. Political capital is an uncertain currency but we all know that it eventually disappears. It is evaporating for the Government at present in the context of the housing issue. This...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if electric scooters are considered to be mechanically propelled vehicles; and the requirements for road use of scooters. [21052/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise for missing some of the presentations. Energy efficiency is a very important aspect of our efforts to deliver a just transition on climate. The Dáil agreed last week to declare a climate emergency, but we must be careful that our efforts in this area are not merely symbolic. The first practical step could and should be the inclusion of a commitment in the new building...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is still only a fraction of what we need.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree. I would appreciate it if Mr. Barry could forward to me a copy of the UK bank research from four years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Mr. Barry.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Science Foundation Ireland (14 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I appreciate that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Science Foundation Ireland (14 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 45. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the strategic priorities she plans to deliver via the research programme supported by Science Foundation Ireland. [20929/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Science Foundation Ireland (14 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Earlier, the Taoiseach stated that the Dáil's declaration of a climate emergency was just symbolic. His statement is symbolic of the Government's approach to climate change. At a meeting with the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, last year, we discussed controversial comments by the head of Science Foundation Ireland in which he appeared to downplay the significance of the climate...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Science Foundation Ireland (14 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I was in the Dáil when we passed the legislation to establish Science Foundation Ireland. We asked its first CEO, Bill Harris, why decarbonisation was not one of its priorities. He agreed that this was regrettable but the agency went on to concentrate on the areas of data analytics and biopharma. In the Green Party's time in government we changed this and added the third leg to the...