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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Before we move on to that, I agree that we need massive interconnection to help us when we reach that 70% penetration level. It makes massive sense for us to have flexibility, not just in the context of the line to France but also with a significant number of interconnectors to give us that capability. I would like those interconnectors to be in the ownership of EirGrid in order that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: So it is not additional but perhaps sightly more responsive. I read recently on the front page of The Irish Timesthat the ESB wants to build a lot of new gas plants to serve Dublin. My question is to Mr. O'Shea from the ESB-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Perhaps I could ask that question first because it is connected in terms of the overall system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I will not labour the point but we have just heard from EirGrid that there is not necessarily a need and that the adequacy statement may change if we have further interconnection. As we get higher renewables penetration and as we ramp up the battery storage, perhaps those out of date adequacy statements should not drive investment decisions. What the ESB is stating in public - including on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Mr. O'Shea fully. The great job EirGrid has done can and will be matched by the amazing job the ESB is about to do by being one of the leading distribution companies in the world in managing this. What Mr. Stewart said is true: we have an economic opportunity. It is all about digital. By setting such a high target and by doing this, Ireland would pretty much be the leading...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is a welcome development. It is a good example of learning by doing. Kerry people are smart, I am sure they will set us on the right course. The other advantage we have is that, as stated in the ESB's submission, what Deputy Stanley is proposing, which is an appropriate ambition for microgeneration, is also backed up by the European clean energy package. The package says that we must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I recall that when I was Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, we introduced a pilot scheme from which to learn in 2009. We have been doing this for ten years. The previous Government stopped it but we were doing it for a number of years. I have one more question for the ESB and I will then come back to Dr. Sunderland. The clean energy package says that we should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If we get up to the levels about which we are talking - and we are very far away from them so it will not be any time soon - the underlying difficulty in the development of renewables is that they always reduce the wholesale price. That even applies in respect of wind energy in Ireland, but it could also eventually apply in respect of solar on very sunny days. It would kill the incentive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have one question for Mr. Stewart which I would like to put before he comes in. What he said about digital revolution and so on is true. A model which has been shown to work very well on the community aggregated supply and generation side is that of a Belgian company, Ecopower, based in Flanders. The attractive aspect of this model is that it aggregates. Individual shares can be as...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No.1:To delete the following words:“ — allocate annual payments of €500 million to the Irish housing development bank rather than to the so-called ‘rainy day fund’;”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to provide free nationwide public transport to persons in full-time education. [17178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on road maintenance in each year since 1992 by local, regional and national roads. [17179/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Data (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new road infrastructure projects contractually committed to or under construction; and the cost of each. [17180/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Data (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public transport projects contractually committed to or under construction; and the cost of each. [17181/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the investigation carried out of the investment and operational support which would be needed to establish an integrated public transport service providing a level of service comparable to the best systems in other European countries; and if he will provide documents resulting from this research. [17182/19]

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It applies to sausages as well.

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I support the Labour Party motion. We tabled an amendment to it on a point where we differ. It is more respectful to highlight that rather than just glossing over it. We believe that we should set aside funding into a rainy day fund as it may help us in the event of an unseen downturn to have a countercyclical ability to increase investment in such circumstances. We tabled the amendment...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the possible purchase by the State of High Island; if a further assessment of this proposal has been undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16739/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Remit (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role the National Parks and Wildlife Service has in the designation of national parks. [16740/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Expenditure (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure on public transport for each year since 1992. [16925/19]