Results 21,381-21,400 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent discussions with EU Commission officials regarding Brexit. [5697/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to Brussels. [6703/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It all needs to be updated with last week’s court case.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The High Court in Belfast last week agreed to review the decision to go ahead with the North-South interconnector project. It is a critical piece of infrastructure both North and South. The view in the North is that lights will go out in 2021 unless it is built. The absence of such an interconnector is costing us at least €30 million a year. I do not know if the Taoiseach had the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We need clarity on what is happening. Has the Government, subsequent to the High Court decision, any advice for the Dáil as to what is happening about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Any expert I spoke to said it was an amazing decision to give the developer effectively a blank cheque. I have a second precise and forensic question in terms of what went wrong here. It is my understanding that the architects and other professional services companies who worked on the project were on a fixed percentage fee and as the costs continued to rise, their fees rose too. I would...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Fixed percentage fees.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We need to be forensic in determining what went wrong and how the Government blew €500 million of the public's money on this hospital, €500 million more than what was indicated in the contract in February 2017. At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on 5 February, I asked Deputy Donohoe to provide to the committee a detailed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: My children are not an answer to my question.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Private Partnerships (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which public private partnership arrangements will be used in new road construction projects in the next five years. [6692/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the next stage of the public consultation process for the metro with particular reference to alternative routes for the metro in south County Dublin. [6691/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Brendan Kenny, the head of housing policy in Dublin City Council, has made it clear that the council sees no way of providing further social, affordable or public housing in the centre of Dublin. What plans has the Minister to access State lands, for example, Cathal Brugha Barracks and the Broadstone garage, to ensure that we do not create a Millionaire's Row ghetto in the centre of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if national forestry supports are being reviewed in view of concerns in communities in County Leitrim and other areas relating to coniferous clear-fell forests. [5705/19]

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Yesterday, I was very proud, as I am sure the Minister of State was, to attend the commissioning of 67 or 68 cadets into the Defence Forces, along with the young Maltese officers who were trained in Ireland. The co-operation with Malta is an example of the way we can work in co-operation with the rest of the world. It was very moving, and one can tell that those young men and women will do...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We should also convene the parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly to get them to represent their people during what could be a fraught period in Northern Ireland and in the South. Returning to Davos, we have always placed our faith in the OECD in respect of corporate governance and new tax rules. I have always argued this should not be done through the EU but should wait for the OECD....

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings at meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. [5698/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Deputy Broughan that we need to look at every measure. On the tax and dividend on carbon tax, we asked the Department of Finance to look for an initial analysis of the effect. The latest evidence on that is showing clear progressiveness in that lower income people benefit. That is very clear and is backed up by decades of research by Sue Scott and others showing the same. In...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Recovery plan I think it was.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That seems to provide the opportunity to move from a tax break to an expenditure approach. Dr. Collins mentioned that there is not a limit in pension contributions. That is still the get-out clause for many very wealthy people. As I understand it, they lump some massive payments into a pension in order to reduce income tax at certain stages in their career. When is the Department of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am very happy to support the Minister and the Department in implementing this European and international regulation. The world has changed a lot. When I was a kid we used to play with mercury in our science class in school. The Minister will remember the same, I am sure. May I ask a related question? This was agreed in 2013, and I am very much supportive of the measures, but here we...