Results 29,421-29,440 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Alternative Energy Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I hope, in the coming months, to offer a support package that will give a major boost to the industry.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I welcome the Deputy's comments because I feel we should not see those targets as the limit of our ambition but as the base level for our ambitions.
- Alternative Energy Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I am confident that there is a clear realisation across the Government of the opportunities presented by this for employment generation, wealth generation and emissions reductions in our country. We tend to concentrate on the area of power generation to the detriment of other areas and I hope we may also exceed the targets relating to heat. Regarding transport we must be careful not to...
- Fishing Industry Development. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The report of the Independent Salmon Group recommended that a community support scheme be established to support the development of additional economic opportunities in communities affected by the closure of the drift net fishery. It recommended that the focus of this measure should primarily be those communities where drift net fishing had been a well established activity and where its...
- Fishing Industry Development. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I recognise this is a sensitive issue. There are cultural and economic factors to consider in areas where there may not be many economic opportunities. This sensitivity is one of the reasons it is taking time to devise the system of allocation. The Leader companies, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and my Department are engaged in a complex and difficult process to...
- Fishing Industry Development. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I accept that but I wish to make this point. For the future we must protect our natural resources, including the stocks of wild salmon. I hope this brave decision will be seen to bring returns when we can begin to reopen rivers for both anglers and commercial fishermen operating on a draft net basis, thus providing employment opportunities in hotels, commercial fisheries, smokeries and so...
- Fishing Industry Development. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I will convey the Deputy's concerns to my departmental officials so they may be stitched into whatever agreement we have. I am sure the Deputy realises that the amount of money is not huge given the number of communities involved. I will make every effort to ensure the smaller communities to which the Deputy referred are not excluded.
- Schools Refurbishment. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: At the outset I thank the Deputy for raising the matter as it affords me the opportunity to outline to the House the Government's strategy for capital investment in education projects and also the position of St. Angela's College, Patrick's Hill, Cork city. Modernising facilities in our 3,200 primary and 750 post-primary schools is not an easy task given the legacy of decades of...
- Schools Refurbishment. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: ââto ensuring school accommodation is of the highest standard possible.
- Schools Refurbishment. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: Turning to the specific matter in hand, which I am sure will interest Deputy Coveney, St. Angela's College is an all girls' post-primary school which had an enrolment of 521 pupils in 2006 and 2007. Enrolments at the school have remained stable over the past five years. An extension and refurbishment project proposed for the school is at the early stages of architectural planning. The...
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: On Tuesday last, the Government approved an increase in the television licence fee from 1 January 2008 at my request. This increase follows an independent review by Indecon consultants of RTE's performance in 2006. The review is an annual exercise undertaken to assess RTE's output commitments and its progress in its change programme. The Indecon report concluded that RTE had exceeded most...
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: One could take the position that it is miserly and that we should have given the full CPI inflationary figure, which would have been closer to a sum in excess of â¬7 rather than â¬2 but we must also take into account a number of different factors. First, the actual revenue from the licence fee will increase due to the increased number of households that exist. It does not just relate to...
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I will conclude if I may. We must improve those quality indicators to take into account more qualitative information, better cost management informationââ
- Television Licence Fee. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: Indeed, and that is why it got a continued increase despite being in a strong financial position.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The Renewable Energy Installers Academy is a joint initiative between Sustainable Energy Ireland and Action Renewables in Northern Ireland. Since late 2005, the two agencies have developed and delivered a cross-Border programme of renewable energy installer training. The programme was granted funding assistance under the INTERREG IIIA programme. It has been developed to address the dearth...
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I will happily clarify some of the issues that arose yesterday in terms of which priority question would be tabled. Late yesterday afternoon, I discovered that a question the Deputy had tabled in which she asked three sub-questions on transport emissions, motor tax and the climate change implications, if I am paraphrasing it correctly, had been transferred to the Departments of Transport and...
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I am not intentionally misleading anyone.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I tried to facilitate the Deputy yesterday as I am doing today. The questions were transferred. As the wording had not been changed to relate to energy issues and still related to emissions, it was not in order for me to take the question. The question is for the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: In circumstances where I was told that the Order Paper had been completed, I agreed with my office that Deputy McManus should be asked toââ
- Cross-Border Projects. (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: ââsubmit the question in a reworded form.