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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Minister for Transport (30 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: No. I thank the Chair and the members of the committee. My officials here have been very supportive as well. This is major legislation and our officials have put a huge amount of work into it. I thank them again for all their efforts.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I was glad there was agreement on the revised CAP arrangements. There is good and bad in it. From an environmental perspective, many of my colleagues in Brussels are deeply disappointed it did not go further. In truth, much of the detail on how it is going to be applied is yet to be finalised and teased out. CAP and all our policy measures must fit in with out climate action plan and the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I share Deputy Smyth's concerns and her belief we can manage hospitality in a way that works for public health and to restore our tourism and hospitality sectors. As an interim measure, while we are devising the plans and working out the approach and the reopening plans, there will be further supports and extensions. The PUP is due to be closed to new applicants but that will be extended...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I absolutely agree with the Deputy on the potential benefits of the town centre first strategy. Following on from the earlier discussion, building bypasses and bringing life back into the centre of towns is such an attractive prospect because it is a wonderful way of addressing our housing crisis. Getting families and young people back living in towns means they can access services. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I will absolutely work directly with the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that every sort of support is made from the State for the workers in Stobart. The other support that could come is the restoration of services, particularly on the two public service routes where we have a direct influence and possible control, namely, the routes to counties Donegal and Kerry. We are in the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I ask the Ceann Comhairle to allow me to conclude. We said that, rather than making a decision late at night on how exactly this would be implemented, because it is a change of policy and approach, it would be far better to talk to other Oireachtas Members and relevant sectors to see how we can implement the sorts of recommendations they are making in a way that is not discriminatory against...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government will look at all approaches and will not rely on any one scheme. We will introduce a series of measures that will have an effect in damping down prices. The variety of those measures will be set out in a housing for all strategy, which will be produced shortly, ahead of the national development plan, NDP, review, in recognition of the importance and priority we are putting on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Through long stages of this crisis, the Deputy's party has had a consistent position in asking us to heed the public health advice and make sure we apply it. As I said earlier, the Deputy will have a chance to put such questions to our health officials. They recommended that we follow an approach that uses a whole range of different measures, not just vaccination but also use of personal...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: This is a changing situation and, as I said earlier, it is not certain. No one knows exactly what course the virus will take but it is likely, based on the evidence we were shown last night, that there will be a similar concern in other European countries about a rise in the Delta variant. How they manage that will vary from country to country. I understand the Lisbon Government has, in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is better for us to manage this in the way we have been successfully doing, whereby we have opened up our schools, personal services, sports events and a whole range of different workplaces, and we have kept them open.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: That is what we are going to continue to do, including the opening of hospitality this summer. We just want to do it in a way that does not see it going backwards afterwards.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My understanding is that all the options are being looked at, including the building of rail connectivity between Cork and Limerick as a way of improving connectivity to the cities. This is not a formal position but I understand it is now less likely that the option that seemed like the best one, which colleagues of mine were promoting, of using a connection via Tipperary to the Cork-Dublin...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My colleague, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, was instrumental in putting that commitment in the programme for Government because she saw in her constituency, as I am sure we have all seen in our constituencies, the effects of defective building. It is seen not just counties Donegal and Mayo but right across the country. I will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Kelly should be careful in terms of putting words in people's mouths. I did not say that I did not think there would be a fourth wave. I said that I had faith in our ability as a country to avoid the more-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I said I did not believe we would end up in the most pessimistic scenario, with something in the order of 1,685 people in ICU.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: On the second issue, I will explain to Deputy McGrath and others why I said to be careful in saying it is decided and that we know exactly the response to the NPHET advice yesterday. To answer Deputy Kelly's question, in truth, Government made a policy decision in May that it would not operate a discriminatory system with regard to vaccines. That was a policy decision based on much detailed...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: If I can finish the point, the Government said in response that we will not ignore what NPHET is saying. We will heed the information and come up with a plan, which will make sure we avoid getting into that most pessimistic scenario.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, I will address various issues raised. First, the debate on Covid-19 is on Friday, and that will be timely because we are not making final decisions on this. As I said, we must consider, listen and engage and Friday will allow for that debate here, as well as for the briefing in advance. The outdoor legislation that comes before the House on Wednesday regarding our Covid-19 crisis is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We also have a crisis in there being an insufficient number of High Court judges, so that aspect is being included there because we have an urgent need to get judges in place.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Mac Lochlainn raised the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, but that was debated two weeks ago. I am sure that there will be no shortage of opportunities in committees to allow us to go into the real detail of the CAP agreement, which does need to be examined and questioned. Regarding Deputies Boyd Barrett and Cian O'Callaghan and the Land Development Agency Bill 2021, I am glad there...