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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: What I hear told is that Waterford is the best.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: The best. I am also told-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I am also told that second cath lab is under construction as we speak. That is an example of resources being deployed. Does the Deputy agree?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: It is an example of resources being deployed. It is being built as speak. A third example is something that was requested for a long time. Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT, has university status. Has that not been delivered during the lifetime of this Government?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: The sense I got when we were at that meeting in the boardroom of WIT with the directors of services of the university - there is now a university in Waterford - is that they are good people with real skills. I agree with the Deputy that funding ought to have been provided for the resources referred to. We agree on that point. However, the Deputy should not underestimate the skills in that...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: -----under this green agenda. That is the story of our future.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I agree with the points the Deputy has made. It is important we recognise it when we increase payments because otherwise the political support for further increases will not be there. As the Deputy said, as part of the most recent budget, the capital disregard for carers increased from €20,000 to €50,000. That was not insignificant. The improvements in the income disregard...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: We will take that into consideration. I understand the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, last year published a cost of disability report that might help to back up some of the Deputy's argument. I believe the Deputy is looking at a wider and important budget issue. Over the years, Social Justice Ireland has made a case similar to that the Deputy is making, that is, we could look at the use of...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I can confirm that on 31 March, the SFPA sought to undertake an inspection, which would include supervising the weighing before transport, of a fishing vessel at Killybegs Harbour. Such weighings are required by the interim EU control plan, as approved by the European Commission. The SFPA confirms that the master of the vessel and the operator objected to the process for weighing upon...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Unless the Commission approves this plan, the derogation that allows for weighing after transport will cease. This will involve landings being weighed on the pierside until a control plan is in place.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: That is the detail I have in response to the concerns raised.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I read that article. Deputy Bacik and Senator Moynihan are absolutely right to be concerned. Our constituency in particular is at the very epicentre of the rental crisis. It is an issue for the whole country. With regard to Airbnb and the issue of short-term rentals, there is real cause for concern if local authorities are not pursuing it. However, we have to be slightly careful because...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: -----in the form of a registry system so people involved in such short-term letting would have to be registered. That will be a big help.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Every part of the country is important. I just meant that Dublin Bay South happens to be the area with the highest rents. No area is immune to this rent crisis.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Similarly, we need commuter rail in Limerick, and we will build it and deliver it. We need commuter rail in Cork. We will build it. Going back to what Deputy Shanahan said earlier, we need to move the railway station in Waterford up the north quays so we can build housing there. It is the same in Galway. We need a twin track from Oranmore.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: Metropolitan rail is important, as it is in Dublin. We have gone to planning and are now rolling out the DART+ West scheme, which will be the first part of the extension, expansion and massive increase in DART services.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I will. We have already invested in new carriages and new DART trains, which will be deployed on the existing network and which will result in an increase on the northern DART line straight away next year when they come in.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I am not aware of the scheduling issue the Deputy referenced.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: If he could send me the details-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)
Eamon Ryan: I do not know the details. I ask the Deputy to send me the details.