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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: It is totally unacceptable if cloudy water is coming through someone's tap. We have to deliver to the highest standards particularly water so that people have confidence in the basic services. People should never have to buy bottled water in any part of the country. That requires an investment of €1.5 billion from the taxpayer, the same taxpayer who has to fund housing, the health...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I did not quite hear the Deputy's third question properly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Our energy prices are high in the European context but not the highest. There are two main reasons for that. One, particularly in recent years, has been our reliance on imported fossil fuel gas. That has been the main reason for us having very high prices compared with other countries.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: We are switching away from that. We are switching to renewables which will give us a stable, reliable lower cost option keeping money in the country rather than going to Russia, Iran or other countries where we import the gas from at the moment. The second main reason it is expensive is because we have a very distributed housing system and we have to get a power line to every single home....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I believe it will. We can see what happened last year. We have two interconnectors at the moment, one in north Dublin, which comes ashore at Rush and goes across to Wales, and the other in the North which crosses over to Scotland. We are building a new one from Wales coming into Wexford at Great Island. We are also building one from Breast in Brittany in France which will come in near...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: One of the things the Government did was introduce the cost-rental equity loan scheme, recognising the high interest rate environment has changed the figures for cost rental regarding new building developments. We introduced that as a deliberate mechanism to support AHBs, in particular, to help reduce the cost. Cost rental is a fundamental and radical shift the Green Party in opposition...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: It is really difficult with the high interest rates. The Deputy could promise and not be able to deliver this magic money tree alternative.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I disagree with the assessment the Government kicked it off to the Oireachtas committee. The committee, in response to the citizens’ assembly report on repealing the eighth and in this instance, was the right place to assess, analyse and come to Government with recommendations of the report, which, as the Deputy said, it did in December, only last month. The Government will respond...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am not aware of the steps but understand from the Deputy's question that the loss of the jobs has not occurred yet. I will follow up with the Minister, Deputy Coveney. In any instance of a large lay-off, redundancy or other arrangement, for example Tara Mines or a range of recent examples back through the years, this and any government works on a partnership basis and acts locally to try...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have a timeline and do not have a business case but we will review that when it comes in. We have seen significant increases in demand in Irish airports and have a dense network of airports providing international services compared to other countries. We have seen significant increases in Cork, Dublin, Shannon – all the airports, in effect. That makes a business case...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: No, not to my understanding.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I say to the Deputy what I said to him the other day. I look forward to going down to Tipperary town, a town I know well and one that needs a bypass. This is a complicated and controversial issue. Many Deputies have concerns about what roads we need to advance quickest. I have said publicly and in this House on many occasions our bypasses are the critical next investment we need to make....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I have been to every single council. What they were saying, and I agree, is that we need to protect our market towns and invest in them by taking out the through traffic. I will commit to making sure that happens in Tipperary as fast as anywhere else.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy that the forestry companies have a real responsibility and a legal obligation, subject to the conditions of licensing, to protect the area alongside power lines so they are not at risk from trees falling. If there is any specific instance that the Deputy might be able to report, that would be very useful. It should not be tolerated and it needs to change. I would...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with everything the Deputy says except the central contention that we should switch HVO into heating as well as transport. I say that having looked at and analysed it at length, along with other international colleagues. There is only a limited supply of HVO available in the world and we have to be careful of the land use implications if we rely on it further. That HVO is going to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. To broaden it out, given it is a very fearful world and a lot of things are changing very fast in our world, there are understandable fears among our people. However, it tends to be supported by what I might call a nihilistic populist creed that tends to have certain key characteristics, particularly online. It does not believe in climate change, it is very...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: It is very distressing to hear of people in our community, who are by nature vulnerable, being in such a difficult situation and such an uncertain place. I do not have the details but if the Deputy can forward the information to me, we will definitely pass that on to the Minister for Health to see if the residents in this case can be reassured.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm that the Government's intention, and I have to be careful now, is that we would see Údarás elections on the same day as the local and European elections. The Chief Whip will have to organise the Dáil arrangements but our intention is to have that election this year. My personal view is that if we have any future elections, to put them off for another year yet.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: If the Deputy can send me the details I would be happy to pass them on to the relevant Minister. Can I ask one question? What is the reason? Is there an underlying reason? Is it the upgrade of the plant or a new plant?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: But is the reason for the outages in this instance because it needs new investment or because new investment is taking place?