Results 521-540 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Would the Minister comment directly?

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I am just informing the Taoiseach.

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to tease out with the Taoiseach the issue of the energy regulator. Is it not true the regulator, who previously as a civil servant had written the legislation that set up the regulatory office, established the office in such a way that the Minister cannot direct him on specific policy directions the office needs to take, whether on the issue of security of supply, where we have a huge...

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Would the Taoiseach acknowledge——

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Am I not correct that in this particular area the Minister cannot issue directions to the regulator on issues such as pricing? While the Taoiseach is right that the Department should have the ultimate say, the reality is that the legislation defines where the power lies. In this case the legislation does not allow the Minister to give directions on policy matters to the regulator. Is that not...

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach has buried the metro Bill and practically trampled the earth down on it, but can we expect it to rise again in the near future?

Quarterly National Household Survey: Statements. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister says that we must be strategic and he is right. I would like him to read the comments in The Irish Catholic by the architect of that strategic thinking which brought us economic success, Dr. Ken Whitaker. He said that economic growth does not necessarily lead to a peaceful, civilised or more idealistic society, and that there are values, moral and intellectual, which are higher...

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the ten-year transport investment plan for the country; and if contractual commitments on the major public transport projects within the plan are expected to be agreed within the lifetime of this Dáil. [29724/05]

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is clear from the Minister's response that no major public transport projects will be contractually signed in the lifetime of this Dáil. In the exchange with Deputy Shortall it was interesting to hear he has nothing to do with traffic management in the capital and now he is saying he has nothing to do with the contractual arrangements that these are up to the agency.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister stated that it would be up to the implementing agencies whether any contracts would be signed. This is the exact replica of what happened four years ago, where Fianna Fáil stated before an election that it would build a metro and six months later when the election was over, it was goodbye to the Metro. Anything he will say about public transport will have the same credibility....

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Public transport.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Public money into public transport. That is the answer.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Public money from the public purse.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: From him.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It will not go to construction for another three years.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Does he believe this rosy picture? Does he think the people believe this nonsense?

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is entertainment.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Four to one in favour of roads.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad to hear the Minister has done such a detailed costing. Regardless of whether they are included, could he give me the figure for the cost of the eastern by-pass proposed by IBEC or the interconnector rail tunnel proposed by Iarnród Éireann?

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister just said he had costed all the projects.