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- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I am answering the Deputy's questions. Her claim that I blithely disregarded IRFU finances is not true. We should consider the fundamental question of whether the financial success of the sport in the long term is dependent on a fan base or a broadcasting contract. I believe that if one loses a supporter base or 80% of one's audience by moving away from a free-to-air service-----
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The answer to the question is I believe that is a factor.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The prospect of losing an audience is the biggest threat to the revenue stream of any sporting body.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: That is a fact which all of us must take into account.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: If Deputy McManus supports the position, I presume she would agree with the point that holding on to an audience is important for future commercial revenues.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I would argue the point with the Deputy if she made a detailed case.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: If I may answer the question-----
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I will return to it when we come to oral questions. I am happy to debate the matter for as long as possible.
- Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I accept that uptake on the current microgeneration support scheme has been slow to date. This scheme is provided by the ESB and offers a guaranteed price of 19 cent per kilowatt hour of electricity produced and exported to the grid. In line with my objective to increase deployment of microgeneration technologies, my Department is working closely with the Sustainable Energy Authority to...
- Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: We are committed to ensuring that microgeneration works and we have demonstrated his commitment by a series of delivered measures, including changes to planning regulations to make easier for people to construct microgeneration facilities. The grant scheme is being considered by Sustainable Energy Ireland to ensure we get the standards right and avoid an industry developing on poor standards...
- Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I have consistently told the industry that a phased approach would be taken. The Department must ensure safety issues and standards are addressed properly. We stated we would start on a smaller scale of micro-generation, of up to 11 kW, before introducing a further scheme. At each stage, I indicated we would take a phased approach which would take time and require a series of different...
- Alternative Energy Projects (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I would like to get it done before the summer and will push my Department in that regard. While I hope we will be able to do so, first and foremost, we will ensure we get the best type of support scheme. However, I still hope to deliver on the timeframe to which the Deputy referred.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Question Nos. 28, 34 and 76 together. In my reply to the earlier priority question I set out the details of the consultation process. I am being asked whether I have consulted with the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. Based on Deputy McManus's earlier comments, if there are derogatory comments about me of a personal nature, I will respond to those. However, I...
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: In response to the Deputies' questions, of course I have consulted with the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport, before Government meetings, during Government meetings and since.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: Obviously her views and Government discussion on the matter need to be kept within Government until we reach the conclusion of the process. That is how Cabinet works. It is a confidential system. She is absolutely right in being a party to the consultation process I need to carry out. However, it is done within Government where people have the freedom and respect for each other to work...
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: It was absolutely appropriate and legal as set out in statute to come out with a designated list that I, as Minister, felt should be included and put out for the next stage of the process. That is set out in the law. The IRFU consultation started a year earlier when it made its submission, along with other bodies and individuals.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: That was continued with a lengthy meeting I had with the IRFU in November in which it set out its case followed by written correspondence. There has been extensive consultation and there will continue to be. I have met its representatives subsequently as part of this next phase and I look forward to talking to them further. This is what one does in a consultation phase. One listens, talks...
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The former Minister is the former Minister. There has been no further written correspondence under the new Minister representing the Department. We have, obviously, discussed it at Cabinet and before Cabinet meetings and will do so again, but I have had no further written correspondence on the issue from the current Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport. The appointment of external...
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: Let me make my final point.
- Broadcasting Legislation (1 Jun 2010)
Eamon Ryan: There is a slight difference between us and France and Britain in this regard because Munster, Leinster and Connacht are provinces. There is an issue, therefore, because there is a fundamental difference between Harlequins Rugby Club and Leinster province.