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Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (22 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason the work to be carried out by the proposed energy research council has not been incorporated within the remit of either Sustainable Energy Ireland or Science Foundation Ireland both of which have the necessary research expertise and administrative systems and statutory regulations to allow them...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (22 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the policy within his Department regarding the need for open advertising and interviewing for new employment positions under the remit of his Department; if new positions which will be filled in the proposed energy research council will be subject to such a competitive process; and the reason the appointment of...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (22 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 392: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the current employment contract for the director general of Science Foundation Ireland is due to expire; if the director general has agreed to a renewal of that contract; and his plans to vacate his position at the end of that contract. [35752/05]

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (22 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 393: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects to appoint a new Government chief scientific adviser; and if he intends such a appointment process to be carried out via a process of open advertising and interviewing of candidates. [35753/05]

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (22 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason behind his decision to suspend the testing of drivers of articulated vehicles in Letterkenny; and when he intends to identify a suitable alternative location in Donegal for reversing manoeuvres in order to restore articulated lorry driving testing in the area. [35123/05]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (22 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 418: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to completely ban the use of mobile phones when driving; and if he intends to make same a specific finable offence. [35125/05]

Estimates for Public Services 2006: Motion (Resumed). (23 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: When I hear Government Deputies reciting endless lists of increases in certain percentages, I am reminded of the time I spent listening to Radio Moscow when I was a young boy in the mid-1980s. Listeners to that radio station would hear great tales of increases in factory production and other statistics aimed at proving that the Soviet state was making progress. The reality was that its...

Written Answers — Ombudsman Commission: Ombudsman Commission (23 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take following the suggestion from the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman, Ms Nuala O'Loan, for co-operation between her office and the soon to be established Garda Ombudsman office to be put on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35768/05]

Written Answers — Garda Programmes: Garda Programmes (23 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the aims of the Garda schools programme at both primary and secondary level; the level of staffing for this programme in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35767/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the manner in which the planning approval for the proposed gas terminal at Bellanaboy was handled whereby certain interested parties were able to make direct presentations to An Bord Pleanála on the issue while other applicants were not provided with such an opportunity, and the need for the...

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: First Stage. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to safeguard the fulfilment of our obligations to meet climate change targets.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: First Stage. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Air Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Are there limits to the development of air travel? If the increase in air transport continues, it is predicted that by 2020 it will account for all the CO2 emissions Ireland is permitted under current EU targets. In addition, the peak in global oil production is imminent and that is likely to impinge on development. Has the Minister's Department set limits on the expansion of air travel?

Air Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Am I not entitled to an answer to my question?

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason, contrary to EU policy, his Department is actively overseeing the transfer of container traffic from rail to road, of which the closure of the western rail corridor between Limerick and Sligo is symptomatic. [36054/05]

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I will be brief, in recognition of the fact that the Minister has dealt with part of this issue during Priority Questions. Could the Minister make a bold move in this area rather than waiting for operators to come to him with expressions of interest? Can he advertise and set out a policy framework to encourage interest, rather than inquiring about a European directive regarding compulsion or...

Rail Services. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Investors look at the overall climate, so the problem is that anyone looking at this country now would see that those in power have only been interested in organising the demise of rail freight and an exit from it. In those circumstances the Green Party would support financial assistance to encourage new entrants to the market and to set a market which would attract them. The Minister says he...

Planning Issues. (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I appreciate the opportunity to discuss this important issue, which relates to the perceived independence of a State body, An Bord Pleanála. It is vital, in the interests of proper planning and political support for the planning process, that An Bord Pleanála should be independent. The Minister, Deputy Roche, is aware that when An Bord Pleanála made its decision on the first planning...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (24 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Transport when the appointment of an inspector to hold the public inquiry required under the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 can be expected (details supplied). [36053/05]

Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is often said that we in Ireland live in an open economy and that ours is among the most open trading economies in the world. In many ways we have benefited from this because we have enjoyed large revenues and much success as a result of companies establishing operations here. The difficulty and risk of operating in such an open market is that we are subject to the vagaries of...