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Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: That is the way we will do it.

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: God bless the citizens of the United Kingdom because at the moment it seems clear they are lions led by donkeys. It is not like "A Midsummer Night's Dream" but a midsummer night's nightmare. Some of the characters involved are like the characters of that Shakespeare play. Thinking of Boris Johnson, who could play Bottom, never have the lines been so apt, "I see their knavery: this is to...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Minister agree with his party colleague Brian Hayes, MEP, that if people seek to change our corporation tax rules, we should follow the UK out the door and leave the EU? I asked a question earlier about the role of the Parliament or Commission in the new relationship. The Taoiseach made it very clear that we must follow the European Council, but what is the role of the...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: What about the role of the Parliament in the new relationship?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (5 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to return a person (details supplied) back here, given the trial of the person has been suspended until October 2016. [19456/16]

Private Members' Business - Broadband Service Provision: Motion [Private Members] (6 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: This is a complex area of policy. It is not easy. I wish the Minister the best of luck because we need a good outcome. We need good broadband everywhere to lift our economy. I think this should go back to committee. We should sit down and go through the real detail and look at what the different options are, because the complexity is extensive. There is a slight difference between...

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I wish the Leas-Cheann Comhairle the best of luck in his new role and hope he spends an entertaining and long time in the Chair. I commend my colleagues in the Social Democrats on framing and presenting this motion. It is important that we reflect on the regulation of the charity sector. We must try to restore public confidence in a sector that has been badly damaged by revelations of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 584. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the person who is the national clinical lead in soft tissue sarcomas; if the Health Service Executive has informed relevant cancer patients of this new appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21158/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 585. To ask the Minister for Health when a decision on whether a new post for a sarcoma specialist in St. Vincent's hospital will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21159/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (12 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 21 June 2016, to provide details of the process for development of the new schools in the Dublin 2, 4, and 8 areas; and the status of the process and the groups which have expressed an interest in running the schools. [21160/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (13 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach his strategy for Ireland in the event that the United Kingdom fails to negotiate access to the European Economic Area post invocation of Article 50. [19473/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (13 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Will the Taoiseach consider establishing a forum on Anglo-Irish relations outside the North-South Ministerial Council and outside any veto that any party might have within it? It is the sort of forum we need, like the Forum for Europe, the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation or the New Ireland Forum. It is vital we have some sort of place where we can think about this in a certain way. Will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (13 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: And a Unionist veto on anything we do.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (13 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It is very appropriate that there is a presentation in the audiovisual room given by the officials involved in the national planning framework. It has been timed very well for us to start showing leadership on climate change. If we can lead with that planning framework, thinking long-term, and if we think to, say, 2030, 2040 or 2050, we know one thing for certain. We know very little about...

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (13 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party, I express support for the removal of the eighth amendment of the Constitution. We look forward to the establishment of a citizens' assembly as a mechanism for helping to deliver a referendum that will enable Irish people to decide on this complex and divisive issue. We should, in so far as is possible, allow Members to vote on the issue as they see fit and in...

Citizens' Assembly: Motion (13 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “the manner in which referenda are held”:“(v) how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change;”

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (14 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when smart metering displays will be rolled out for domestic electricity and gas use; the role of his Department in considering such a strategy; and the timeline in this regard. [21700/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (14 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department carried out any compliance with the potential costs to the State from failure to meet compliance with the European Union renewable energy supply obligations for the electricity, heat and transport sectors. [19555/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (14 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his latest analysis of how close the State will be on delivering on each of the electricity, heat and transport targets set in our 2020 European Union renewable energy obligations. [21510/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicles (14 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electrical charging points that are now installed here; and his plans for advancing the further deployment of electric vehicles here. [21832/16]