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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Interdepartmental Working Groups (19 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 522. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects to receive the report of the interdepartmental working group on fuller working lives, examining the issues of retirement and pension ages; and if he will publish the report. [22605/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (19 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 539. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to confirm that the European Commission services opened infringement proceedings against the Republic of Ireland in February 2015 for not designating over 400 Sites of Community Interest as Special Areas of Conversation as soon as possible and within six years at most, for not having set site-specific detailed conservation...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation (19 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 540. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps the Government has taken to address the proceedings taken against the Republic of Ireland in February 2015 for not designating more than 400 sites of community interest as Special Areas of Conversation as soon as possible and within six years at most, for not having set site-specific detailed conservation objectives...

Topical Issue Debate: NAMA Property Sales (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: If the Minister of State follows the River Dodder, from near here up river for 29 km, he will pass a fantastic part of the country. He will come out towards Tallaght and Kiltipper on the right. Following the river to his left he will see the Glenasmole valley going past Bohernabreena where a lot of the water we drink comes from. He will then get into the valley, which is one of the most...

Topical Issue Debate: NAMA Property Sales (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I am surprised we have allowed this to get to this stage. If officials and NAMA have been involved in talks and been haggling over price, which I presume is what the Minister of State said, how have we let it be publicly put up for sale? Media reports suggest it has an asking price of some €2.5 million but the problem is that, when it is opened up to other bidders, it will be...

Topical Issue Debate: NAMA Property Sales (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: There should be no difficulty. It is part of the budget process in which we are engaged. If it has to be a slightly lower price in this case, no one will be-----

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 24, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 9 of Act of 1999 11. Section 9 of the Act of 1999 is amended in subsection (1) by substituting the following paragraphs for (m) and (n):“(m) to carry out investigations into the functioning of the electricity and gas markets, (n) to decide upon and impose effective and...

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad the Minister raised those issues because we need to have that debate. I fundamentally disagree that the 20% reduction target we set for 2020 was a pig in a poke or an impossible target. It was absolutely achievable to my mind, but it depends on the extent of political ambition. It also depends on whether one sees it as an imposition or an opportunity. I see it as the latter. I...

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I will be brief. I am concerned when places on boards are reserved for particular sectors or people. I accept the principle of Deputy Bríd Smith's proposal but if we are not careful we could up with a board that is representative of people from the labour pillar or the business pillar and such people representing their pillars rather than being free-thinking. Every person on the board...

Energy Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the officials for their support in the amendments that were agreed to. I hope this is a start of a long legislative career for the Minister, getting ever more progressive as we go.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I wish Mr. Divilly the best of luck. Has he been working in his role during the past four months? I presume he has. He was not waiting for this-----

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: That is good because what he is relating to us is informed by that experience, which helps us. I wish the company the best of luck. It is an excellent company and, as Mr. Divilly said, is one that is trusted, which is not an insignificant issue in terms of-----

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: An Post has been trusted over generations. Families worked not only in the core postal business, but also in the shops and outlets. Those postmasters have a very valuable commodity, namely, public trust and recognition in the State. However, as much as he says the environment is challenging, I can think of no other company whose core business is guaranteed to decline by 5% per annum. We...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Exactly.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: They all do it.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: We must, therefore, prepare not for a 5% drop some year but possibly for a 20% drop sometime in the next five to ten years.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: God help us then. It will be very difficult to manage the company.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: If I understand him correctly, Mr. Divilly is saying that there are two major areas for growth and opportunity. One is the financial services sector, in those offices - that trust, that network, that money - and the transactional capability. The second is parcel delivery-----

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Am I right in interpreting that they are the two big potential growth areas he identified?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: An Post: Discussion with Chairperson Designate (20 Jul 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Are they connected in a way? An Post's core business is in the network and delivery system, not necessarily in the retail outlets. I cannot remember how many of the retail outlets An Post manages. It is a very small number.