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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Behind the crisis was the fact that we were getting German interest rates.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Digital Single Market: European Commission Vice President for Digital Single Market (8 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I will start by welcoming Mr. Ansip. From working with people from the Estonian Government over the years, my experience has been that Estonia is a very enterprising country that has very close ties with Ireland. In such circumstances, Mr. Ansip, as an Estonian politician, is very welcome. I agree with his comments on the benefits from advancing this digital single market. I represent a...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Ladies first. I am happy for Deputy O'Connell to go next.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I am still trying to work out what I am going to say.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the witnesses for their amazingly wide-ranging responses. It must have been a terrible summer to be a macroeconomist. It has shattered and the shards are on the ground. We spent years thinking that GDP growth figures were gospel and now we suddenly realise that E = mc2 is E = mc3 in physics terms. It must be very difficult. Perhaps there is an opportunity in it. I apologise for...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Tutty is itching to speak.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: No. I would like to see the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council spread its wings and broaden the interpretation of the implementation of its mandate. We had an election that was defined by the relatively narrow issue as to what the fiscal space is. This budget debate will be defined largely around narrow figures of €1 billion one way or the other, which sounds flippant and is the marginal...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It could refer to it, in the same way as the council brought up Brexit as being a valid risk to the future of the State. It would be no harm for it to do that. The council recognising it as a risk would in itself be useful.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Energy Rating Compliance (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure buildings (details supplied) do not breach a requirement; and his further plans to ensure such transitional arrangements do not lead to new public buildings failing to comply with the nearly zero energy building targets after 31 December 2018 and all new buildings after 31 December 2020. [26184/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that cooling energy demand and overheating risk are quantified in Irish building regulations for dwellings, to ensure full compliance with European law, to ensure that new homes are comfortable and energy efficient irrespective of external weather and to reduce the risk of avoidable summer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the approved process whereby lands owned by the HSE are to be sold or leased to companies which have charitable status. [26096/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1430. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a reported agreement by the HSE to sell or lease up to 14 acres of land at Merlin Park Hospital to Galway Hospice. [26097/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1431. To ask the Minister for Health if the agreement regarding the sale or lease of land at Merlin Park to Galway Hospice conforms to the approved process for such sales or leases; and if he will put into the public domain the agreement. [26098/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1432. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the strategic development plan for Merlin Park Hospital, if it exists, which identifies future building plans within the current grounds of Merlin Park Hospital. [26099/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1433. To ask the Minister for Health his views on reported plans to allow Galway Hospice to build on meadows adjacent to Merlin Park Hospital which have been classified as ecological sites of international importance and which likely meet the definition of EU annex 1 Lowland Hay Meadows. [26100/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1839. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has consulted the National Transport Authority regarding the decision to postpone funding support for the design phase of the Dodder greenway and the design of new cycling routes along the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and the Liffey quays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26102/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1838. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the board appointments he has made since taking office; the board vacancies which exist within the agencies and authorities his Department has responsibility for; and the process within which new board appointments have been made. [26101/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Bike Schemes (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1840. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any consultations with Dublin City Council with regard to the funding for an expansion of the Dublin Bikes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26103/16]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The tax strategy group documents have been very useful in respect of a variety of different issues and have helped our deliberations, as have the presentations from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the ESRI and others. Our party would agree with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the ESRI and others in terms of concern about a narrowing of the tax base and would retain the USC. Will the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It was John Gormley.