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Other Questions: Energy Conservation (26 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: When will we start putting smart meters into homes? When will we lead in this area, which is the most important area for leadership to save energy?

Other Questions: Energy Conservation (26 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: We did that analysis seven or eight years ago. We rolled out a very large testing scheme and the ESB had all the factual analysis. There is an endless amount of economic analysis. It needs leadership now. It needs political leadership to kick the system out of the inertia, conservativism, lack of ambition and lack of energy and start making this happen. We are in severe danger. We were...

Other Questions: Energy Conservation (26 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The Internet of Things has been coming for years and was known about. The cost benefit analysis that was finally dragged out of the system in 2013 was known about as far back as 2009. A greater cost benefit needs to be taken into account. We are breaking through the ceiling in the context of our emissions and nowhere near our targets, but we are missing out on an economic opportunity. The...

Other Questions: Public Service Obligation Levy Increase (26 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The customers would save money.

Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: That is unsustainable.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I like living in this country. I think that as a Republic we are a success, although not in every way. We all have failings. People watching the proceedings of this House might on occasion think we are a shower of clowns and as such we are not a success. I have an endearing respect for the State. I respect the flag, the harp and our institutions. I am currently reading a book about the...

UN Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Motion (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The signing of the Paris climate agreement was an historic and momentous occasion. The fact that it is being ratified at speeds never seen before with any international agreement is a signal of how significant, important and urgent the task before us is. I was in Paris during the talks and I remember the day before the final agreement was reached I asked one of our officials what she...

UN Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Motion (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: We share a corridor.

UN Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Motion (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: There are many exchanges of views in this place other than in this Chamber. The devil, as I said, is in the detail. The agreement does not tell us how we will reduce our emissions, but the extent and the length of the agreement and the legal detail as to how we will have to monitor, account for and increase our ambition make it a significant agreement. The fact that we were able to get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Environmental Regulations (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Government opposed a proposed ban on the use of pesticides in ecological focus areas which was discussed at the recent European Council Agriculture Ministers' meeting. [32510/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Environmental Regulations (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: On a day when the Zoological Society in London has estimated that we have lost 58% of global wildlife since 1970, why did the Minister oppose the Commission proposal at the recent European Council meeting for the introduction on restrictions on the use of herbicides and pesticides within ecological focus areas on large arable farms? Surely that runs completely contrary to our whole...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Environmental Regulations (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: As well as being concerned about the standardisation with regard to bean crops, we should also show concern about the loss of bird life, the loss of invertebrates and the loss of insect life in the State which has been happening continually over a long period of time. We should be concerned that we have one of the lowest levels of organic agriculture despite it being a very lucrative and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Environmental Regulations (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It is not just about the whole agricultural and food system, it is also about the consumer. I believe that the Irish consumer will start to say "Please, Minister can we have our peas without pesticide on top?", even if it is a fodder crop. My point is that we need to actually start preserving areas of Irish countryside and even if this is about 300 farms they are large farms that are very...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Environmental Regulations (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I do not disagree with the Minister, but I call to his mind the bigger picture, to which I referred at the very start, that we have seen something like a 60% reduction in wildlife. At some point, the bigger picture, the ecological truth, has to come in. If we keep killing nature, it will come back and bite us.

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: This is an historic day. It is an historic day for the environmental movement because it is a real victory. I thank Deputy Tony McLoughlin for helping to make it happen and everyone else here who spoke in support of what will be a very radical, important change that will affect our country now and into the future. It is a victory for the local people in Leitrim in particular. I do not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the terms of reference of the recently established committee to review the reports of the Cork local government committee. [32498/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the means of selecting the members of the recently established committee to review the reports of the Cork local government committee. [32499/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking regarding the likely increase in methane emissions due to the expanding beef and dairy herds. [32497/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the way he will ensure the national climate dialogue complies with the requirements of the Aarhus Convention. [32494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his Department's prediction in relation to the amount by which Ireland will miss its 2020 EU emissions targets; and, apart from budget 2017, the policy changes being explored to reduce the likely overshoot. [32495/16]