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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether sufficient offshore wind energy could be constructed in the Irish Sea by 2020 to reach the 2020 renewable energy target. [34064/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has commenced a cost benefit analysis on offshore wind; the scope of this report; his plans for engaging with Irish and international companies seeking to invest in offshore wind energy here and the timescale for completion of the report. [34065/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if taxpayers will be expected to carry the cost of EU penalties for not complying with our targets for greenhouse gas reduction and required share of energy from renewable sources by 2020. [34066/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to buy new buses for the Dublin Bus fleet; if such buses will give additional capacity or just replace existing buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34063/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of total posts and vacant posts in child protection teams broken down by grade and area, including administrative staff, social care workers, access workers and all grade of social workers. [34062/16]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the investigation of the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks that operate regionally, as outlined on page 48 of the programme for a partnership Government. [34056/16]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I am aware that the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has the lead responsibility for investigating how a public banking model, the Sparkassen model, might be set out here but am keen to hear if the Department of Finance has played any role in this so far. What will be the Department of Finance's input into the roll-out of such a model? The Sparkassen model...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister for his response. Most people in small businesses around the country might dispute the argument that we have enough banking capacity and lending effectiveness in the small and medium-sized business sector. There is a wider strategic issue, namely, that we have contracted our main clearing banks. We do not want to go back and expand their size because one of the...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Credit unions are very well placed and should be supported in lending small residential, retail and commercial loans while the commercial banks, from my experience, are looking for larger loan facilities in the business sector and are not well tailored or equipped for SME business loans. Yes, we have the strategic investment mechanisms the Minister put in place but they are not working on a...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I fear the Taoiseach may have inadvertently confused the House earlier in his response to Deputy Martin on the provisions of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014. The question the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, faces is whether he will refer a particular acquisition to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, given that it has an interest in the effect it might have on the...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It is critical legislation. If the Taoiseach has inadvertently interpreted the legislation-----

European Defence Agency: Motion (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to raise some concerns the Green Party has with regard to both measures. While we very much support our Defence Forces in the work they are doing in the Mediterranean and in countering cyber-terrorism, we have real concerns about the nature of the strengthening of these common European defence operations. With regard to the role of maritime surveillance, we have a general concern...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Surveillance Operations (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the representations the State has made regarding UK surveillance of Internet traffic to and from Ireland; and the EU rules that govern the regulation of such monitoring of information passing between and through members states. [32082/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the precise criteria on which she will grant or refuse naturalisation in the context of civil proceedings, arrests or spent convictions for minor offences; if persons are denied naturalisation on the grounds of spent convictions, particularly those that do not involve violence or fraud; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the general requirement of not having received State support in the three years prior to a naturalisation application does not apply to social insurance benefits, such as jobseeker's benefit, claimed as a right on the basis of PRSI contributions or their British or EU equivalents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34845/16]

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I support this motion. In the short time available I will concentrate first on the Sparkassenbanking model. Irish Rural Link held a seminar today in the RDS at which the president of the World Savings Bank spoke about some of the benefits, and they are real. It is a public savings bank model where, critically, the deposits raised in a region are lent in that region. It has a specific...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (17 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to regulate the rental market by linking rents to the consumer price index; his further plans to make secure rents and protection for tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35475/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (17 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the appropriateness of appointing a person (details supplied) to the Cork expert advisory group. [35699/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The Technological Universities Bill which was introduced over one year ago proposed the amalgamation of the Dublin Institute of Technology, the Institute of Technology Tallaght and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown. Will the Taoiseach indicate when it is intended to advance the Bill to allow for the co-ordination of the various colleges?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: That would make sense.