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Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The Green Party also has serious concerns about the manner in which this Bill seeks to address the housing crisis. We need to address it but we believe the measures being taken by way of this legislation are deeply flawed and may lead to a worsening planning system and housing outcome. Our first concern is that the Bill seeks to address a problem that does not exist. I would dispute that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to reduce emissions from the transport sector and to meet the official Government targets for 2020 set out in Smarter Travel in view of the EPA's projection that transport emissions will increase by 16% by 2020 to a share of 29% of total emissions and the fact that none of the targets set for 2020 by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will revise the greater Dublin area transport strategy adopted by his predecessor which plans for an increase in emissions in the greater Dublin area up to 2035 and the transport elements of the Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme 2016-2021 adopted by the last Government, which apportions nearly 60% of transport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentages of DART services that have run on time in the last quarter; if the trend is towards increasing or decreasing punctuality over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39100/16]

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: May we wish our greatest public servant, TK Whitaker, a happy birthday and honour him? He is a remarkable man. I must ask a follow on question. Where is today's version of Whitaker? Where is the person who will make the same type of leap we need to make? TK Whitaker was involved in Ireland's leap from being a closed country to an open one. What we need to do today is move from being a...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I would love to have gone into government. My experience of being in government is that when one has leadership and big, bold plans, one can do things and change. We could do this and be really good at it. However, one of the reasons we did not enter government was we sensed there was no ambition among the Government parties.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Excuse me, but the facts bear it out. Emissions are increasing by 5% per annum, when they should be cut by 5%. That is the reality. Let us wake up to the reality, not deny it. This issue does not belong only to the Green Party. Yesterday in the Seanad a Fianna Fáil Member said he did not want a lecture. I do not want to lecture anybody; I want to work with everyone. This issue...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: There is nothing in the programme for Government about it.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Further to the Green Party contribution at Leaders' Questions earlier, this is not personally against the Minister in any way. He is not responsible for the fact that our emissions went up by 5% in energy and transport back in 2015 and he is not responsible for the way in which, from my perspective, our entire public administrative system fails to see the opportunity or is stuck for whatever...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: No, it is the State. The State has to lead and it must have a significant role. I will set out a few examples of what we could do. The first is an area where I am critical, albeit, again, it is not personal in respect of the Minister. We cannot continue to burn coal, peat or biomass for power generation. It is a fundamental law of physics that it sees two thirds of the energy going up...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: There is some time.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: We have lots of time.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It does not make sense.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason cohabiting partners cannot be jointly assessed as cohabitants for tax purposes in the same way a married couple would be in view of the fact that they are assessed jointly for social protection entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39306/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Consumer Protection (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied that the regulatory framework that ComReg oversees is adequate to protect the consumer. [39307/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Commission for Communications Regulation Remit (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide further powers to ComReg to allow the regulator to bring civil as well as criminal cases where necessary. [39309/16]

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the implications for Irish defence policy in view of the recent announcement of a European defence action plan. [40172/16]

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State says this does not affect our neutrality but at a certain point it does and we are at that point with a €500 million per annum research budget which we want to tap into, and a €5 billion capability window to build up a defence industry. As the Minister of State said, there are hybrid threats, cybersecurity threats and dual-use opportunities for which we...

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State said that he would not answer my question on whether the Government will support the proposal that the EIB might fund armaments and defence spending in advance of the meeting. What is the point of us being here if we cannot get some sense of the Government's position in advance of a European Council meeting? As I understand it, we are encouraged to have an...

Priority Questions: European Defence Action Plan (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Are we in favour of the EIB funding armaments?