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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent trip to Canada and any discussions that took place regarding CETA. [22107/17]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise for being late but I was putting a question to the Minister of State at the Department of Defence in the Dáil. I remember after Hurricane Charlie in the early 1980s that a number of friends of ours went to pan for gold in Avoca on the basis that it would have churned up older sediments. I must declare that we did not find anything but it was good fun. On that river there...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: My question goes back to our recent Private Members’ Bill relating to fracking, which has gone through Committee Stage. A question arose relating to exploration at sea and whether it would apply. My question is more specific. An example might arise in the Irish Sea. Let us suppose there was a seam of coal in a sub-sea area and someone was looking to extract it by various means....

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The provisions of this Bill will apply in those circumstances. It is not a hypothetical question, there is apparently a coal seam out in the Irish Sea which has been considered for a long time. I do not think we should be doing any exploration for any fossil fuels any more. We have to put an end to all our offshore exploration for fuels from a climate perspective but that is a real...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: On a related matter, in answering questions raised during the debate on the Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016, we dealt exclusively with onshore fracking. I do not know if there is any example where fracking offshore is possible - it would seem to be technically impossible - but if there were an offshore fracking development, would that also...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business of Committee (17 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I too commend the Minister and his officials on getting a long-awaited Bill through Committee Stage. I have one question, which I meant to ask earlier. Will somebody explain the difference between a mineral compound versus a mineral? I was particularly interested in this in respect of the amendment to the Tax Consolidation Act 1997. I would like to have a layman's understanding of the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business of Committee (17 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: It is just a small quirky thing but I would be happy if the Department were to contact me before Report Stage.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Fund for Strategic Investments (18 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the funds that have been drawn down from within the State from the Junckers investment fund since its inception. [23572/17]

Manchester Arena Bombing: Expressions of Sympathy (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: As with everyone here, our hearts go out to the families in Manchester and their shattered lives. The sense is it was an evil and calculated act. It was calculated in the way it deliberately targeted the most innocent and vulnerable to try to provoke the strongest response. Sometimes when humanity shows us its most evil, in its most hard to comprehend ways, it sees in return the best in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: In my mind there was not much of a plan; it is a bit rich that the man who killed the metro would claim he is going to be the great one who will bring it back. I wish to ask the Taoiseach a separate question regarding the national climate dialogue on climate change. Last night's debate on RTE's "Claire Byrne Live" showed the environmental community's deep frustration that we have not had...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the National Economic and Social Council will take place. [24358/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad the council has been reconvened and will meet tomorrow and I am also glad that it is smaller. I propose that it address the way we make a just transition to a low-carbon economy. Deputy Micheál Martin raised the issue of peat workers in Littleton who are losing their jobs and there is an opportunity here to use our partnership model to bring people together in order to manage...

Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017: Motion (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I, too, have concerns about the establishment of this commission, but we are willing to support it. The Committee of Public Accounts has published a report that compels us to look further into the differences it outlined between the Comptroller and Auditor General's office, NAMA and the Minister. Like Deputy Catherine Murphy, I have concerns about the mechanism of using commissions. We...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the prosecution of those soliciting or procuring sexual services, in accordance with Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offices) Act 2017, is under way; the way in which An Garda Síochána is planning to enforce the Act; and if there are statistics available in relation to enforcement since implementation. [24395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has access to statistics regarding the level of intoxication of persons arrested and-or tested for drink driving; and the trend over time for the average level of intoxication of those arrested and-or tested. [24394/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of letters of intention to deport under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, issued by nationality in each of the years from 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; if they were asylum related or non-asylum related; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24563/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Leave to Remain (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons, by nationality, granted leave to remain on humanitarian grounds under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; if they were asylum related or non-asylum related; the number of applications pending; if they are asylum related or non-asylum related; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders signed under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, by nationality, in 2016 and to date in 2017 in tabular form; if they were asylum related or non-asylum related; the numbers of these enforced; if they were asylum related or non-asylum related; the number of these subsequently revoked under...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Voluntary Repatriation Schemes (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who agreed to voluntary repatriation under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999, by nationality, in 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; if they were asylum related or non-asylum related; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24565/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I have to go to the Dáil shortly to ask a question of the Taoiseach but I will be back.