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Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister since assuming office. [27855/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I will take Question No. 7 as well, if I can, at the one go. I am interested to hear the Taoiseach's view on what politically we can do in regard to the Brexit negotiations. Given that there is no nationalist representation in Westminster, given that there are reports today of 30 Members of the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May's own party stating that they will not accept a hard Brexit...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Boyd Barrett can bring the matter up in Private Members' time tonight.

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to raise a point about which many other speakers have spoken in the past. In respect of statements, which I am sure will be a subject for discussion in our reform committee, there is a difference between those who come first and those who come last because the Taoiseach is never here and one has less opportunity to get one's point across. It is worth noting and I will raise it in the...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: It is right for the democratically elected representatives of the people to select our judges. It would be better if they were choosing between three people but, ultimately, that power should reside here. It has served us well, by and large, in the history of the State with the exception of the past two Governments. It is with regret that I have to come back to what Deputy Howlin said. 10...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: That did not happen in this case.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We do not require the breaching of Cabinet confidentiality. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, has stated that he knew nothing about the appointment. He was in an impossible position because the matter comes before Cabinet, the person who is about to be appointed is sitting there and suddenly someone asks, "Is this decided?" How could anyone...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: If he did not know about the appointment and he was sitting there in Cabinet, why did he not say "No"? Why did he not stop it if he is so concerned about the judicial appointments process? If he did know, that is even worse. We need an answer in that regard. Why was the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, not informed? Is that the standard...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Is it standard operating practice in this Government that members of the Government within the coalition are informed of senior decisions on applications in advance? Did that happen in this case? If it did not happen, why not?

Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Last autumn we introduced a Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016 at the same time that Fianna Fáil Deputy John Lahart introduced the Local Government Reform (Amendment) (Directly Elected Mayor of Dublin) Bill 2016. The Minster of the time said he would revert back to us before 30 June to see how we would get a directly elected mayor for Dublin and perhaps...

Order of Business (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has made a holy mess of this.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with DUP and Sinn Féin delegations regarding the re-establishment of the Northern Ireland Executive and Brexit. [29791/17]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The Green Party was in two minds about this Bill when we spoke among ourselves in considering the issue. I decided earlier to inform myself by listening to the Minister's contribution and the various positions taken on the legislation. While we had a rough idea about what our position would be, we decided to wait and see what the debate was like. Having listened to the contributions and...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: No, in truth, I did not hear it in the Minister's speech.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Did the Minister not hear it in the contributions of Deputies on the other side who support the Bill?

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage. (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: That instinct is not where we should go but unfortunately it is where the Bill is coming from. There is nothing wrong with being popular but when it moves into enemies of the people territory, which is what I fear we are doing with the calculated attack on the Judiciary to which I referred, I start to have concerns. I am proud of our courts system and Judiciary. I am proud that our...

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: There was a Fianna Fáil Government with a Fianna Fáil Minister for the area.

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Is it possible to get a copy of the Minister's speech.

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I agree that this is a very important Bill and I commend Deputy Cassells and his colleagues for putting it forward. I agree with previous speakers that we have to undo a lot of the damage done at every tier by Phil Hogan through political measures he introduced in 2014. Those measures were inspired by the fairly simplistic analysis that getting rid of political institutions was, per se, a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers Appointments (27 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 21. To ask the Taoiseach the changes he plans to implement in his Department. [27856/17]