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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I could not agree more. If more men were doing it, we might care more about care.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We might care more about human space rather than fiscal space.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Ms Allen stated that the National Women's Council of Ireland is very keen to try to represent those people who, for a variety of reasons, want to concentrate on that caring role. As I stated, the individualised tax system very much discriminates against it. There are no two ways about that and in recent budgets we have not done anything about it. What would the council suggest for the 2018...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I would appreciate it if the witnesses could do that.

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We agree with a number of the things in the Minister's summer economic statement and his speech. We need to reduce public indebtedness to protect against future risks, to make sure that we maintain a capability for counter-cyclical economic policies and to make sure we increase investment in capital, as we agree there are infrastructure backlogs and gaps. Where we differ is we believe...

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I will share time with Deputy Seamus Healy. The Green Party will not support the call for Ireland to join Operation Sophia. We do so reluctantly because we wish to support the Naval Service in everything it does. It has done a remarkable job in recent years. Under this proposal, the Naval Service would shift from a humanitarian rescue mission to a peace-enforcement-type mission. This...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: To follow on from Deputy Catherine Murphy's point, one of the issues that may come back to bite is the separate ways we are treating section 28(1) and section 28(2) of the 2016 Act. This is one of the real concerns the Green Party has in terms of the process we are engaging here. Why are we treating the original provision not to provide extensions for those developments that would require...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:"1. The changes introduced by section 28(1)(a)(iii) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 are hereby commenced.". This follows what the Minister said in his reply. I am trying to understand this. If as the Minister said, it was always intended that sections 28(1) and 28(2)...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to come back because this is my main concern and I would not mind spending a bit of time on it. I will not press every amendment. I will withdraw some amendments on the basis of that the Minister might have to say. I wish to tease this out. Earlier the Minister said that we did not want to commence section 28(1) because developers need time to consider and comply with the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I cannot quite figure it out and this is the cause of my concern. Is there not a risk that some developer might decide to proceed in this interregnum period? If it is a large development, there is a risk that they would then be subject to legal challenge with someone saying, "Well, you proceeded, but you should have known that you had to be compliant with EU law, which you are not."...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am concerned that we are weakening the power of the local authorities too much. We, in this House, cannot make an assessment of any individual development. As the Minister said, we are working on the aggregate, not on examples of specific data or specific developments. However, there may be certain developments affected by this provision that anyone might assess as not representing a...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: No.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Given the Minister's earlier response, it has given me confidence that these developments are not included. Therefore, I will happily withdraw amendment No. 4.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 7:In page 3, line 24, to delete "5 years" and substitute "2 years". I can press it but I hear what the Minister said. He does not want to give a third extension and he can understand how a one-year timeframe might be too tight if a development comprises more than 20 houses. However, given these are all developments on which substantive progress has already been made,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I will withdraw the amendment.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 10:In page 3, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“(III) has determined that no environmental impact assessment and/or appropriate assessment are required at the time of the application for an extension of the appropriate period, following a screening determination made by the planning authority and in light of the changed environmental circumstances,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: This is last-minute technical legislation, which is difficult, and we are amending various Acts. There is also European law. Would accepting this amendment not give us some protections against the concerns I have set out over not commencing section 28(1) for developments had been required to undergo an EIA? Does it not also give certain cover? The Bill grants an extension which is akin to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We will press it.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce the cost rental form of social housing as agreed in the programme for Government. [33187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to join UN special rapporteurs regarding human rights defenders and call on Israel to drop charges against a person (details supplied) [36576/17]