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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Trafficking (13 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with European counterparts in regard to the ongoing reports of large scale human trafficking and slave auctions in Libya; and the position the government is taking in regard to this issue. [53231/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (13 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further action the European Union is considering taking with regard to the recent recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital by the US government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53232/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bioenergy Strategy Publication (13 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1146 of 21 March 2017, when the strategic environmental assessment of the draft national bioenergy plan, which was drafted in 2014 and has remained in draft form since, will be published and put to public consultation; and the reason for the disruption to the timeframe stated in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Question Heading for question(s) 259,260,261 (13 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward guidelines for solar power development for use by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53481/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to revise the national capital plan in view of the climate advisory committee's report on the shortcomings of the national mitigation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53817/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: To continue the conversation about the national capital plan, how are we going to make it green? How is the Government going to respond to the climate advisory committee's damning criticism of our national mitigation plan? We are not doing anything, it seems. The latest Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, figures show our emissions rising across all sectors, particularly in transport....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I have read the national planning framework.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: There is nothing in the national planning framework or in any recent Government publications about the DART interconnector, light rail for Cork or Galway or any of the public transport projects the Green Party would want in our cities. I cannot read crystal balls or predict the future but I read Government documents and ask parliamentary questions and I see nothing happening. I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I bring to my case again the Citizens' Assembly. The assembly did a fantastic job. There was exasperation among the assembly members at the lack of leadership from within Government. Sticking to the area of transport, one of the recommendations of the assembly was to switch the transport budget, currently under the watch of the Minister, from 2:1 in favour of roads over sustainable...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has given a commitment to provide for the ability of refugees to work here, as was recommended by the Supreme Court. Can the Minister outline how he envisages that being introduced? When does he expect provisions to be put in place to allow refugees to work and what broad conditions will regulate it?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has provided a report on the Sparkassen public banking model; and his views on whether there could be a role for such a public banking system to assist small and medium enterprises. [53818/17]

Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I add my words of sympathy to the family of the late Dolores O'Riordan who was a great artist. As John F. Kennedy said, great artists are often solitary figures who have a lover's quarrel with the world, but we will miss her now that she is gone. We think of her family who must miss her the most. Ten days ago the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy,...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Not true.

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Green Party supports the Sinn Féin motion. I also want to specifically thank Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher who wrote a letter to the Minister for Health on their father's tragic and sad case. I believe they did a huge public service in that regard. It is easy when one thinks of numbers to think in the abstract. When one brings it back down to the personal, which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1315. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome for the majority of licencing options which will be concluding between the end of February and the end of June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1812/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences Applications (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1324. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of the 28 granted licensing options that are progressing to frontier exploration licences, in tabular form. [1821/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1316. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extracting oil from Irish marine waters that his Department is using as a basis for the national energy projections. [1813/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extracting oil from the Kish basin and the Porcupine basin. [1826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which oil deposits from the Kish basin will be processed, if onshore or offshore; and the details of his discussions with the industry, including a company (details supplied) on this matter. [1827/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (16 Jan 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if offshore oil and gas exploration and exploitation including particular fields have been afforded the status of national strategic importance; and the reasons for designating or not designating the sector as such. [1814/18]