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Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I commend Deputy Bríd Smith and her colleagues in Solidarity-People Before Profit on putting forward the Bill, which is similar to a Bill introduced by the Green Party. However, we are very glad for her to bring it to the House and it is to be hoped that it will be passed and enacted into legislation. I commend Stop Planet Chaos and also the NGO movement in Ireland, which has had a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the typical flu shot available here is a trivalent vaccine in view of the fact that increasingly common Yanmagata B strain is not protected against by this vaccine; and if he or the HSE plan to move to a quadrivalent vaccine before the 2018 flu season. [6383/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the additional steps other than increased spending on public information and awareness campaigns taken by his Department and the HSE to counteract an expected particularly bad flu season. [6382/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I agree that this is a huge concern publicly. It would be far preferable for us to stay in public session. Deputy Dooley is right. If there is a question that cannot be answered because of certain sensitivity, whether the officials direct that through the Minister or whatever way, we are far better off continuing in public session. In terms of the officials not being able to say anything,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If we go into private session, will the Minister have to leave?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister for attending. Earlier the Minister said that one part of the discussions he had with the chief executive of Eir at the end of August related to this critical issue for investment in broadband infrastructure of the county and the regulatory process and how fibre-to-the-cabinet is done. The Minister said that this was a matter for the Oireachtas committee. Did the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It was not a new approach. Eir had made the approach on previous occasions. As the Minister said, it was public in terms of Deputy Ó Cuív and others. In the correspondence, the Minister says that it was not a political decision but a commercial decision. He said that he could not interfere under state aid rules and had to just accept it. The state aid rules argument falls apart...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It was about regulatory control to the boxes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The only difference would be that the Minister would not be in attendance.

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Schools admission was raised earlier. In Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8, certain schools are cherry-picking academic-only students and everybody knows that if there is a special needs child who might be able to attend secondary school, he or she is clearly directed to other schools. These students do not necessarily need a special autism unit but could use individual supports. There is a two-tier...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is fiction.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Last March, the Taoiseach's predecessor invited President Trump to Ireland. The Taoiseach said at the time that he was not sure what purpose it would serve and that he would not invite him. However, we now understand that as Taoiseach, he will continue the invitation. If President Trump were to come to Ireland, has the Taoiseach's protocol unit looked at the possibility or is it advising...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Given the emphasis, rightly, on avoiding any regulatory alignment changes between the North of Ireland and the South, is the Government aware that the Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland has just issued a consultation paper making a decision that Northern Ireland should cease to participate in the harmonised retail market systems arrangement? We had introduced a harmonised electricity...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: A shiver ran down my spine this morning. I heard the Taoiseach say the Opposition was jealous because he had €115 billion to spend. I closed my eyes and felt I was 39 years old again and that I was listening to Bertie Ahern who said the same thing when he was Taoiseach in 2002. The Taoiseach went on to say the Opposition had approved the draft plan. I fundamentally disagree. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach is just a commentator.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The metro project was included in an earlier plan.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We had the metro project which we guaranteed, but the Government killed it. It was the perfect countercyclical project.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (14 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of soldiers billeted by the Army; the locations of same; and his views on same. [7793/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (14 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Iveagh Gardens are a protected structure. [7792/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network Expansion (15 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the future of the proposed underground rail interconnector linking Heuston Station and Spencer Dock; if this interconnector will be included in the new national capital plan; and, if not, the way in which he plans to increase the capacity of the rail network. [7883/18]