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- Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: He said nothing. I am proud of my time in government. I am proud that I travelled all over the world to get some of those businesses to come to this country. I am proud that I stood as a Minister against the Department of Justice and Equality that wanted to do all sorts of thing with regard to data retention. We had an ethical principle and a vision of where the digital revolution was...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Will the Taoiseach answer the second question, rather than cast aspersions back? What will he do to increase funding for Irish media, as recommended by the Oireachtas committee?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Chancellor Merkel. [13952/18]
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I follow that by saying that those of us in urban Ireland do care-----
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: -----about rural Ireland. I agree fully with the Deputy that when farmers are doing well, this country does well. We have to protect our farming community. We support the motion from Fianna Fáil. That comes from personal reflection. At Christmas, I visited a sheep farmer in County Donegal. He is a hardworking, capable individual and he was just broken as he split open another bag...
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I have heard it-----
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I will tell the Kerry Deputies why I think is the way to go. Much of our money comes from the European Union. Many of the cheques that farmers receive originate from measures relating to the CAP. I listen to the European Commissioner, Mr. Phil Hogan, when he comes back here and says that. He would not, from a Green perspective, be my favourite persons but he came back and gave a clear...
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I will start with water if the Deputy wants. I think we should be paying for-----
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I am not distracted at all.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: No, I would happily answer on the issue of water. We should be paying farmers in respect of four things and we should start with water management. Earlier today, we published a river management study that shows we are going wrong. We will not acknowledge our flooding problem simply by draining every river or by concentrating on drainage in general. Really clever management of the land...
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: That is exactly what I am saying. Farmers should get paid for managing our water systems.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Farmers should also get paid----
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: -----for restoring biodiversity to our land. We are having an ecological crisis. We are losing our birds, insect life and mammals. That has to stop. Farmers should be at the forefront and are the perfect people to be there in terms of looking after our natural system. They should be paid for that. We should also pay them for storing carbon. The great advantage with storing carbon,...
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I am not antagonising at all.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I am love-bombing the Rural Independent Group.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: They have to come around. I hope I can bring them around to the thought that I hear from different people, including people in Fianna Fáil, the Labour Party, the socialist parties and Sinn Féin. There is an understanding. We hear it in the House and I have heard it on the radio as well. I have heard farmers saying they are over-stocking, that it is not working and that they have...
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Let us look at higher value products rather than trying to compete with others. Yesterday on "Morning Ireland" I heard someone say it was great that we will be competing with Brazil. Those in Brazil will have their own problems because climate change is a global issue and everyone is going to have to grapple with how to change with the natural world. For those of us on this green island,...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Waste Disposal (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 1006. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is statutorily obliged to assess and monitor the risk to human health should An Bord Pleanála approve a company's (details supplied) application to burn waste at its plant in County Limerick. [16642/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Regulations (17 Apr 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 1196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if An Bord Pleanála is required to assess potential breaches of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants when considering a company's (details supplied) application to burn waste at its plant in County Limerick. [16639/18]