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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce an auction system for the provision of EV charging points around the country. [18001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline and nature of the tendering process he plans to introduce for the collection of television licence fees. [18002/18]

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We have a fundamental difference of opinion on the ecology we want to protect and develop in our uplands and among our hedgerows. The Minister said she is introducing the legislation as an ecological measure but how we can improve ecology by extending the burning and hedge cutting seasons is beyond me. I cite Michael Viney as my first character witness as someone who has a deep knowledge,...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister broadened it and if she does not mind, I will respond to some of the comments made.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Is it appropriate that the Vice Chairman allowed the Minister to introduce a wide range of topics and that when someone from the Opposition side has the temerity to question her on her sweeping statements, I am told that I have to restrict what I say? That is ridiculous.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Minister in the Chair?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I do not disagree with what the Deputy is saying, but the Minister in her response broadened it right out in such a way that I felt compelled to try to respond to the points she had made.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister tried to do so.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister just did.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: As am I.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will come back in at a later stage.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 19:In page 12, to delete lines 2 to 7. I will return to the argument I was making. My view is this. If there is a contested scientific issue about how best to develop our ecology in these degrading and in-crisis habitats, I argue that the approach should be scientific and that scientific research is needed, rather than legislation. I have never seen circumstances...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: He is not a bad ecologist.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister referred to our time in government. According to recent Central Statistics Office data, environmental protection annual spending was approximately €600 million per year before our time in government, and during our time in government it averaged over €1.1 billion. Since Fine Gael has taken power, it has dropped to an average of approximately €400 million,...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am not saying they are.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Can I speak briefly?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: No. This is an important debate.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: First, this is not a rural versus urban matter because there are uplands and hills in Dublin. I was involved in setting up the Dublin uplands management scheme so such management is an issue for people in Dublin as much as it is in County Kerry. I grew up in west Cork and spent time there with my grandparents who lived in the area. I have childhood memories of seeing gorse being burned on...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The first thing I would like to do is pay those very farmers well for managing the upland ecology.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is what we should be debating. Things change and move on. As Deputy Ó Cuív has said, we need to think about how the scheme will work for farmers so that we protect the ecology and provide income for rural people. I do not believe we would do that by extending the burning season, continuing with the current ecological approach, which sees all of uplands degraded; the National...