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Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 9, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following:“(iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (k):“(l) to report annually to the Oireachtas on the implementation of the National Radon Control Strategy or any successor strategy.”,”.

Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 3:In page 9, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following:“(c) in paragraph (h), by the insertion of “and the Oireachtas” after “as appropriate”,”.

Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 4:In page 10, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:“(g) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (m):“(n) to advise the Government, the Minister and other Ministers regarding the risks to the Irish environment, population, society and economy from ionising radiation and radiation sources in countries with military nuclear...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017 to require landlords to test for radon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 410. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the term "non-zero emission vehicle" in regard to the commitment in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 encompasses vehicles equipped with a combustion engine regardless of fuel and other propulsion systems which may also be installed, such that no new hybrid propulsion vehicles that include a combustion engine...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for delaying the ban on sales of non-zero emission vehicles until 2030 in view of the large and accumulating overshoot of carbon dioxide emissions from the transport sector relative to EU targets and the temperature goals for the Paris Agreement; and his costed plans for drawing down the corresponding...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 412. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's planned renewable energy system's capacity estimated to be installed here in percentage of the power mix for the years 2030 and 2035. [20113/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycle to Work Scheme Data (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 426. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the latest figures for persons cycling to work; the amount the bike to work scheme costs to run; and if he has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the scheme. [20112/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Environmental Impact of Fiscal Instruments: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Professor Morgenroth for his presentation today and also the paper commissioned by the EPA and the ESRI. Has he seen any research to consider the long-term effects of vehicle taxes on petrol or diesel vehicles and the evolving development of electricity as a fuel transport system? The Government has said that by 2030 we will have a ban on any new vehicles with internal combustion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: What is the intent in publishing the findings of the price monitoring group? I ask that on the basis that on my road we only have one collector, Panda. There is not a choice. Even if there was, it does not seem that it would make any sense to have two bin lorries going down the one street due to the inefficiencies involved. What is the point of monitoring? What powers has the Department...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 20:In page 12, to delete lines 8 to 13 and substitute the following:“(2) Notwithstanding section 40 of the Act of 1976, the Minister may make regulations to provide for derogations from the restrictions of section 40(1) of the Act of 1976 in order to permit the management of vegetation growing in any hedge or ditch for the purpose of ensuring public health and...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: There is a fundamental difference.No one disagrees that we must be attentive to the need for road safety. In that regard there are existing provisions in the Roads Act that allow us to attend to situations which involve a safety problem. The provisions in amendments Nos. 20, 23 and 27 that we have put forward aim to give clarity to and strengthen such powers and make it clear that it is the...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Can I comment?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to say to the Minister that we do not need to engage in political insults here as we debate. I do not believe that I have said at any stage that farmers were not custodians of nature, which she has cited to me as a quote. I do not think it makes her argument to play party politics. We are here to tease out the details of the legislation and I argue that political insults will not...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is important that we tease out some points. Would the Minister agree that rather than legislating and then having public consultation and research, we could start by conducting detailed research on when exactly is the nesting season for Irish birds within hedgerows? My understanding is there is good data for the UK but the Irish environment is, by nature, different. We do not have much...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This amendment goes to the heart of my argument. What is the problem the Minister is seeking to address in this section and the Bill as a whole? That is what I am trying to tease out. The Minister can correct me if I am wrong in my understanding that her intention is to address road safety issues. This is a proposal to improve road safety. I do not understand. I do not believe the...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am trying to understand what the Minister is saying. Why is she seeking to harmonise legislation and reduce confusion in August without applying the same harmonising provisions in March, April, May, June and July, as well as August? Why is there a specific need to harmonise in August and not in the other months?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Why are we amending the relevant provision in the Wildlife Acts to change the provisions that apply in August?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Attorney General saying we have to remove the provisions that apply in August-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Will the Minister expand on that? I know that we cannot obtain the advice of the Attorney General, but I do not quite understand. The Minister has said the advice of the Attorney General is that we need to harmonise the legislative provisions included in the Road Acts and the Wildlife Acts.