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

Eamon Ryan: To be clear, what is the policy imperative behind the change in the provisions that apply in the month of August? What is the policy objective in that regard?

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

Eamon Ryan: I worked in tourism for 15 years. I never met a tourist who did not like hedgerows and did not feel a slight sense of loss when we were taking them out. It seems from what the Minister has said that the main argument in favour of this measure is to facilitate contractors to get the work done. The Minister has mentioned that another of the reasons for making this change is the fact that the...

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

Eamon Ryan: I question the statistics just quoted by the Minister. I have been told, and I believe the research was done by the national hedgerow database, that 19% of randomly selected hedgerows were found to be roadside hedges, not 2%. Having spoken with people involved in the preservation of our hedgerow system, which is under threat for a variety of reasons, there is recognition that roadside...

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

Eamon Ryan: No, anyone can do it.

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

Eamon Ryan: Where would the 6.5% figure come from?

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

Eamon Ryan: From where did the 2% figure come?

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. 27:In page 12, line 28, after “to” to insert “paragraph (2)(b) or subsection (9)”.

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Like earlier speakers, I welcome the decision by Google and Facebook to restrict advertising. Each company is doing it a different way and, as the Taoiseach stated earlier, while it is too late, it is still welcome that it is being done. It is clear these companies are making these decisions because there is a legislative gap in that our electoral Acts do not set out in clear terms what the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings in Newry, County Down. [19856/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I did not know, until I heard the leader of Fianna Fáil make the point, that there had not been communication between the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister for six weeks. That is remarkable. At the same time the Taoiseach was visiting communities in the North, and I welcome the details of the visit, the Oireachtas had its session in Dundalk with Michel Barnier. If one looks at...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his Department's specific financial codes which are used to monitor expenditure under the heading of land transport. [20341/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the meetings he has had with European counterparts in respect of PESCO; the timeline for Irish participation in PESCO projects; and the way in which he plans to inform Dáil Éireann on the progress of and details relating to such projects. [20744/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am interested in knowing the detail of how Ireland is operating within PESCO. I am particularly interested in knowing how we, as a Dáil, can get transparency and openness regarding every aspect of the agreement, specific projects, budget and Council meetings and how we will integrate with NATO. I am keen that the Minister of State should set out the means by which Deputies can get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for answering the question. In order for this to work, it cannot be on the basis of us having to ask him questions in the hope that the process elucidates information. We should have the ability, in our own right, to find out what is happening, what budget is being spent, what personnel are involved and what commitments are being given. I understand from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: When was it decided that Ireland would join eight of the other 17 projects as an observer? How was this decided and was the information communicated to the House? Where do we get details on this matter? Will our involvement in the MARSUR project allow vessels from other states' naval services to access Irish waters in a way they cannot currently access them? Will it allow air forces from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: When was that decided?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is the issue. What is the Minister of State obliged to do?

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We very much share the anguish that everyone feels in response to hearing the tragic stories this morning of women who feel that the State has left them down. I want to raise a wider threat to the State and to all our people in respect of what is happening in the Brexit negotiations. The meeting in Dundalk with Michel Barnier and the interested stakeholders was very useful. It presented...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the strategy of holding to no hard border but I am concerned that we are putting ourselves at the epicentre of a bigger problem, namely, that the Tory Government cannot agree anything about the future relationship between the UK and Europe. It is putting Ireland at the central point of what is the bigger problem, which is that the Tories want to have their cake and eat it but...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The programme for Government includes a commitment to consider making progress on a public banking model, the sort of model promoted by Irish Rural Link and based on the experience of the German Sparkassen model, where there is real expertise in developing SME and business lending in regional areas. The advantage for regional development is that deposits raised in a region are spent in that...