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Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have always said it.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If I am the only person to say politicians should have some role, I will happily take that angle. From experience, Ministers do have something to offer. They are setting strategy and policy and want to take the country in a certain direction. Why would we abandon having any power at all? My understanding was that the final arbitration was at the Cabinet, that the Minister had a choice...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (31 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had discussions with the ESB regarding the potential use of the electrical grid network to deliver fibre broadband to homes as part of the national broadband plan; and the way in which the process would cater for such a possibility. [23964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating Administration (31 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to meet the objective of 45,000 houses retrofitted in 2021 as outlined in the National Development Plan 2018-2020; the number of those 45,000 that will be classified as deep retrofits; and the plans or schemes he is putting in place to achieve this deep retrofitting. [23965/18]

Questions - Ceisteanna: Brexit Issues (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Perhaps we will look back on history and see that a mistake was made last December in respect of the first agreement that was set whereby we would have an arrangement for Ireland, North and South, which was not accepted by the DUP, which insisted it be broadened to include some arrangement with the UK. Perhaps we would have been better to stick with the original deal because it does not seem...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Electoral Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that the Transparent Referendum Initiative did an excellent job during the recent referendum campaign. Along with researchers in UCD, it did detailed analysis on what sort of advertising was happening during the campaign. Much of it was very positive. We do not want to stop all advertising in the digital world. Much of the advertising helped people on...

Questions - Ceisteanna: Electoral Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Will the Taoiseach ask Facebook to give the data?

Questions - Ceisteanna: Electoral Reform (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will explain it to the Taoiseach.

Topical Issue Debate: Transport Policy (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State. Perhaps he was very well qualified to answer the previous question - well, he probably was not - but the Minister should have stayed in the Chamber for the ten or 15 minutes it would have taken to address this matter. It was totally inappropriate-----

Topical Issue Debate: Transport Policy (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: -----for him to slink out of here 15 minutes ago. This is an issue of huge interest to his constituency and this city. He does not have the courage to answer a question. It is a disgrace and it should be noted. We must do something about this when it comes to Topical Issue matters. The Minister was here for transport questions only a few minutes ago. There is no reason or excuse for his...

Topical Issue Debate: Transport Policy (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Tens of thousands of people will be nervous tonight that they may, if their houses are in the wrong place, lose their front gardens. This is not a small issue. It is not inconsequential. The Minister should have had the guts to come in and answer a few questions or to set out his thoughts on what is probably one of the most significant transport projects we face. I mean no disrespect to...

Topical Issue Debate: Transport Policy (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I very much welcome that and we will try to play a positive role. This will take huge resources. The level of public consultation in itself, and the level of design, detail and engineering expertise we need, is not insignificant. In order to kill two birds with one stone, I ask that Transport Infrastructure Ireland stop the work that it is doing on widening the N7 on the approach to Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed cycle route along the seafront from Sandymount to Dún Laoghaire as part of the proposed Sutton to Sandycove route; and if the project will be allocated capital funding from the €110 million allocated for new urban cycling routes in the four year enhanced capital envelope outlined in budget 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if different route alignments on the MetroLink proposal project that is in public consultation at the moment will be considered including a spur to Rathfarnham and alternative approaches to the upgrading of the green line to metro status. [25402/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seismic Surveys (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1041. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and type of licences and seismic survey activities for which he has exercised his power under the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Petroleum Exploration) Regulations 2013 to request an environmental impact assessment, EIA, or a stage 2 appropriate assessment, AA, for exploration...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seismic Surveys (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1042. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and type of exploration activities for which he has exercised his power under the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Petroleum Exploration) Regulations 2013 to request an Environmental Impact Assessment, EIA, or stage 2 appropriate assessment, AA; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seismic Surveys (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1043. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has conducted a cumulative analysis of seismic impacts on Irish sea life from 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [25691/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seismic Surveys (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1044. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of seismic surveys that have been conducted in Irish waters since 2011; the level of environmental assessment each received; if powers under European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Petroleum Exploration) Regulations 2013 to request an EIA or stage 2 AA for exploration...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seismic Surveys (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1045. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of seismic surveys that will be conducted in 2018 in Irish waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 1046. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the commitments his Department has made on work programmes for exploration licences and their extensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25694/18]