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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We are insulated from the fire that has taken hold in southern Europe as a result of the migration crisis. Spain is now at the centre of it, along with Italy and Greece. The Taoiseach said that the upcoming Council is centre stage. In the Taoiseach's conversations with the Spanish Prime Minister, who will be looking at things such as a new government and security arrangements, did Mr....

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if the issue of biodiversity has been considered for inclusion in the 2018 national risk assessment. [26556/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I asked that the risk to biodiversity be included in our debate on this issue last year. I asked that it be included again this year, and I made a submission through the consultation process to that end. In my lifetime we have lost half of the mass of wildlife, including invertebrates, on this planet. Half of the wildlife in the world has disappeared. We are at risk of losing 37 bird...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the leader of Fianna Fáil for that courtesy. We need a land use plan that sets out how we will protect and develop diversity. Critically, if we get it right it will champion human diversity and life in rural Ireland. There was a meeting on Friday night in Leitrim, where communities are utterly despondent and do not see a future. They see their area covered in tree plantations...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Look at the Burren.

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: They go together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Mr. Gould. He is very welcome and it is very good to get this overview. It is disappointing that he cannot specifically speak about some of the key policy issues we are facing. I would be interested to know when that country report is due. It would be interesting to know how we as a committee might engage with that. It is also disappointing that Mr. Gould cannot speak...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Let us take 2040 if we cannot go beyond that, if we are going from 33 gigatonnes down to 17 gigatonnes, which is what Mr. Gould has suggested for the 2040 projections, how does he think that might be distributed? How would a rich, wealthy country in the west be seen to contribute to that versus India or Africa?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Would there be a much more significant reduction in a western developed country than it would be in a developing country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Gould's graph shows an overall reduction of 200 million tonnes of oil equivalent in Europe versus significant expansion in China, India and elsewhere. I will get the relevant reference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If we went on a sustainable scenario then the reduction in Europe would probably be even more significant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It would probably be a multiple of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: One might be the North Sea offshore grid initiative where one would connect the electricity system much wider, so one would have Scandinavian hydro, Alpine hydro and French nuclear energy. I understand that is one of the European Union's major initiatives in terms of providing such a secure energy supply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We cannot trust the Brits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This is all meant in the best spirit of differing views but it is awkward that in this analysis the IEA should keep open aspects of oil and gas production. Mr. Gould mentioned offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico and there have been massive finds in Brazil but we have gone out 135 times and have found only trace elements of oil but nothing commercial. Even the gas we are likely to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: On the issue of methane emissions in the context of the share of emissions to which Mr. Gould is referring, some of the latest research has shown that the level of methane emissions is significantly higher and that it is as bad as coal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I do not dispute the good intentions of the people in the IEA but the figures that are most frightening, as Mr. Gould said, are that 30 years ago, more than 70% of our energy system was reliant on fossil fuels and today the figure is 70%. We have known that for 30 years. We knew what Jim Hansen said 30 years ago was pretty accurate but we have done nothing about that. That is scary because...

Other Questions: British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (27 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received further correspondence from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in regard to convening the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28057/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I too was glad to be at the national economic dialogue. I heard the Taoiseach's speech setting out the vision for the country. I thought it was disgraceful that the Taoiseach never once mentioned the need to protect our environment or change our reputation in that regard. The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who also spoke, tried to restore the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is a small thing.