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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Celtic Sea is like a pincushion at this stage. We must have gone into the Celtic Sea 100 times. The best geologist I know, Colin Campbell, lives in west Cork and he worked for BP. He is an old man now but he worked at the height of the exploration industry here. They thought they were going to find all sorts of everything but he said we are just geologically unlucky because,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The reason we are so low in the rankings is because of Government policy and the positions we are taking on European policy issues rather than performance specifically in the economy. What the Climate Action Network said explicitly is that if this Bill is passed, it would significantly change how we are seen on a policy basis and that is why it is significant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: With the Chairman's indulgence, I will ask a technical question. Providence Resources discovered oil in the Celtic Sea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Approximately seven years ago, Providence Resources resized the potential. Why has that not come ashore?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I remember newspaper headlines all over the world at the time about the luck of the Irish, leprechaun gold at the end of the rainbow and how we were going to have a bonanza. It has not come ashore because it is not economical. Operating in deep waters is expensive. The Celtic Sea is not even that deep. Indeed, its waters are fairly shallow. Every year we are promised that it is about to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I think the UCC analysis is deeply flawed on the use of biomass. I do not think, however, that anyone sees it as sustainable for us to burn biomass in power generation. As I recall with regard to gas, the study indicated that if we were burning gas, it would require carbon capture and storage, CCS, technology to be in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We do not have any commercial CCS developments or any indication that it is going to be viable at this point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It works the other way. The Corrib gas field is connected to the east and some of our gas is probably consumed in Vladivostok. Following the Russian gas dispute in 2008-09, the entire European gas system was changed to a two-way flow system and, similar to the oil market, a fungible market. Ultimately, the argument being made by Dr. Walker is based on security. However, as it is unlikely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That argument suggests we need another connection to the United Kingdom rather than betting everything on a gas field being found 200 miles out in the Atlantic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Collins referred to the ObSERVE programme. I had the great privilege of visiting High Island of the west coast, near Clifden where they were monitoring Manx shearwater, but it is the same with the puffin population or any other sea birds. They had to fly out hundreds of miles to their feeding grounds. It is complex. It may be changing because of climate or overfishing, for instance,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We are really in much deeper trouble than we thought we were. The International Energy Agency acknowledged that for the Paris Agreement we might have to consume 500 plus gigatons, and on known existing reserves there were 3,000 gigatons of fossil fuels accessible to us. In countries such as Venezuela, Canada and the US we know shale gas is extractable at $40 a barrel. The Professor is now...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The atmosphere cannot tell where the gas comes from.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If a gas field was found out in the Porcupine Ridge - not Slyne, because I am told there is nothing close to that - how would it be brought to shore? Would it be brought via a pipeline or on board a ship?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have asked producers how a pipeline would work economically if it was that far out, and have been told that it would not be economic. If it was oil brought ashore on a ship, where would it go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: There is no guarantee it would land here. I understand that Whitegate takes very light crude. Is that the case?

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We have to consider the Taoiseach's deeds as well as his words when it comes to the future of media in Ireland. He stated that the dominance of Independent News and Media in print and RTÉ in broadcasting was a problem, but we in the Oireachtas committee conducted a major study that found something different. The real problem is that Sky, Netflix, Virgin Media, Google and Facebook are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Oireachtas committee's opinion was-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is not enough.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach's actions do not match his words.

European Council: Statements (4 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was fascinated when listening to Deputies Mick Wallace and Clare Daly talk about their experiences in Aleppo. I was interested because last year I was on the border between Syria and Turkey where I met many people coming from Aleppo, many of whom had been blown apart by the conflict. I would be hard put to know where to point the finger of blame, whether at Russia, America, Saudi Arabia...