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Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This debate is welcome because we are facing a potential crisis. If the current high pressure system, the easterly weather system and the absence of our traditional gulf stream continues we face two crises, the first of which is in the area of agriculture. What is happening on the ground in agriculture is probably the immediate crisis. There is no grass growth in the vast majority of the...

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This week was a good week for the British Prime Minister, Theresa May. It was about time she stood up to her former Foreign Secretary, made the call and showed some leadership. It stands well to her that she did so. The fact sky has not fallen and a vote of confidence has not been called shows it was bluff, and it was good to call it. My assessment is that we are still in high very risk...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the involvement his Department has for the development of alternative forestry strategies to assist the development and creation of jobs in rural areas and avoid isolation in rural communities in view the recent concerns relating to the concentration of new forestation in counties such as County Leitrim. [25903/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by limiting the tax relief on a pension in cases in which that pension fund has already accumulated enough funds to provide a pension of €48,000 per annum. [32169/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated amount an increase in carbon tax from €20 per tonne to €40 per tonne would raise. [32170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by increasing diesel prices to the same level as petrol. [32172/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by ending fossil fuel subsidies in sectors (details supplied). [32171/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that would be raised by introducing a levy of €2.50 per tonne on aggregates extracted from the ground such as rock, sand, gravel and so on used in the construction industry. [32173/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount it would cost to reduce the VRT rate on electric vehicles to 0%. [32175/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual cost of the section 481 film relief for the film production industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32159/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Meals Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount it would cost to expand the school meals programme to include a daily hot meal for each school child in primary and secondary education. [32174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reintroducing ex-quota status of guidance provision in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32155/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Fees (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to abolish fees for sitting the junior and leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32156/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Post-Leaving Certificate Courses (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of implementing the recommendations of the McIver report of the steering group to the PLC review of 2003 on further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32157/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost per annum of maintaining third level charges at their current rate for each year of the next five years; the cost of abolishing all such fees for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32158/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the initial cost of recruiting 2,000 new gardaí; and the cost per annum thereafter to maintain that additional number. [32162/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Expenditure (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of a 5% increase in subsidies to existing and new participants on the organic farming scheme for produce in cereals, fruits, vegetables, legumes and other non-livestock based outputs. [32164/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Funding (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of a 20% increase in funding for sustainable horticulture research in Teagasc per annum. [32165/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated savings if Pillar 1 CAP payments were capped at €100,000 per annum. [32167/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the policy for increasing forestation will be set out; and the form and species it will promote. [32068/18]