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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach should listen to me because I know those lines intimately. There is a solution that avoids problems and would save us the cost of stopping services on the green line for a year and a half to upgrade it. The solution is to keep the tunnelling machine going. It is very cheap to do so because the cost arises in getting the machine into the ground. Once it is in operation, we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: For those from the country who might ask why we should do this, I will set out a way to pay for it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We should stop all the road expansion on the approach roads to Dublin. These are the only projects that are going ahead and they will make the problem of gridlock in Dublin worse. We should use that money to provide a high-quality public transport solution which tackles the Sandyford issue and gives us the capacity we need. It would also bring UCD together with Trinity College and DCU and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I did not say that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I regret to hear breaking news from Europe that the digital tax proposal seems to have fallen through at the Council meeting today, which the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, is attending. I regret it because I think the revenue we could raise from the proposal could be used to fund Irish media. Google and Facebook are taking all the advertising revenue. The Irish media are in crisis. I also...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We should not be opposed to a review within this process, even if it is very late and we are all waiting, but it should only be a review with a view to replacing the backstop on the basis of consensus. There can be no UK insistence that at the end of a review it would remove the backstop. As we are all absolutely agreed on that point, I hope the Taoiseach can come up with creative...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: In the consideration of our aviation strategy for Dublin Airport in particular, what consideration is given by the Minister to climate emissions? How does he integrate this issue into the decision-making process in terms of investment in projects and the strategy he is following?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am keen to hear more detail from the Minister on how he and-or his Department take account of the climate change implications of transport policies which they are applying given the Taoiseach's statement that climate change is a priority for the Government and the significant number of international reports on the issue. The Minister mentioned that the consultants take account of overall...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Development Projects (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: What is the policy on climate change?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister is forever saying he does not have responsibility for anything, but I believe he is the person responsible for the implementation of the national cycle policy framework. Unfortunately, we set ourselves the target that by 2020, 10% of all trips will be made by bike. In fact, the proportion of trips made by bike stands at less than 3%. Nothing is happening. Safe routes to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: There is not a single person with an interest in this issue who would think the way we are managing the promotion of cycling is working. I do not think there is a single person who would side with the Minister in this argument. I could go down through a litany of examples of actions. The Liffey cycle route was in planning for six years. The financial crash had nothing to do with it not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: -----and the Minister and his Department did nothing about it. There is not a single cycling project being built. Nothing is happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is right.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is correct.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If we were at 10% of all trips on bikes, I would say that was fine and that something was happening, but we are not. There is a major pent-up demand that would mean cycling would take off if we had some political leadership. I will be honest. There is real embarrassment in the cycling community about the prospect of Velo-City 2019. I have been to it and it is a great conference but we now...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It was the Green Party-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Ross was waxing lyrical.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Nothing has been done about it.