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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: My point follows on from the previous one. The general approach we need to take is that the country turns and changes when we are all working in a certain direction. We need to triple the level of ambition for climate action in the same way we have just tripled the price for carbon in our public procurement assessment in the political system. We need to triple our level of investment on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Watt correctly stated that we already know there is at least a 100 million tonne gap in what we need to do in the next decade or 12 years. The potential cost of not closing that gap is at least €3.2 billion. It could be between €6 billion and €10 billion, depending on the price of carbon. With regard to his responsibility to assess the options of how to close the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Whichever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is likely it will be more than €3 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This is about working in a collaborative way. I am not trying to be smart. Before Mr. Watt came in, the committee made a decision to write to all the Secretaries General in order to get them to assist our work and to acknowledge that the Government has to have the first draft of its answer to that question ready by Christmas. To assist us in that work, we were going to write to all the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We have to do this for Europe by Christmas and we have known that for three years. The European package was agreed by the Government in October 2014. I have seen up close the Departments' work up in providing analysis ,in a really heroic way, within short timelines. We need that level of ambition and heroic endeavour here so that by 30 November - in advance of Christmas because it is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have two further questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If I was in government tomorrow, I would switch all the road spending - widening the roads to Dublin is only going to make it a more difficult task for BusConnects - and spend it on public transport. I would also commission Bord na Móna to buy 10,000 heat pumps - in order that we might get a better price - and to introduce apprenticeships for young people in the midlands to start...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I shall ask Mr. Moran the same questions. I ask him to come back to the committee by 30 November, in the same way that I have asked Mr. Watt, with an analysis of how we could introduce a cap and dividend scheme on the additional carbon tax that we raise. It should be assumed that we add another €20 in carbon tax under the current charging regime but return the revenue to the citizens...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: No, I think it should replace the delivery board. The Minister has said that he wants an action plan. My suggestion should be at the centre of an action plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have seen it and I have faith that the Department can do the same. Mr. Watt is right that the responsibility lies with politicians, so we have a responsibility. Interestingly, he cited the former Ministers of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputies Howlin and Noonan, and the current Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, as examples. Everyone who has been in government knows...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the rewetting of peatlands which have been degraded by drainage and peat extraction in line with the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021; if such rewetting, planned or under consideration, will be incentivised and or supported by funding mechanisms in view of the restored biodiversity value, restored...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: In the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021, we have a plan to restore our degraded peatlands. What are the Department's plans in that regard, given the benefits we get from restoration of wildlife, storage of carbon, management of floodwaters, filtering water and creating amenities? What plans does the Minister have for her Department to engage in this hugely beneficial activity for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We had an interesting presentation from Bord na Móna recently in the Joint Committee on Climate Action. The clear consensus among the scientific and climate action community is that the restoration of bogs is one of the biggest potentials for us with regard to storing carbon and has co-benefits in protecting wildlife and so on. Bord na Móna made the case that it is only...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am not sure where the words "duplicitous" or "preposterous" came from. I did not use those words in my contribution. I am not sure what the Minister is referring to. I fully accept and made the same point that Bord na Móna is a separate issue and has a huge task. I wish it well as it sets about it. In the areas where the Minister has responsibility and the ability to scale up...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Council (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 235. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the workshops for the Heritage Ireland 2030 consultation will be announced; if she will meet with members of wildlife NGOs to discuss habitat protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47567/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Last week, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Climate Action I set out some of the institutional arrangements that I believe we need to take up within the State to address climate change. Rather than having an outside agency telling us what to do, we need to use existing resources. The secretariat of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, could and should have a key role in...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 11, line 35, after “€50,000,” to insert “or, if the original market value exceeds €50,000, the car was first made available during the period 1 January 2018 and 15 October 2018,”. As we discussed on Committee Stage, this relates to a very small number of people who may have purchased an electric vehicle in the past year....

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the Minister's flexibility and thank him for it.