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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is just one reference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with regard to least-cost but there is nothing least-cost about burning biomass in a power station. As an engineer, Professor Ó Gallachóir would agree there is no economic case for losing two thirds of waste heat up a chimney and that it is purely a social case. I would love to see us drive Bord na Mona towards the retrofit business. The economic cost to the State of Bord...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I want to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: On the record, because this is important-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: While I agree that the MaREI Centre's analysis does not show that, the point I wanted to make was that it was being used to promote biomass in power generation. On all the other uses, all I am asking for is detailed analysis on the environmental effects and the sustainability, social and international aspects. I am not disagreeing with what Professor Ó Gallachóir said but we need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Chairman, apologies, the transport committee meeting next door is also discussing carbon and I am shooting backwards and forwards. I will watch a replay of the full presentation and I read Mr. Donnellan's slides with real interest. Our job is to help the State in this major herculean task of meeting its climate change ambitions. The more we can come up with concept block ideas on which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Donnellan has misunderstood my point. I have no intention of telling farmers because they know the land better than anyone and they are business people and have to make business decisions, taking into account everything that is happening. I think we need a land-use strategy plan to shape the policies that give farmers the payments and the signals for what we want done. For example, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I must apologise for being absent earlier. I had to go up to the Chamber for a contribution on the European Council debate but, as it happened, Deputy Micheál Martin approached me and informed me that he had made some sort of deal to extend this Dáil by another year. I asked, in my contribution, what are we going to use that year for? We should use it for consensus on certain key...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Each briefly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Is the current system serving ICMSA members or would Mr. Enright tweak or radically change it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Could the witnesses from the different groups reply briefly to the question I asked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The phrase is "feeding two birds with the one scone".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will fit in with the Chair. I am on the climate committee which is meeting next door. I will fit in with the arrangement of the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Thank you Senator. I wish to follow up on Deputy Shortall's comment on cycling. There is real concern among the cycling community who are starting to look at some of the details. Their fear is that they will be forgotten about. I will give examples. The cycle route from Malahide Road into town, the Clongriffin and the Santry detours are all benefits but when one is coming to the key...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects Bus Corridors Project: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This is not easy but we have to do it. The fear from the cycling community is that the concept seems to be that when we come to difficult pinch points, the first response is to remove cyclists from the road. Yesterday, a cycling website released the initial drafts for Rathmines Road. Peak morning cycling numbers on the road are 1,650 or so, with approximately 1,300 cars and vans. Buses...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Early Years Sector (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has given consideration to re-evaluating the way in which public subsidies are given to private facilities in view of the fact that pay remains low and crèche fees have increased by an average of €4 a week in 2018, and in further view of the fact the Pobal report found that there is no correlation between fees and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Early Years Sector (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Following on from the previous question, the Minister might use this as an opportunity to give us some of her views. Following the First 5 strategy, which was of fundamental importance in looking at how our children are raised in the early years, and the recent Pobal report, my question is to indicate that what is happening is not leading to some of the desired outcomes. Some of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Early Years Sector (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have two suggestions on this review, which I believe the Minister will conduct in the first quarter of next year. The first is that, in that mix, State-provided early childcare crèche facility services could be examined, in addition to community or private services. That State option could set the rates and change the nature of the way the entire service works. Second, and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Early Years Sector (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome that and we would probably support it. People in our party have been working closely on research in this regard. Trusting parents is the sensible way to go, but I welcomed the First 5 strategy because for the time it recognised that we need to support a variety of different options. As well as examining State-run services, should the mechanisms be reviewed, not only parental...

Centenary of 1918 General Election: Statements (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That violent spark in 1916 set the flame of nationalist ambition which set up this democratic institution. The people who did that wrote the title deeds of the House in which we stand today. They opened the door for women to have a role in Irish public life for the first time. The work which has been done by the Vótail 100 committee and by the women's caucus has been useful in...