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Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 8:In page 17, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following:“(c) the arrangements that should be made by the Cork local authorities for subsequent reviews of the Cork boundary alteration taking account of development and proposed development in the administrative area of the county council;”. I hope this amendment provides room for a slightly wider debate...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister has said that all is well and that a strategic approach has been worked out but I will give an example of my concerns here. I am not exactly sure where the rural area of Monard fits in vis-à-visthe border between city and county but I know that a planning application was submitted to develop a 1,000 acre greenfield site for homes for 13,000 people. An Bord Pleanála...

Local Government Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State's indication that he will review the example of ongoing bad practice that I outlined, which is not a minor example, in the light of this legislation. There are also other examples. I return to my simple question. The Minister of State seems to agree with the intent of the amendment. Why is it not agreed in wording? It does not have any financial or...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is another shameful day for Fine Gael when it comes to the environment. The Taoiseach's party has blocked with procedural glue the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 in the same way that it blocked the Waste Reduction Bill 2017, which my party presented. With regard to that latter Bill, the Minister, Deputy Bruton, promised that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Efficiency (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of the heat available from a planned €40 million district heating system utilising heat from the Poolbeg incinerator that will be utilised; and the purposes for which this resource could be utilised for. [53168/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Efficiency (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The use of waste heat from the Poolbeg incinerator to heat parts of Dublin is a big practical project we could undertake that would benefit the economy and turn what is currently a waste resource into a precious one. I welcome the seeking of €20 million from the climate action fund, but I am keen to get the details of what is planned with this very welcome project. I presume it is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Efficiency (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I very much welcome the project. I understand we are looking at the initial phase where it will connect to new housing and businesses in the docklands, including on the Irish Glass Bottle site and the new build commercial premises in the north inner city along the quays. That is all very welcome, but I am very keen that we be much more ambitious. There are some pipes in place that would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Efficiency (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is true. We are retrofitting under the district heating scheme, but we should also look at every other industrial facility across the country to see where there is waste heat to see if we can trap it and use it. One of our biggest problems is less in the area of electrification than heat capture where we are furthest behind our targets. We will not meet them through the use of biomass...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: There was an interesting lecture last week by Marc Rotenberg from a US privacy NGO called the Electronic Privacy Information Center. He spoke at a free legal aid conference about the issue of data privacy. It was a very interesting presentation, at the end of which he asked what star we followed because it was highly complex and difficult to get this matter right. It was always going back...

Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is certainly not our intention in drafting the amendment that in every single public service transaction with the State, whether with the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, TII or others, people would repeatedly have to be asked for consent. I fear that we are doing something akin to what is happening in the United Kingdom where broad and sweeping capabilities in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to meet the target of 45,000 deep retrofits per annum by 2021. [53167/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This is a significant issue of principle for the Irish political system and people. Where do we stand on climate action and what is our role in the world? The principle should be that we would keep four fifths of the known fossil fuels in the ground because that is what we know we have to do to try to maintain a safe climate. The work that 350 and other organisations have done over recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will correct the Minister on the issue of offshore wind energy generation not being tested. Every other country in north west Europe has massive offshore wind energy projects. The auction system has brought the price down. There is a large supply chain. The technology has been tested and it is not uncertain. It is absolutely mainstream.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is because we have done nothing in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Perhaps if the officials with the Minister of State were to concentrate their efforts in that area, we might see progress. That is part of the problem. Our focus is on oil and gas exploration when it should be on alternatives.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I cannot agree with the amendment as I do not believe there is political support from Fine Gael for climate action, even on the evidence of the discussion we have had today. Rather than get into a party political row on the matter, my concern in this process is that we are in danger of creating a new legislative stage. If we go through each of the 12 amendments in turn and vote on them, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If I understand what Deputy Dooley is saying, it is not necessary for the committee to take that vote today. Is he suggesting that we should make whatever amendments are agreed by the committee, agree the redrafting of the report to be shortened and all the other process issues about which we have a concern, and put back the final vote on whether we agree to the Bill progressing to Committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We would have to put it back anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Okay. That removes my concern.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Agreed.