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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: In the very short amount of time that we have available to us here it is very hard to go into the science. It would be very interesting to really delve into the science. A friend of mine who is very interested in this area claims there is a concern that forecasting programmes or modelling, even with supercomputer systems, in the five to ten-day forecasting range find it really difficult to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is true that RTÉ did not have what the BBC had with the Nigel Lawson judgment. To be honest, the representation of people from the environmental community has changed recently. However, for many years, the dominant framing narrative in RTÉ was always sceptic versus advocate to the point that really respected and decent people in the scientific, climate and environment community...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: On the issue of funding, can I say to the director general that I would be sceptical or wary about going down a road of seeking funding from particular areas or the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment? It is better for RTÉ to keep its editorial independence rather than go down the line whereby the Department funds programming. The job of RTÉ is to provide...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If one looks at what the met office in the United Kingdom and other countries has done, it has been and is stronger in highlighting the issue of climate change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I very much welcome the presentation and I completely agree with the objective and the reality that young farmers are the new environmentalists. This has to be where we are going and for farming it is the only future. It is the only really viable future not just because we all rely on the environment, particularly farmers, but because of the prospect of reducing costs. It is about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree fully with Mr. Healy. It is exactly the type of scheme and initiative we need to open up access to land and provide securities and other mechanisms to do so. John Gummer, Lord Deben, the former UK environment Minister, now chairman of its climate committee, and farmer speaks very authoritatively on farming. It is interesting to listen to him. He said the UK opted for an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I firmly believe we should be setting limits in policy to cap the number of cows on dairy farms, for example, to a maximum of 100. The 400 cow farms we often see on arable land could switch the whole country over. What sort of countryside would it create? However, it is not just a matter of the limit. We cannot opt for a Food Wise strategy that sees an increase in emissions, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Bearing in mind what Deputy Pringle said at the start, I am slightly nervous about going back to that argument all the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I listened to Professor John Sweeney on that issue at a meeting we had with the farmers' organisations, including Macra na Feirme. It was very useful. Mr. Healy will remember that when Professor Sweeney was asked the question, he said every country, no matter how efficient,had to face up to the scale of the change required and the challenges posed in that regard. Countries such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree 100% with Mr. Dillon. The greatest allies farmers have in changing the power balance are the Greens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I will not be able to wait for the response as there is a vote in the Dáil, so I will leave the floor to Senator O'Sullivan. I apologise for having to leave.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Government willing to change Irish agriculture and food policy based on the latest report today from the The EAT-Lancet Commission which sets out so clearly the science on the need for the whole world to change in order that we can feed 12 billion people, improve our health and ensure we stay within the planetary limits we risk tripping over. I grew up with the food pyramid and we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have been absolutely accurate about what is happening. We have been working on this in real detail in the various committees of this House. We heard an impressive presentation from Macra na Feirme. The witnesses said we are on target to meet the plan for an 85% increase in exports, primarily in dairy and beef. Its presentation was very impressive. It is not all bad in Irish farming....

Promoting Cycling: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1:(a) To insert the following after “cyclist-friendly traffic lights; and”:“— the potential demonstrated in some other European countries with climates similar to, or more difficult, than Ireland, for cycling to be the dominant transport mode for short journeys and to greatly assist the use of public transport for long journeys; and”;(b)...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: As with many people in this House and country, I was engrossed in the issue of Brexit. I find myself reading The Spectator, New Statesman, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun, The Mirrorand The Guardian, listening to Radio 4 and Radio 5 Live, and watching the House of Commons non-stop to try to see what will happen next. I have a sense that there is not a big swell of anti-Englishness in this...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I used to. It is nice in some ways but it has its own disadvantages.

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is sometimes lovely being up here in the gods. The gods have certainty. With the lovely railings set behind us, we can have a perch and be slightly above it all. What I have sometimes seen and would stand up for is the ability here to come together, which we have shown in the Brexit approach and which I think has been right. We should hold to it even in this difficult, uncertain moment...

Ráitis ó Cheannairí na bPáirtithe agus na nGrúpaí - Statements from Party and Group Leaders (21 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We are here as Teachtaí Dála and as Seanadóirí to commit again to represent, to the best of our ability, the will of all our people, recognising the equal right and equal opportunity for every citizen and reaffirming our duty to provide for the physical, mental and spiritual well-being of every child, thus promising in our different programmes to protect them from hunger,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am very interested to know the Government's intention regarding a referendum on Article 41.2 of the Constitution following the joint committee recommendations that there be a proper public consultation on how we give real recognition to carers in our home. What is the Government's timeline? What consultation mechanism does it intend to use? What is its plan for a referendum and legislation?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone call with the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel. [2737/19]