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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meetings at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels; and if he will report on the discussions that took place on disinformation. [4130/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meetings with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the African Union. [4131/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I reiterate a call I made in this House several weeks ago to get the institutions of Northern Ireland back up and running. It is intolerable, at this most historic and sensitive time, where the issue of Northern Ireland and the Irish Border is centre stage of politics in Ireland, the UK and Europe, that the only active politician representing the majority opinion of the North in the House of...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I will return to the Brexit issue. I encourage the Taoiseach to continue to brief the leaders of the Opposition and to convene later this week or early next week the meeting he had last week to allow us to discuss in private what the latest developments are. It is important we retain cohesion and consensus as best we can. We need to be careful with our language. We need not to inflame it...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the analysis undertaken on the effect on businesses here if in the event of a no-deal Brexit border controls were implemented in continental ports checking goods arriving from Ireland; and the measures she has considered to mitigate the negative impact on business here. [4872/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am interested in a specific aspect of what might happen if there was to be a no-deal Brexit. Comments in the media last week suggested that not applying a hard North-South Border might lead to circumstances in which goods coming from Ireland would be checked in the ports of Rotterdam, Calais and elsewhere. What preparations or plans has the Department made for that eventuality?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister says there is no prospect of controls going into the likes of Rotterdam or Calais for goods coming directly from Ireland. However, the papers last week quoted the Taoiseach as saying that was a possibility. Dan O'Brien in the Irish Independenthas raised real concerns as to the impact of that on Irish business, suggesting it could exclude us from the Single Market. Has the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If we are to have a no-deal scenario, and if it seems clear from the Government that it is determined not to see border checks coming in on the North-South Border, then where would the checks be that would reassure our European colleagues that all goods coming from Ireland are complying with Single Market rules? Would the checks in those instances take place in Rosslare before goods leave...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Ryan: So it will be on Irish ports, not continental ports.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings at meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. [5698/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): World Economic Forum (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We should also convene the parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly to get them to represent their people during what could be a fraught period in Northern Ireland and in the South. Returning to Davos, we have always placed our faith in the OECD in respect of corporate governance and new tax rules. I have always argued this should not be done through the EU but should wait for the OECD....

Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Yesterday, I was very proud, as I am sure the Minister of State was, to attend the commissioning of 67 or 68 cadets into the Defence Forces, along with the young Maltese officers who were trained in Ireland. The co-operation with Malta is an example of the way we can work in co-operation with the rest of the world. It was very moving, and one can tell that those young men and women will do...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Deputy Broughan that we need to look at every measure. On the tax and dividend on carbon tax, we asked the Department of Finance to look for an initial analysis of the effect. The latest evidence on that is showing clear progressiveness in that lower income people benefit. That is very clear and is backed up by decades of research by Sue Scott and others showing the same. In...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Recovery plan I think it was.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed): Dr. Micheál Collins (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That seems to provide the opportunity to move from a tax break to an expenditure approach. Dr. Collins mentioned that there is not a limit in pension contributions. That is still the get-out clause for many very wealthy people. As I understand it, they lump some massive payments into a pension in order to reduce income tax at certain stages in their career. When is the Department of...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am very happy to support the Minister and the Department in implementing this European and international regulation. The world has changed a lot. When I was a kid we used to play with mercury in our science class in school. The Minister will remember the same, I am sure. May I ask a related question? This was agreed in 2013, and I am very much supportive of the measures, but here we...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Okay. That is not too bad.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ratification of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Motion (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I accept that. I had not realised that the European regulations were only drafted in 2017. That is the timeframe one would expect. May I ask one last question? Moving away from the quantum of resources, the Minister's Department is also unusual in that many of the environmental responsibilities are divided up between the former Ministry in the Custom House - that is, the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I will ask the Minister a question on an issue that is troubling all of us, namely, the overrun on the new national children's hospital. This has implications for the health budget, the whole capital programme, other budgets and the competence of the State to deliver large-scale capital projects. I was prompted to ask a question when the Minister outlined the three main reasons for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have heard we had the project priced before the detailed design had been done and this put us in a very weak position when it came to pricing because the contract was already signed, sealed and delivered. It is not as if cabling technology or hospital technology are changing that quickly. The bidder was able to bid without the final design. While there are other issues, for example, a...