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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Does Northern Ireland risk blackouts from 2021? I presume such risk would result from the shutdown of Cookeeragh power station.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If there were to be a dispute on the operation of our current existing east-west connector from north Dublin to north Wales, would the British Government accept the European Court of Justice as the final arbiter in terms of the European legal system? Would it accept the jurisdiction of the court regarding any other matter, such as its ongoing presence in a developing north-west regional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: My understanding, from talking to German and other authorities, is that they would insist upon any country in a regional electricity market having to accept the final jurisdiction of the ECJ. Is that the understanding of the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There is a significant difference in the relationships with Russia and Switzerland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We should be honest. The withdrawal agreement has little detail on the energy market. In effect, it is part of a future arrangement. We should be honest. The message I have from Brussels, Berlin and elsewhere is a point-blank insistence on any members of the single electricity market playing by the rules and accepting the ECJ as the final arbiter of those rules. We would be better off...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am thrilled that there will be progress on the French interconnector but it will not provide the full extent of the interconnection we will need. We will probably need several other interconnectors, particularly with the UK. Another planned interconnector which will connect Wexford to the Welsh coast is imminent. This is not an insignificant issue. We should be honest and clear as to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (20 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: As someone who has been lucky enough to visit High Island in recent years, I am a rare breed. I landed there on a very calm day and it is a spectacular island. On its southern side are monastic settlements on which very detailed excavations have been done. The headstones of the monks are incredible. It is a tremendously interesting and important site. It is similar to the Skelligs in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (20 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I believe it is an exceptional case. There was an approach made by Richard Murphy and he was spurned by the Government of the day, long before either of our times. I am making the approach now because I believe it is of great archaeological importance. The State has invested significantly in the restoration and maintenance of the site, which is one of the smallest and not insignificant...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Green Party will be supporting this motion. We have no confidence in Fine Gael's management of our health system. First it promised universal healthcare and said that it would be delivered. It was to be its first priority and a key thing. It was then thrown away and forgotten about. It was meant to be replaced by Sláintecare, but nothing has happened. If we were really...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the compulsory purchase powers the new land agency will have for the procurement of underutilised private land for the provision of housing. [8456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he plans to utilise the cost rental model of housing; and the timeline and quantity for which he plans to utilise this model for the provision of homes in the next five years. [8455/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (20 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to purchase a location (details supplied) in view of the unique archaeological and ecological importance of same. [8566/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There is real confusion about the future development of the MetroLink on the southside of Dublin. It seems that various Ministers are briefing the press on the Government's position, with measures apparently coming from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, with a four-year delay and, therefore, the project will not go ahead. Can the Tánaiste clarify the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (21 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to purchase a location (details supplied) in view of the unique archaeological and ecological importance of same. [8681/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The consultation on MetroLink will not be easy if we do not have the full engineering facts. As I understand it, we will not get the revised solution and the revised options on the southside of the city until the end of March. We are flying slightly blind without that. The engineers will rightly say that the greater Dublin transport strategy set out their preferred approach but nobody...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Something we could agree to do is to stop scoring petty political points on serious matters of national public policy. I fought tooth and nail for four years in government to protect the metro. I was literally fighting with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We kept it and preserved it, only for the incoming Minister with responsibility for transport to abandon it in 2011...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Such behaviour does not get us anywhere. I want answers to the three questions I have asked. We have a role. We are perfectly placed to represent our constituents and give our views on the proposals and on the various alternatives. I agree with Deputy Howlin. We need a place to debate it that does not involve just scoring petty political points but looks at the options and considers what...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is not true.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I ask the Taoiseach to answer the first three questions I asked and to stop trying to play politics with this matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Last week, the Minister for Justice and Equality stated that the Government does not intend to proceed with a referendum to amend the reference in the Constitution to women’s place in the home. Is it intended, following advice from the National Women's Council and the Stay-At-Home Parents Association, to proceed with a consultative forum whereby a wording which recognises the value of...