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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Green Party will support the Government and all the other parties in trying put this legislation in place. It is legislation that none of us want to see enacted or used but it is a necessary precaution that we must make as a result of the possibility of a no-deal, crash-out Brexit. This morning I read something that gave me a sense of the lack of connection to reality of the British...

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There is an interesting article by Stephen Collins in The Irish Timestoday in which he argues that new politics is not working. Most often when it is not working, the blame can be laid at the feet of the Government. I can think of lots of examples to illustrate this, including the Petroleum and Other Mineral Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill introduced by Deputy...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis conducted on the possible implementation of a digital tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10160/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am very keen for the Minister, if he can, to share what analysis he will present in response to the OECD consultation document addressing the tax challenges of digitalisation of the economy. The digital tax is clearly centre stage for him, as a French Minister was here earlier in the week to discuss the matter. It is clear from the OECD that we will have to make a submission on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The OECD paper mentioned by the Minister is probably the central point of the Department's approach to this. It has set out a range of measures in the digital tax area, including user participation, marketing intangibles and significant economic presence provisions. We must put in our part of the consultation next week and go to Paris on 13 March or 14 March to engage in a wider public...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tax Code (28 Feb 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I would be concerned if it were to take quite some time. Our reputation as a state depends on us being seen to be progressive and willing to take this action. There is major public disquiet throughout Europe and the world because these companies have engaged in tax avoidance to such scandalous levels. We need to act now. The Minister needs to start correctly. This is an early part of a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in contingency planning for Brexit; and the number of meetings that have been held since September 2018 on same. [9390/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: All-Island Civic Dialogue (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the all-island civic dialogue held on 15 February 2019. [9391/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with the French Finance Minister. [10368/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 73. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he plans to apply a new revised cost of carbon in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and the new analysis of the project which will be carried out before the cost is agreed. [10620/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise for being late as I had the usual clashing meetings. The SEAI renewables report yesterday was timely and interesting in showing that the State is so far away from its targets. One figure that stood out among many is that the level of solar PD in our country is almost one fifteenth of that in Northern Ireland. There have been controversies over various energy schemes in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Manley is correct regarding the fines. As I understand it, we will have to make up the balance. Rather than it being a fine, we will trade our way up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It will be the same fine in that we will have to pay for it. The Latvian deal at €30 million a tonne is unlikely. Marie Donnelly estimated it could cost €200 million a tonne at a previous committee meeting. If 17 countries are behind and 11 in surplus, the market is likely to be much tighter than the Latvian deal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It could be €300 million or €400 million a year. When Mr. Kenny came before the committee almost a year ago, he made the point that 67% of new build housing in Ireland provides for fossil fuel heating systems. Given where we will have to go on the climate change targets we will have to meet, in all likelihood we will pay to take them out in the coming decades. Why would we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Every month that goes by, fossil fuel heating systems are being put into two thirds of new housing. We know the alternatives work. If it could be done by statutory instrument rather than having to go through legislation, the Minister should do it today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Friends of the Irish Environment have taken a case to the European courts on the regulations supporting the burning of biomass as a renewable. There is major controversy about this. In the US, there is outrage at the exportation of large areas of clear fell and natural forest for power generation by companies such as Drax. This is an environmental crime. Added to this judgment, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Retail Sector (7 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the recent closures of long-standing small retailers in central Dublin and other cities and towns; the measures she has considered to support such local businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11397/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Retail Sector (7 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Recently when I was walking down Grafton Street, I realised another shop had closed, one that was part of our culture and heritage and the streetscape. I am referring to Fitzpatrick's shoe shop in which I used to buy my shoes. In Temple Bar the Eager Beaver shop which I have been into during the years and is a brilliant business is also shutting down. Walton's music shop was closed last...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Retail Sector (7 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have a fear that if we simply watch as the switch to online happens, we will end up with derelict high streets. It is happening already to varying degrees and different towns are affected in different ways. We will end up with only multinational and large retailers and no small indigenous retailers. According to Retail Ireland, the four crippling factors are labour costs, rates,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Retail Sector (7 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I support the application of the urban and rural regeneration schemes to the centres of our towns. This is critical. Many of our 19th century towns are dying on their feet. We cannot turn back to the 19th century, but we should make sure it is not just laissez-fairewith everyone shopping in the multi-storey, out-of-town shopping centre while main streets die. We need to get people back...