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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: True.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: What worries me is that by individualising our tax system without individualising our social welfare system, we have made things increasingly difficult. There are various reasons behind every choice. Every family is best placed to make its own choice. We should not be interfering. Everything the Commission does comes from a philosophy that originated in countries with declining...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I disagree with the fundamental economic analysis that does not see caring work as labour market participation.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I do not want to labour that point. I have two others to make. I understand that the Commission cannot influence the decision-making of the European Central Bank. This country's housing crisis is a critical problem, particularly in our cities. If we are to move to change our housing model, we need a model of cost-rental housing that involves using public land in the market to build...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am a Green Party member and the European institutions have done a very good job on the 2030 climate package, the governance structure and shared targets. Mr. Martínez Mongay is right to say, and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council has said the same, that one of Ireland's big fiscal risks is not meeting our climate targets. The council estimated it as high risk with high impact. If the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Scrutiny of European Commission Country Report Ireland 2019 and European Semester (13 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I appreciate that, it would be very useful as part of our iterative process.

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

Eamon Ryan: There is doubt over whether the Government has made up its mind on what we will do with the south part of the MetroLink project. As we are speaking, the National Transport Authority has outlined its latest paper on the next level of design options. I have had a chance to read it online and we look forward to attending its session this afternoon with Members of Parliament to ask questions....

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

Eamon Ryan: I fully agree; nothing should hold it up. We should, at real speed, look at those other options. I take some comfort from the Taoiseach saying the Government is willing to do that and that with respect to the comment by the Minister, Deputy Ross, to the effect that he would not countenance that proposal and that it would not be happening, nothing else happening is not the final word. That...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Waste Management (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assessment planned for the potential scale of anaerobic digestion as a new economic opportunity for farmers and a way of dealing with waste products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14233/19]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Waste Management (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The development of anaerobic digestion will have a role in the new energy future and in the future of farming by way of providing income. We must, however, ensure it will be sustainable in every way and environmentally sustainable more than anything else. I am keen to hear from the Minister on the assessment he has made of the quantity of and the environmental side effects of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Waste Management (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: One of the recommendations from our climate report, which we have already agreed, is a national land-use plan to provide a strategy for how we use our land. Within that and by the end of the year or as soon as possible as part of our national energy and climate action plan, we should have an answer to the question of what the optimum level of anaerobic digestion is. That should be driven by...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I regret that I was not in the Chamber to hear the earlier part of the debate. A very important meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action took place earlier. This important motion before the House is, as the Ceann Comhairle noted, about process. It is about the powers of this Parliament. In the United Kingdom, we can see how the House of Commons is taking back power from...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to move agriculture here towards a model that is less reliant on synthetic inputs and a model that would help restore natural resources. [13978/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has revisited the herd expansion plans in view of the report of the IPCC on climate change and recent calls for drastic action in reducing emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13977/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the reconciliation fund increased by 10%. [13259/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to have an education promotion mission to India later in 2019. [13262/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of four-wheel drive Garda vehicles attached to each Garda division in Dublin as of 22 February 2019; and the number as of 31 December 2017. [13261/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review firearms licensing regulations in view of the recent tragedy in New Zealand, particularly in relation to regulations that allow for children over 14 years of age to possess firearms. [13905/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the regulations on the number of firearms a person can own. [13906/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (26 Mar 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to examine the gun ownership regulations that allow applicants to obtain firearms without providing medical reports or undertaking psychiatric evaluation as part of the application process. [13907/19]