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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Before we move on to that, I agree that we need massive interconnection to help us when we reach that 70% penetration level. It makes massive sense for us to have flexibility, not just in the context of the line to France but also with a significant number of interconnectors to give us that capability. I would like those interconnectors to be in the ownership of EirGrid in order that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: So it is not additional but perhaps sightly more responsive. I read recently on the front page of The Irish Timesthat the ESB wants to build a lot of new gas plants to serve Dublin. My question is to Mr. O'Shea from the ESB-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Perhaps I could ask that question first because it is connected in terms of the overall system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I will not labour the point but we have just heard from EirGrid that there is not necessarily a need and that the adequacy statement may change if we have further interconnection. As we get higher renewables penetration and as we ramp up the battery storage, perhaps those out of date adequacy statements should not drive investment decisions. What the ESB is stating in public - including on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Mr. O'Shea fully. The great job EirGrid has done can and will be matched by the amazing job the ESB is about to do by being one of the leading distribution companies in the world in managing this. What Mr. Stewart said is true: we have an economic opportunity. It is all about digital. By setting such a high target and by doing this, Ireland would pretty much be the leading...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is a welcome development. It is a good example of learning by doing. Kerry people are smart, I am sure they will set us on the right course. The other advantage we have is that, as stated in the ESB's submission, what Deputy Stanley is proposing, which is an appropriate ambition for microgeneration, is also backed up by the European clean energy package. The package says that we must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I recall that when I was Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, we introduced a pilot scheme from which to learn in 2009. We have been doing this for ten years. The previous Government stopped it but we were doing it for a number of years. I have one more question for the ESB and I will then come back to Dr. Sunderland. The clean energy package says that we should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If we get up to the levels about which we are talking - and we are very far away from them so it will not be any time soon - the underlying difficulty in the development of renewables is that they always reduce the wholesale price. That even applies in respect of wind energy in Ireland, but it could also eventually apply in respect of solar on very sunny days. It would kill the incentive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have one question for Mr. Stewart which I would like to put before he comes in. What he said about digital revolution and so on is true. A model which has been shown to work very well on the community aggregated supply and generation side is that of a Belgian company, Ecopower, based in Flanders. The attractive aspect of this model is that it aggregates. Individual shares can be as...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Brexit Negotiations (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on recent conversations with the UK Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May. [17624/19]

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:— 92 per cent of the members of the Citizens' Assembly recommended that the State should prioritise the expansion of public transport spending over new road infrastructure spending at a ratio of no less than 2:1 to facilitate the broader availability and uptake of public transport options with attention to rural areas; — vitally...

Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We have set out a vision of what might be possible had we the budget and a sense of ambition. Our first priority should be providing rural public transport services. The Minister has stated that the Government cannot take up our suggestion of following the Swiss model, where villages of a certain size are guaranteed a public transport system. I will make two points in response. First, the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That same should also apply to geography.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Reporters Without Borders highlighted today that the high concentration of media ownership is the biggest threat to press freedom in Ireland. At the same time, we read of threats that Rupert Murdoch or the Barclay brothers could end up owning Independent News and Media, a development that would be greeted with dismay by anyone with an interest in Irish democracy or fair and balanced public...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We received a briefing in the Sycamore Room for an hour and a half or so from noon today. One of the key things we learned is that contracts for this will not be signed for months. That calls the timing into question. It is all last minute and election orientated. That is not appropriate in a Dáil which has seen cost overruns become a big issue. That type of process is not good enough.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (8 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 1266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if guidelines have been provided to Transport Infrastructure Ireland on the use of weed killer on national roads; and the policy in this regard. [18406/19]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is the real difficulty here. We are faced with difficult choices. Everyone recognises the imperative of providing rural broadband. We need our young people to return to live in rural areas. They need to be able to work remotely. We need to create opportunity for new businesses. We need to make sure that all the benefits of this digital revolution are delivered everywhere in the...

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to move the Green Party amendment.

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There are other amendments and we would like to support their provisions. The idea of identifying a climate crisis is correct, but we should also recognise the biodiversity breakdown. The two are inextricably connected. We support the suggestion of using the Citizens' Assembly as a mechanism to address the biodiversity crisis. We look forward to discussing the amendments with parties in...

Report of Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (9 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is unfortunate that some of the Members who tabled amendments are not present. This is an unfortunate way to agree the motion given that it has been amended without any of the amendment's proposers being present. I understand that the motion, as amended, has been agreed and that further debate on the other amendments is not required.