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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I was pleased to hear the Taoiseach say earlier that he would welcome consideration by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment of our national broadband plan and that any such consideration must be done in a timely manner, which I absolutely accept. I really want to support this deal. The more I look at it, however, the more I am left scratching my...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: -----and I think it will be difficult for the Government too. Can the deal be changed as we start to investigate it in the Oireachtas committee? What flexibility do we have if we do this digging, which we should do? What is the chance of our changing the deal, either on the ownership end or some other end? Someone said last night-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: -----that the deal is legally tied down now but I do not believe that is the case. I think we have a moment for change here before we sign a contract. Can the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, confirm that this is the case?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if electric scooters are considered to be mechanically propelled vehicles; and the requirements for road use of scooters. [21052/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise for missing some of the presentations. Energy efficiency is a very important aspect of our efforts to deliver a just transition on climate. The Dáil agreed last week to declare a climate emergency, but we must be careful that our efforts in this area are not merely symbolic. The first practical step could and should be the inclusion of a commitment in the new building...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is still only a fraction of what we need.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree. I would appreciate it if Mr. Barry could forward to me a copy of the UK bank research from four years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Efficient Housing: Discussion (15 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Mr. Barry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission and the outgoing Parliament have done a good job on the whole green energy package, particularly in the governance mechanisms which have been put in place. It has dragged the Council forward and I commend the Commission on how it has done that. However, now we have to act. The Irish plan, which we will see in June, is critical for us. This committee has looked at this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Much of Ireland is covered by wetlands, unfortunately. We have a lot of wetlands.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I must catch a train. I apologise, but I will watch the remaining part of the meeting later.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (21 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The European Commission's top civil servant on climate change appeared before an Oireachtas committee last week. He asked for each Government to aim for the target of net zero emissions by 2050, similar to President Macron when he announced the same ambition at the European leaders' meeting the week before last. Some eight other countries signed up to that target but we did not. What are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (21 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for a new covenant between church and State. [16388/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (21 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the broad approach the Taoiseach seems to be taking to this. It is important that we give it time and get it right. It is not just important for religious communities, which are in a state of real change at the moment. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin asked the right question at the time of the Pope's visit last year, that is, "Where are our young people and where are they going?"...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am sure the Taoiseach, like other Deputies, has met colleagues from the media who lost their jobs recently as a result of the massive scaling back of the The Times, Ireland edition. There is a real difficulty for our friends in the media who are caught in that position but there is a wider policy issue as well. There is a real concern now that Irish journalism is being corroded and eroded...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it will next meet. [16738/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The new all-of-Government climate action plan due out in the next few weeks will, I am sure, morph into the national energy and climate action plan we have to put together for the European Commission. In carrying out the work of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action, certain things became clear. The first is that no climate assessment whatsoever was carried out in the formulation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role of his Department in the evolution of the BusConnects project being led by the NTA; and if he has recently met with the NTA in relation to the project. [22092/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Project Ireland 2040 (22 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the major public transport projects under construction or that are in the planning and-or rail order process. [22093/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: My questions relate to the two letters, one from Robert Watt of 16 April, the other the response from the Secretary General of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Mark Griffin, of 24 April. Mr. Ó hÓbáin said it was a matter of accident what side of the line a civil servant might be on, but I would always be on the side of the Department of...