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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It seems the British Prime Minister, whom I heard demand on the radio this morning that British sovereignty be recognised in any deal, is disregarding the constitutional ambiguity stitched into the Good Friday Agreement. I refer to ambiguity in the sense of having the ability to swap or share identity. That is a real tragedy at this moment. The Prime Minister made much play on the radio...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I move:That Dáil Éireann:acknowledges:— that Ireland has the second lowest forest cover in the European Union (EU) at 11 per cent, compared to a European average of 30 per cent and that the majority of the forests are monocultures; — that the State forestry policy has been predominantly based on a rotation, clear-fell and replant cycle using monoculture; —...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Fair enough. I hope it is not because the Minister believes rewilding is not a serious proposition and a serious part of what we need to do, because it is central to our future forestry plans. Our legacy from the past 50 years comprises all the plantations that will give our mills and all the industry we have set up a supply, but we must move away from the monoculture plantation system....

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State's good intentions and honest approach are well recognised and we will always work with him and his colleagues to devise the best approach. That is the objective of this motion. However, we will push for a vote because there is a fundamental difference in outlook and philosophy between ourselves and most of the House and Fine Gael. I do not wish to isolate Fine Gael...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland has large populations of deer and, as I said earlier, pine martens and squirrels, but it is losing the bird and insect life. It is not just in the forests. Bird life is being lost because of inappropriate management of the grasslands and wetlands. This is forestry within the context of what is being done in farming. The two go together. I have heard almost uniform agreement in...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Vótáil.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 109. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to New York for the UN Climate Action Summit 2019. [38849/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the US Vice President, Mr. Mike Pence. [38501/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: My understanding is that US Vice President Pence thanked the Irish Government for the ongoing use of Shannon Airport by US army facilities in the movement of troops. The US Administration seems increasingly hostile to the European Union and, through Vice President Pence’s comments during his visit, it is clearly siding with a hard Brexit UK Government position. During his address to...

UN Climate Action Summit: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is amazing that we are having this debate as Storm Lorenzo approaches the west coast of Ireland. Our thoughts are with my own friends in Lahinch, Galway, Inishbofin, Achill and many other places, north and south. The west coast is going to get a real hammering tomorrow and I pray that everybody there will be safe and that our homes will be secure. While there have been nights of the Big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I have a couple of technical questions for Mr. Fogarty, out of background interest. The two windmills his group is working on generate about 4.6 MW. What is the level of curtailment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is quite low.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That would help in a market where curtailment is up at 8% or 9%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: There is an advantage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Without prying into the financial details, was it Rabobank Ireland that lent Mr. Fogarty's group the money?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: What were the proportions of debt and equity? If the financing was €6 million or €7 million, was it 10% equity and 90% debt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: That is about 15% or 20%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is not a matter of financing because even now, seven years later, interest rates are much lower and there is a wall of cash looking for somewhere to be spent. It is a bankable opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: On providing a price on spill or export and so on, what should the price be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizen and Community Measures: Discussion (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: If it is for something much bigger, it would be closer to the wholesale price.