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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (11 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans with regard to the regulation of political advertising on social media platforms further to the recent meeting of the International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News. [49415/19]

Environmental Policy: Motion [Private Members] (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am very pleased on behalf of the Green Party to speak in support of the Labour Party motion, on the intention behind it, and to perhaps outline the thinking behind our own amendments, which are not contrary or disputing any of the arguments made in the Labour Party motion. We have put forward the amendments to broaden the debate and to broaden the context we see as needed. The most...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: This has been a hugely significant year in the country on the issue of climate change. It has been a year when public consciousness and desire for action has risen stronger than any time I can remember in the past 30 years of campaigning on this issue. It came from what happened in the previous year, with the IPCC report of October 2018 setting out the differences between a 1.5°C and...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Even in the past six months, the understanding within the EU as to our level of ambition between 2030 and 2050 has changed in recognising that if we are to meet the Paris Agreement's targets, the overall ambition agreed three to four years ago is out of date. I understand Denmark has just committed to a 70% reduction in emissions by 2030, believing that it will gain an economic advantage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Did Mr. Mulvey enter into a contract with the Government to take on the job?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Is there any timeline for how long he will be a commissioner?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Is the work full or part time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Mulvey said he had already met NESC twice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Government's climate action plan said that NESC would carry out a review of our transition plans. How does Mr. Mulvey's appointment fit within that review? Will NESC separately look at what we are doing in terms of just transition? Will Mr. Mulvey's role change?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: We have a Bill before the Dáil entitled the Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018, which involves a really proper mediation service with all the resources we think are needed. My concern is that this seems to a be short-term stopgap that involves an approach that is not properly resourced or planned to an emergency PR situation with which the Government...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Who would those two or three people be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Mulvey would have to agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform happy with that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is in the Department's budget allocation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Is Mr. Mulvey's position a paid one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Mulvey's reputation is exemplary. There are concerns about the scale of the problem and challenge we face. Mr. Mulvey is also in a public position as chairman of Sport Ireland and sits on the board of UCD and Independent News and Media and all of those must be busy. Being chairman of Sport Ireland is not a small job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: And, I am sure, others.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: My apologies for that. I do not mean to in any way question Mr. Mulvey's credentials. I am just saying that the Department and the Government's approach here is not commensurate with what we have heard from other international experience. The best examples of just transition in other countries involve a whole infrastructure helping in this process. Mr. Mulvey has been given an almost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: It is true but anyone could see this coming.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Dec 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I agree fully. A six-month review makes sense. It will include the reality that we are probably looking at stopping the extraction of peat for horticultural production and 50,000 houses being retrofitted per year in our climate action plan when we are only retrofitting a couple of hundred at the moment. We need 20,000 workers for that. We probably need a similar number of people to work...