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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (18 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: This is a complex issue. Am I correct that the Minister is not amending the Planning and Development Act 2006 by inserting these provisions and that he is setting out conditions in this legislation? If I am incorrect, does the Gas Act 1976 need to be cited if he is amending separate legislation? I am concerned that if a separate body of legislation is being amended and the 1976 Act is not...

Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (18 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I commend my constituency colleague for the clarity, brevity and necessity of the Bill, which my party will support. Like Deputy Gregory, I remember an example of a road accident in which a young woman I knew was killed. Late one night in Dublin, she was knocked 50 yards by a car and died three or four days later. The example is not important, but a part of the case struck home. I went to...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether legislation is needed to amend the National Pension Reserve Fund after the revelation that the fund has invested in companies that assist the internationally discredited Government in Sudan. [33202/06]

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (18 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance the estimate of the increase in tax receipts that have resulted from increased oil prices in 2006. [33201/06]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (18 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the increasing awareness in recent years of the impact of fishing operations on cetacean populations, he intends to sign the Agreement on the Conservation of small cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas. [33453/06]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry: Fishing Industry (18 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 243: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of farms that produce farmed salmon; the number of farms that produce farmed cod; the number of escape incidents that occurred on salmon farms; the number of farmed salmon that escaped; the number of farmed salmon that died on farms; the diseases that have been diagnosed and reported on salmon...

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (18 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the purchases by the State for buses to be used in the school bus scheme for each year from 1990 to date in 2006; the value of each contract and number of buses and the company of person that was involved in each case. [33328/06]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I ask that the business of the House be suspended under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of urgent national interest, namely, the increasing energy, insurance and wage costs that are resulting in the loss of manufacturing jobs in this country, as evidenced by yesterday's announcement by Cadbury's of 450 job losses in Coolock.

Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: The 2006 Bill could be in 2007.

Nuclear Test Ban Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to share my time with Deputy Connolly. I, like my colleagues on the Opposition side, am happy to address this issue and this timely debate, given developments in Korea, Iran and elsewhere on the issue of testing and the related issue of the proliferation of nuclear weapons. It is also appropriate that this Parliament shows a lead in this area. We have a proud history on the Treaty on...

Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the revisions he intends to make to the construction of the second phase of metropolitan area networks to ensure cost effective last mile connections for the end user and a backhaul connection from the MANs to the broader telecommunications network. [33854/06]

Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: The first phase of the programme is not working. It has cost approximately €80 million and its reported annual turnover was cited as €3.5 million in April, a poor return on a State investment by any measure. From presentations to the relevant committees by the operators of the MANs, it is clear that a different system is needed. According to Mr. Conal Henry, the chief executive officer...

Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I checked the time, a Cheann Comhairle. I believe we have a couple of minutes.

Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I am not standing here on behalf of Eircom. I would never have sold Eircom. I would even have bought back Eircom. However, I recognise the reality that Eircom still holds all the cards and that the Minister's attempt to set up an independent network will not make any sense unless one can go the last mile and unless there is a backhaul network. The Minister is doing neither and he has not...

Electricity Generation. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: In what year did the Department receive the proposal or begin consideration of the proposal for the new east-west interconnector? If we believe we will need a further interconnector with the UK or mainland Europe, why must we wait until 2010 before beginning planning for it? With regard to the Minister's Welsh counterpart, how do we know the system operator in the UK will allow us to have...

Electricity Generation. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: When was the concept of a new east-west interconnector first raised in the Department? I am concerned this process has taken several years. Given the number of consultants and reports involved, the matter seems to have been ongoing for years despite the urgency of the situation when one considers our energy crunch in terms of electricity demand and capacity availability. This critical...

Electricity Generation. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Soon.

Fisheries Protection. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the Minister of State must await Cabinet approval before publishing the report and answering in respect of the financial implications involved or hardship schemes that may be put in place. I imagine the report cannot but be published in the next month, because as the Minister of State said, there is a timeline in terms of the upcoming season. This report will inevitably have to...

Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Minister agree that while the numbers are growing significantly, Eircom still holds a massive advantage here in that it holds the last mile connection? Most broadband is going through DSL and copper wire connections and the main companies have said to members of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources that the alternative methods, wireless and so forth,...

Written Answers — Electricity Infrastructure: Electricity Infrastructure (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to other locations that might be suitable for pumped storage power plants similar to the one in Turlough Hill, County Wicklow; and if an analysis has been carried out on the potential cost and benefit of such a facility. [33496/06]