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Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We will have alternatives. That is what we are doing in government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is critical. A survey commissioned during the week looked at the issue of remote working, with 95% of people surveyed citing the view that they did not want to go back to a five-day week all of the time, especially if there is long-distance commuting involved. The national broadband plan will be a critical part of facilitating this alternative and better way of doing things. We must be...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Apologies.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I commit to that. The various meetings I have had on this issue have been very useful. Tipperary town is one of many that needs the new town centre first strategy. We need to have various initiatives. As I said earlier, we need a range of bypasses in these fantastic 19th-century market towns. They have fantastic architecture, strong resources and schools, churches, retail and pubs all...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, will have a key role. It has to be an all-of-government approach. The town centre first strategy will help Tipperary town and others to rise.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I was not aware of this issue and I am glad Deputy Richmond has raised it. On first hearing of it, it is hard to see how a drive-in movie could be a public health risk for the spread of the coronavirus. I will speak to my colleagues in government, including officials dealing with the management of the public health crisis, to see whether anything can be done specifically in this instance....

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I was very glad to take part in a recent cabinet subcommittee meeting that exclusively looked at this issue for three hours. It was hugely informative. Perhaps I may share some personal reflections on this. There was some media comment in recent years on the New Brunswick model, whereby everyone can be in a mainstream school. The view of many parents' advocacy organisations here, and to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: However, there are gaps and if Dublin 15 is one of these then absolutely we need to close them.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is very important that we protect every child in the way we manage this.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy's question follows the preceding one coincidentally but very much on the same issue. I do not have the details of the school but I presume Saplings is a special autism school that was established approximately 12 years ago. I have knowledge of them and they do hugely beneficial work. As I have just been saying, we need specialist schools in some instances. It is not always a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have an understanding of the specifics of the case. If the Deputy provides me with the details I will happily forward them to the Minister. To broaden it out, in one sense, to the cyberattack crisis we are facing, we will have to get the balancing act right because we need a range of new e-health solutions to deliver Sláintecare and to deliver new services and improve existing...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I absolutely agree. I look forward to reading that report. I agree we must be more ambitious for a variety of reasons. First, we are close to the limit in terms of what we can manage under the existing system - landfill, incineration or other mechanisms. We must dramatically reduce the amount of waste and increase the amount of recycling. When Mr. John Kerry spoke at the Dublin...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: During the Covid crisis, there have been difficulties in the childcare sector. No doubt there are specific problems in various centres in getting and retaining staff, etc., but the characteristic that seems to have stood out in the past year is how our childcare sector, even in times of real difficulty when transmission rates were high, was still there providing a service. That was...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I expect the online theory tests to open within the coming weeks, if not days. It is imminent, and will be followed shortly afterwards by the reintroduction of theory tests in person. They are critical. Younger people have suffered particularly during this coronavirus crisis. We need many younger people to be engaged on farms across the country this summer and they might be able to do so...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is critical that we protect and provide what is needed for our horticultural industry. Part of the future for Irish agriculture is more diversity and a significantly enhanced and expanded horticultural industry. In that regard, they need growing medium compost. My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, has set up a working group to look at future alternatives to that. The...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: On the extension of the outdoor dining supports to the health sector, I will ask the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, what is possible. I congratulate the Drogheda Educate Together school and am glad to hear the construction of the school building has been agreed. I have heard the concerns expressed about the timelines and will share that information with the Minister, Deputy Foley. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I am here to take a later Topical Issue matter. I do not have a response for Deputy Whitmore. Does the Acting Chairman want to take my Topical Issue matter, after which I hope the other Minister will be here?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have the information.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As has been articulated by the Deputies, Aer Lingus unfortunately announced several cost-cutting measures on Tuesday, 18 May. These included the temporary closure of its base in Cork Airport from September to November this year and the permanent closure of the cabin crew base in Shannon Airport. The Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, and I met the CEO of Aer Lingus yesterday. Among other...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We absolutely think of the people of Cork, Limerick and Shannon. I have spoken to representatives of Aer Lingus and Cork and Shannon airports. The answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes". The decision to shut Cork Airport to upgrade the runway to ensure the long-term success of the airport was a strategic decision made by the airport authority. When I spoke to representatives of Aer...