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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.

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

Eamon Ryan: My understanding is there are approximately 200 or 300 sustainable energy communities, which SEAI has supported in working together. Why have none of them come together and put solar panels on a couple of hundred roofs? There may be examples that Mr. Melvin can outline. The examples of the Aran Islands and County Tipperary are often cited but are there other examples where something is...

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

Eamon Ryan: I remember six or seven years ago seeing Brixton as a local community that developed community solar power by collectively installing solar panels on a range of roofs. In Ranelagh, which is in my constituency, what would prevent me from approaching 200 or 300 households and saying we should all take the initiative together? It would be much cheaper to buy 2,000 panels than a small number...

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

Eamon Ryan: As another example, six or seven years ago, I met representatives from a company in Flanders, Belgium, called Ecopower, which does exactly what Mr. Melvin outlined. It was evolving to be a supply company, as well as helping people to generate electricity, and was able to aggregate small shares of €250. It has done this work for six years and the Commission has pointed to it as an...

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

Eamon Ryan: Where will it be launched?

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

Eamon Ryan: It should start in Ranelagh. We have heard how the ESB has been a core part of the problem because it does not want people affecting its business model, which is selling as much electricity as it can. Surely regulators have thought for a long time about flipping the entire business model in order that the utilities' job is not to sell electricity but rather to minimise it and help...

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

Eamon Ryan: That is fine. As we have discussed elsewhere, I believe that the CRU's role needs to change to one where cost minimisation is not a sufficient indicator of success. Success is about decarbonising and minimising use.

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

Eamon Ryan: Vótáil.

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: 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: 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; —...

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...

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

Eamon Ryan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Prime Minister Johnson. [38502/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am trying to avoid legislative work here but it seems to me that there is a lacuna in our law. The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, seems unwilling to take action against Communicorp which has recently made a decision that certain members of the media, namely Mr. Tom Lyons and Mr. Ian Kehoe from currency.ie will be restricted from taking part in any radio programmes on its stations....

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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: People know my view-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: I am sorry. Senator Devine is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: My perspective on this is that we should introduce a carbon dividend model whereby any revenue raised is returned to the citizen on a per capitabasis. We held a very interesting workshop in the audiovisual room here during the summer. We brought in Kathryn Harrison, a leading academic from Canada, to share Canada's experience; Cara Augustenborg, from UCD's school of environmental studies;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Tax: Discussion (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.