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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): British-Irish Council (5 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I presume we have all been following developments in the House of Commons in recent days. I refer, for example, to the publication of the legal advice earlier today. There is a sense of bewilderment. It seems that the backstop is the focus of all of their attention. It seems that in many ways it is being used as a proxy for the real internal war between those who want a hard Brexit and...

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was not intending to share time. I will leave it at that. My colleagues have spoken previously.

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will conclude. I look forward to hearing the Minister of State's response. Perhaps Deputy Fitzmaurice would like to avail of the remaining time in this slot.

Local Government Bill 2018: Instruction to Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This is important legislation that is changing the nature and structure of our democracy and we need to get it right. It is something we have been thinking and talking about for more than ten years. It is disappointing, therefore, that the Bill is being rushed at the last minute. As I commented to the Taoiseach earlier today, we read in the newspapers that the Minister for Finance was...

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Has it been decided whether, in servicing the final houses, we will be using ESB poles or Eir poles? What is the process for deciding that now?

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: What percentage of the houses does the Minister expect will be reached by cable and what percentage will have fixed wireless or other wireless technologies?

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Who carries the risk with regard to take-up by customers of the service? Where is the commercial risk in that? How much is carried by the Department and how much by the bidder?

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: How can the Oireachtas evaluate whether this is an appropriate process and whether we are getting good value for money when, in truth, the Minister's comments earlier were very general? He referred to the merit of broadband, on which no one disagrees, but we have no detail on the sorts of questions I have just asked. What role will there be for Opposition spokespersons during the final...

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: After the fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I realise that a vote have been called in the Dáil. I beg the indulgence of the panel. Are they willing to wait for five to ten minutes while the vote takes place? I can return afterwards and ask my questions. In truth, the Acting Chairman knows that we will have to run out the committee room door in 60 seconds time and I would like an opportunity to ask three questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The future of the Labour movement will go hand in hand with the environmental movement. I mean green is the new red and red is the new green. Senator Grace O'Sullivan has commended some of the work that has been done. Likewise, I thank Mr. David Joyce for the work that he did, and that we did together, at the climate gathering in terms of a series of sessions where we considered this issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Realistically, the time is very tight.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Irish Examiner yesterday reported a division within the Cabinet concerning plebiscites on directly elected mayors for Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, was reported as stating there was no proper costing of the proposal and the Attorney General as stating there were no details of what the powers of the mayors would be. It is due for debate...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the fact that the Minister of State has gone back to Lebanon to look for an additional number of refugees mainly from Syria, but also Jordan, where I understand conditions are particularly harsh for refugees. That is a welcome initiative. Is the stream of refugees we were due to take from Italy closed off now? Is that finished? I do not know whether the Minister of State is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State could continue to provide as much detail as possible because it is in everyone's interest that this works well. Within those figures, over the next five years, it would be good to see the levels of language ability and whether there has been success in bringing the level of understanding and use of English up. It would be interesting to see figures on the level of work...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees accepted as part of the agreement reached with the European Union; and the position Syrian refugees are at in the integration process. [49977/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Asylum Seekers (29 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am keen for an update on the numbers of people we have accepted under the relocation and resettlement strands of the UN and EU resettlement programme for refugees from Lebanon, Greece and Italy. What is the process when those people arrive here? Is the State successfully meeting our objectives for integrating and assimilating? It is important that the Government gets it right. I am keen...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (29 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to legislate for a hate crime to be considered as an aggravating factor in the sentencing of crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49978/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the ban on smoky fuels promised by his predecessor and the Taoiseach on a number of occasions in Dáil Éireann will be implemented; and the reason for the delay from the original timescale. [49613/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delay in finalising the clean air strategy in view of the fact that it is now a year since his predecessor informed Dáil Éireann that he hoped to finalise the clean air strategy within the coming weeks; and when he expects to finalise it. [49614/18]