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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We have gone back over the same issues but it is very important. Yesterday, a senior agricultural representative was trying to convince me that methane is not a problem. That cannot be said tomorrow. That has to stop now, today, and never be suggested again. The second big issue is at the centre of our debate. It is claimed that Irish agriculture is saving the world. We are exporting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I do not quite understand the idea of temporary versus long term. Why would that make a difference?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Are there any differing views on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I fully support that. On the land use in the biomass area, we are considering using biomass here for electricity power generation. We were considering importing 3 million tonnes per annum of biomass from forests in Canada or elsewhere. Is that a sustainable use of biomass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I know it is difficult to make political assessments. The IPCC has good wording where it considers predictions to be "likely", "less likely", "more likely", "very likely" and so on. For a country like Ireland, where there is a target of an 80% reduction in emissions by 2050, everything the witnesses are saying suggests that it must be a 100% decarbonisation. What is the likelihood of us...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: With reference to the discussion at the European Council on the integrity of the electoral system and the risk of undue influence exerted by unaccountable money on social media platforms, there will be a visit by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment to Westminster next week to discuss the issue. Companies in the United Kingdom such as Facebook have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The last initial public offering for the sale of a quarter of Allied Irish Banks was at a price of €4.50 per share. This morning AIB shares were selling at €3.79. That must make it difficult for the State to consider selling on any further stake, given that the revenue would be far lower than previously and the Government would be undermining the shareholders who have already...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I take the Taoiseach's response as a "Yes", which puts the ball back on the Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and Labour Party side of the court. That is a positive and welcome development. Regardless of whether the carbon tax is €80 or €90 per tonne by 2030, my suggestion is the appropriate way to reach our objective. Yesterday, during Leaders' Questions, the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We introduced the carbon tax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We introduced the exact same approach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: My leader's question is to Deputies Micheál Martin, McDonald and Howlin and any other leader or Deputy here-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: -----and to the Taoiseach and myself.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I ask myself in the sense that we all have responsibility. The Taoiseach said the time will come some day when he is willing to say what he wants to do on climate. I believe that day is today. We cannot put it off any longer. It is today because we, in the Committee on Climate Action, can see the scale of the challenge in front of us. Under European law, we have to publish the first...

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the Minister's flexibility and thank him for it.

Finance Bill 2018: Report Stage (20 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 11, line 35, after “€50,000,” to insert “or, if the original market value exceeds €50,000, the car was first made available during the period 1 January 2018 and 15 October 2018,”. As we discussed on Committee Stage, this relates to a very small number of people who may have purchased an electric vehicle in the past year....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Last week, at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Climate Action I set out some of the institutional arrangements that I believe we need to take up within the State to address climate change. Rather than having an outside agency telling us what to do, we need to use existing resources. The secretariat of the National Economic and Social Council, NESC, could and should have a key role in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to County Derry. [45930/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support the rewetting of peatlands which have been degraded by drainage and peat extraction in line with the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021; if such rewetting, planned or under consideration, will be incentivised and or supported by funding mechanisms in view of the restored biodiversity value, restored...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: In the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2017-2021, we have a plan to restore our degraded peatlands. What are the Department's plans in that regard, given the benefits we get from restoration of wildlife, storage of carbon, management of floodwaters, filtering water and creating amenities? What plans does the Minister have for her Department to engage in this hugely beneficial activity for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (15 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We had an interesting presentation from Bord na Móna recently in the Joint Committee on Climate Action. The clear consensus among the scientific and climate action community is that the restoration of bogs is one of the biggest potentials for us with regard to storing carbon and has co-benefits in protecting wildlife and so on. Bord na Móna made the case that it is only...