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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The key to this new evolving market is the dance between variable supply and variable demand. About two years ago at some conference or other an EirGrid engineer said that there was 150 MW of industrial demand that could be switched on and off as part of that. Where is that figure now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I think Michael Liberick in the UK makes a valid point that there is still a real challenge in this renewable revolution that is taking place of how in a high pressure anticyclone environment in the middle of winter, the likes of last January, we might have a two or three week period without wind. Obviously solar is not a kicker. As we get up to these very high levels of penetration, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: In this new dance, capacity repayments are very old school and very much shunned by people who think this is where we are going. Why would we not rely on interconnection rather than capacity payments as a way of meeting that need?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is not this capacity for big base load to be sitting there.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will talk to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle separately. I must leave to attend a committee now.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if finance (details supplied) is available for Dublin City Council to develop the Poolbeg strategic development zone, SDZ, fully without entering into a public-private development partnership. [46662/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units to be built that will be for purchase; and the number that will be affordable cost-rental properties for rent in view of the comments made by the Minister of State with special responsibility for local government and electoral reform during a Topical Issue debate on 24 October 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the decision making process from inception to delivery for the development by public-private partnership of new housing in instances (details supplied); and the decisions taken by him, the local housing authority chief executive or his officials and by the elected councillors. [46663/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: European Monetary Policy: Exchange of Views with Mr. Mario Draghi (8 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I enjoyed listening to Mr. Draghi's contribution earlier. One of our pillar banks, AIB, had to be rescued by the State in the middle of the financial crash, which took 100% equity. Two or three years ago, the Government sold in an initial public offering, a quarter of the stock at a price of €4.40 per share. The shares today are trading at a 10% discount on that. The bank recently...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the necessary legal provisions are in place to enable local authorities approaching the development of large land banks such as Poolbeg and Ballymastone to provide cost rental housing on those lands in view of the support of Dáil Éireann for cost rental housing expressed in the approval of the motion of 6 March...

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Coimisiún Náisiúnta um Thrasdul Cóir or, in the English language, the National Just Transition Commission to oversee the bringing together of workers, communities, employers and government in social dialogue to drive the plans, policies and...

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was only warming up.

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I look forward to discussing the Bill in much more detail at a later stage.

Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2018: First Stage (7 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is not.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: There is not a single person with an interest in this issue who would think the way we are managing the promotion of cycling is working. I do not think there is a single person who would side with the Minister in this argument. I could go down through a litany of examples of actions. The Liffey cycle route was in planning for six years. The financial crash had nothing to do with it not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: -----and the Minister and his Department did nothing about it. There is not a single cycling project being built. Nothing is happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is right.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is correct.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cycling Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If we were at 10% of all trips on bikes, I would say that was fine and that something was happening, but we are not. There is a major pent-up demand that would mean cycling would take off if we had some political leadership. I will be honest. There is real embarrassment in the cycling community about the prospect of Velo-City 2019. I have been to it and it is a great conference but we now...