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

Eamon Ryan: That might frame our debate.

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

Eamon Ryan: We heard the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, say this morning that the Government had given the go-ahead, effectively, for the North-South interconnector, which I welcome. This is vital infrastructure for the all-Ireland energy market. I understand there is a difficulty on the Northern side of the Border, and I hope the Tánaiste is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (4 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the invocation of the Article 7 procedure following the Sargentini report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40102/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: State Visits (4 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the United States of America Administration in regard to the cancellation of President Trump's visit. [37581/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (4 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, further to the increased direct funding to UNRWA already announced, he will also increase funding to grassroots and community groups. [40529/18]

Taxation Orders 2018: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “14th September, 2018”:“that the Department of Finance shall report back to Dáil Éireann within three months on responses received from the government of Ghana to its offer to insert as a protocol to the Convention between Ireland and the Republic of Ghana for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the...

Taxation Agreement: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister has said he wants to review, which is what the amendment allows. As such, I will press it.

Taxation Agreement: Motion (3 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1:To insert the following after “13th September, 2018”: “and that the Department of Finance shall report back to Dáil Éireann within one month on: - what measures the Department of Finance will be taking to prevent the use of tax structures commonly known as the ‘Single Malt’, beyond its reliance upon United States tax...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: On Monday the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland made a statement on its latest five-year review of RTÉ and TG4 which raised real alarm. It stated the organisations had made all of the cuts possible in the past five years and that there was strong justification for increased levels of funding. It called for immediate additional funding of €30 million for RTÉ and €6...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to raise a matter now rather than at the end of the meeting. As the Chairman will know, at the recent meeting of the Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment, we asked the Minister, Deputy Naughten, about the consultation document on the national energy and climate action plan. Last week, his Secretary General said that the completion of the document was imminent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: At a certain point we will have to play hardball with the public service if it is not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: -----including us and opening up this process. It must have those documents because it cannot be aiming to have a plan by Christmas yet have nothing here on 3 October.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We must also ask for a copy of the report on the update of the Project Ireland 2040 from the high-level senior officials group that the Secretary General said he would see if he could provide. He said that they would try to present that material to us as well. We have an opportunity to open up this process in a healthy way. Recent Supreme Court or High Court decisions around access to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport should supply us with the material in advance of our meeting on Thursday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Business of Joint Committee (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If the Department does not have anything then that is a story in its own right. If it has no plan or proposals, our first question is why.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed): Professor Peter Stott (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Professor Stott for a fascinating presentation. Sometimes we hear in policy discussions on this issue the argument - maybe this is not the professor's science area because he is connected with the IPCC reports - that we might not have to concentrate on methane gas emissions. Due to their short lifecycle, they are not as significant as the CO2 lifecycle, which is much longer. Does...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed): Professor Peter Stott (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Methane should not get a pass.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed): Professor Peter Stott (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Some people argue it should.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met religious leaders in Ireland recently; and his plans for managing the transition to a new relationship between religion, religious institutions and the State. [37882/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Government-Church Dialogue (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was particularly interested in the speech the Taoiseach gave alongside Pope Francis in Dublin Castle. In it he set out the ambition of "a new covenant", if I am quoting him correctly. Later in the speech I think he made a point about our hospital services, saying he was looking for a hospital service based on a civic and scientific ethos. I agree. The real question, however, is what...