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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: MetroLink Project: Discussion (18 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The loss will only be known when it is gone. This may have been addressed but that is my one question, because the witnesses bring that local knowledge to the equation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: National Transport Authority (18 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I wish the NTA the best of luck with this because it will not be an easy job but it is an extremely important job. We discussed the metro upgrade earlier on and that is difficult at local level but the number of challenges with BusConnects are a multiple of that. I have experience of many years' involvement in QBC designs. On every street the allocation of space is the most contentious...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: BusConnects: SIPTU and NRBU (18 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise that I was unable to be here for all of the meeting. It has been a mad day here. I shall certainly read the transcript of the meeting.

Northern Ireland and Brexit: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This week was a good week for the British Prime Minister, Theresa May. It was about time she stood up to her former Foreign Secretary, made the call and showed some leadership. It stands well to her that she did so. The fact sky has not fallen and a vote of confidence has not been called shows it was bluff, and it was good to call it. My assessment is that we are still in high very risk...

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am sharing time with Deputy Catherine Murphy.

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: This debate is welcome because we are facing a potential crisis. If the current high pressure system, the easterly weather system and the absence of our traditional gulf stream continues we face two crises, the first of which is in the area of agriculture. What is happening on the ground in agriculture is probably the immediate crisis. There is no grass growth in the vast majority of the...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was just going to say that to Deputy Smith. It is not just this Bill. Party leaders had an interesting meeting with the Taoiseach recently talking about good and bad legislation and I made the point that the good legislation is coming from this side of the House. Deputy Lawless has introduced legislation on digital transparency, Sinn Féin has introduced legislation on the...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Ceann Comhairle will be glad to hear I will only speak on the amendment. I apologise for being late. We had a meeting of our new climate action committee. We had to work out the arrangements for it down in the bowels of Leinster House. I support the amendment. It reflects well on the Dáil and the country that the Bill is about to be passed. It is good to see a full Public...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Last week, I raised with the Tánaiste the question of whether the Dáil would be able to call on Facebook and Google to provide volumetric data on how much online advertising took place during the recent referendum campaign. In the interim, this issue has remained on the front pages of newspapers and in headlines across the globe. There are examples in others countries where this...

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Could the Tánaiste support that call?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: To everyone who says there is no problem and we can feed our cattle-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: My apologies. It is patent that we cannot feed our cattle.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am using the figures from Dr. Flood's paper on-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Agreed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: May make a quick response to that?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That was very personal.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We will not hector or lecture our farmers. We will support them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has carried out research on the optimal size of the national cattle and sheep herd in the context of fodder and emissions. [32067/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The solution I have is to start destocking. We are overstocked. We hear every farmer around the country saying that because the physical reality is that we cannot feed our cattle, not to mention the issue of emissions. We have a 50 million tonne overshoot which we have to deal with by 2030. The agriculture industry has to play its part in that. We also have to destock because of water...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Herd Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: During the fodder crisis in 2012-2013 a report was commissioned by Stop Climate Chaos which was carried out by Dr. Stephen Flood from the National University of Ireland Maynooth. He set out the research, which is clear. The research projected that there would be a 17% increase in winter rainfall and a 25% decrease in summer rainfall, particularly in the south east and on its coast, because...