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- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if the issue of biodiversity has been considered for inclusion in the 2018 national risk assessment. [26556/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I asked that the risk to biodiversity be included in our debate on this issue last year. I asked that it be included again this year, and I made a submission through the consultation process to that end. In my lifetime we have lost half of the mass of wildlife, including invertebrates, on this planet. Half of the wildlife in the world has disappeared. We are at risk of losing 37 bird...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he has had with the Dutch Prime Minister in respect of the Brexit process. [26892/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister. [28053/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: We are insulated from the fire that has taken hold in southern Europe as a result of the migration crisis. Spain is now at the centre of it, along with Italy and Greece. The Taoiseach said that the upcoming Council is centre stage. In the Taoiseach's conversations with the Spanish Prime Minister, who will be looking at things such as a new government and security arrangements, did Mr....
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I want to clarify the response the Taoiseach gave to me last week on Leaders' Questions when I asked about directly elected mayors. I was very glad that the Taoiseach seemed to indicate that with regard to Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway, he intended to have a plebiscite to introduce the ability of people to vote for mayors. With regard to Dublin, he said he would have to look at the...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: The Bill is sitting there ready to go.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I thank Mr. Gould. He is very welcome and it is very good to get this overview. It is disappointing that he cannot specifically speak about some of the key policy issues we are facing. I would be interested to know when that country report is due. It would be interesting to know how we as a committee might engage with that. It is also disappointing that Mr. Gould cannot speak...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Let us take 2040 if we cannot go beyond that, if we are going from 33 gigatonnes down to 17 gigatonnes, which is what Mr. Gould has suggested for the 2040 projections, how does he think that might be distributed? How would a rich, wealthy country in the west be seen to contribute to that versus India or Africa?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Would there be a much more significant reduction in a western developed country than it would be in a developing country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Mr. Gould's graph shows an overall reduction of 200 million tonnes of oil equivalent in Europe versus significant expansion in China, India and elsewhere. I will get the relevant reference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: If we went on a sustainable scenario then the reduction in Europe would probably be even more significant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: It would probably be a multiple of that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: One might be the North Sea offshore grid initiative where one would connect the electricity system much wider, so one would have Scandinavian hydro, Alpine hydro and French nuclear energy. I understand that is one of the European Union's major initiatives in terms of providing such a secure energy supply.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: We cannot trust the Brits.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: This is all meant in the best spirit of differing views but it is awkward that in this analysis the IEA should keep open aspects of oil and gas production. Mr. Gould mentioned offshore oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico and there have been massive finds in Brazil but we have gone out 135 times and have found only trace elements of oil but nothing commercial. Even the gas we are likely to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: On the issue of methane emissions in the context of the share of emissions to which Mr. Gould is referring, some of the latest research has shown that the level of methane emissions is significantly higher and that it is as bad as coal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Exploration, Energy Supply and Energy Security: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I do not dispute the good intentions of the people in the IEA but the figures that are most frightening, as Mr. Gould said, are that 30 years ago, more than 70% of our energy system was reliant on fossil fuels and today the figure is 70%. We have known that for 30 years. We knew what Jim Hansen said 30 years ago was pretty accurate but we have done nothing about that. That is scary because...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wildlife Protection (21 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: What the Minister is doing is loosening the regulations. Last Monday, we saw what happened when there was no proper enforcement of environmental laws, with people ignoring the laws that restrict illegal dumping. I have a similar fear that, when the Minister gives the go-ahead for people to start cutting hedges in August and burning uplands, we will see a further degradation of the key...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wildlife Protection (21 Jun 2018)
Eamon Ryan: May I make a final comment?