Results 22,301-22,320 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wildlife Protection (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: To aid in having a factual debate, will the Minister please send me the data via written response on the number of prosecutions under the section she just mentioned? Show me the evidence that we have any effective enforcement. I might believe her then but I do not now. By loosening the regulations, she will make matters worse.

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Management (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Scandalous.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wildlife Protection (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to submit amendments to the Heritage Bill 2016 on Report Stage in Dáil Éireann to remove the extension of the hedge-cutting and burning seasons into August and March, respectively, in view of the effects such an extension would have on wildlife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27283/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wildlife Protection (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I tabled this question because I believe Ireland should set itself a national goal to restore the curlew, to stop the Irish curlew becoming extinct and to maintain the cry of the curlew on our land. It is of deep importance to us to maintain a connection to nature. It would be a tragedy to lose that bird or to lose the yellowhammer, which is also under threat from the provisions of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Wildlife Protection (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister is aware that BirdWatch Ireland, An Taisce and the Irish Wildlife Trust all raise real concerns that the provisions in the Minister's Bill will actually threaten the revival of the curlew and the survival of yellowhammers in Ireland. I put it to the Minister that these organisations are important voices in this matter because of their huge experience and their work in the area,...

Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: On the longest day I hope this will be the shortest speech. President Juncker will be glad to hear that it is the last one. I am a member of the Irish Green Party. It is an all-island party, North and South, and a proud member of the European Green Party. How we deal with Brexit will reflect on the European Union as a whole. I met a group of Irish nationalists last week who made...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: On the longest day I hope this will be the shortest speech. President Juncker will be glad to hear that it is the last one. I am a member of the Irish Green Party. It is an all-island party, North and South, and a proud member of the European Green Party. How we deal with Brexit will reflect on the European Union as a whole. I met a group of Irish nationalists last week who made the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local organisations campaigning for an estate (details supplied) to be developed in line with the cost rental model will be supported; and the timeline for a decision to be made in relation to the estate. [26890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering a land use plan to assist in the development of environmental, housing, transport and regional development goals. [26891/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Maritime Spatial Planning (20 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the timeline for implementation and extent of marine protected areas. [23799/18]

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have not been invited.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Were you invited, Timmy?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That plan is not ambitious enough. It has to change. I hear what the Taoiseach said at the start. I would agree to work on a cross-party basis. Let us not make this a fight because we will be stronger when we work on it together. To do that, the Government needs to move too and recognise that some of the suggestions on this side of the House, the sorts of Bills that I mentioned, would...

Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We need to restore our climate reputation as a country, not just because we are facing €500 million in fines every year but because moving from worst in class to best in class, which is possible, would make this country better in many ways. The Dáil has a role to play. We should pass Deputy Pringle's divestment Bill, which will be up for discussion in two weeks. Similarly, we...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Support Services (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she plans to implement towards supporting stay at home parents; and the funding proposed to be allocated in budget 2019 in this regard. [26582/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers that have availed of further training supports for special education needs and special education support services. [26898/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students enrolled in full-time education. [26899/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers in full-time employment. [26900/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role his Department had in relation to the special Project Ireland 2040 forum on empowering communities for climate action which he will attend on 20 June 2018. [25685/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Yesterday, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, braved the ocean waves to swim in support of taking action on plastics pollution. Next Tuesday, will the Cabinet sit down and agree to allow us to debate at Committee Stage the Waste Reduction Bill that would tackle that issue in a very significant way? The Minister, Deputy Naughten, has been spreading all sorts of economic arguments. We...