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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: May I put a question to Mr. Nolan on that please?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Congestion in the Greater Dublin Area and Related Matters: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I have listed all of these improvements already, the necklace of approach roads that will increase the flow but where will the increased traffic that will come from all of the upgrading of the approach roads to Dublin go?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (16 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to adopt the Sparkassen model of public banking as presented by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21477/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme Expenditure (16 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the cycle to work scheme costs to run; and if he has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the scheme. [21478/18]

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I express the Green Party's outrage at the murder of the 60 people and the injuring of 700 others in Gaza yesterday. I turn to a subject about which I asked earlier today during questions on promised legislation. It may help to put what is happening in a slightly wider context. I was thinking about this when I heard of the news yesterday. It was not surprising because this has been a...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with Mr. Michel Barnier. [19857/18]

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: My general question which was transferred from the Department of the Taoiseach relates to the exact same topic. What will happen if there is no withdrawal agreement? Where will our backstop be in such circumstances? As I listened to what was said in Dundalk and as I watched what happened at Westminster subsequently, it struck me that the prospect of there being no withdrawal agreement was,...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I absolutely agree that we need a transition deal. My reading of the political environment-----

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I agree that we need a transition arrangement, but my fear is that the UK political system might prevent us from getting it. The UK Foreign Secretary, Mr. Boris Johnson, has said the customs partnership solution makes no sense. Many Remainers and soft Brexiteers on the other side of the Tory Party are saying that to get a customs union agreement without also getting a Single Market...

Other Questions: Ministerial Meetings (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I will be very brief. I understand the complexity involved. I agree that there is a difference between the withdrawal deal and the subsequent transition arrangement. We hope a transition arrangement will be put in place after the withdrawal agreement is finalised and implemented. I have to come back to my key question which the Minister has not answered. What will happen if we do not get...

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The US Government has huge responsibility for the slaughter and outrage which happened yesterday in the Middle East. It is becoming a rogue state which seems to want only to sow discord in the region. Yesterday, the EU ambassador to America, David O'Sullivan, said that in the coming days the European Union will come together to address the sanctions which the US has applied with regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been contact between his Department and United States authorities in relation to President Trump's visit to the United Kingdom; and if there are plans in place in the event of a visit here. [19858/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (15 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of the group emerging on the fringes of the European Council involving the Dutch, Baltic and Irish Governments. [18893/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The programme for Government includes a commitment to consider making progress on a public banking model, the sort of model promoted by Irish Rural Link and based on the experience of the German Sparkassen model, where there is real expertise in developing SME and business lending in regional areas. The advantage for regional development is that deposits raised in a region are spent in that...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We very much share the anguish that everyone feels in response to hearing the tragic stories this morning of women who feel that the State has left them down. I want to raise a wider threat to the State and to all our people in respect of what is happening in the Brexit negotiations. The meeting in Dundalk with Michel Barnier and the interested stakeholders was very useful. It presented...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the strategy of holding to no hard border but I am concerned that we are putting ourselves at the epicentre of a bigger problem, namely, that the Tory Government cannot agree anything about the future relationship between the UK and Europe. It is putting Ireland at the central point of what is the bigger problem, which is that the Tories want to have their cake and eat it but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the meetings he has had with European counterparts in respect of PESCO; the timeline for Irish participation in PESCO projects; and the way in which he plans to inform Dáil Éireann on the progress of and details relating to such projects. [20744/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am interested in knowing the detail of how Ireland is operating within PESCO. I am particularly interested in knowing how we, as a Dáil, can get transparency and openness regarding every aspect of the agreement, specific projects, budget and Council meetings and how we will integrate with NATO. I am keen that the Minister of State should set out the means by which Deputies can get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister of State for answering the question. In order for this to work, it cannot be on the basis of us having to ask him questions in the hope that the process elucidates information. We should have the ability, in our own right, to find out what is happening, what budget is being spent, what personnel are involved and what commitments are being given. I understand from...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Permanent Structured Co-operation (10 May 2018)

Eamon Ryan: When was it decided that Ireland would join eight of the other 17 projects as an observer? How was this decided and was the information communicated to the House? Where do we get details on this matter? Will our involvement in the MARSUR project allow vessels from other states' naval services to access Irish waters in a way they cannot currently access them? Will it allow air forces from...