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Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: He is not a bad ecologist.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister referred to our time in government. According to recent Central Statistics Office data, environmental protection annual spending was approximately €600 million per year before our time in government, and during our time in government it averaged over €1.1 billion. Since Fine Gael has taken power, it has dropped to an average of approximately €400 million,...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I am not saying they are.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Can I speak briefly?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: No. This is an important debate.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: First, this is not a rural versus urban matter because there are uplands and hills in Dublin. I was involved in setting up the Dublin uplands management scheme so such management is an issue for people in Dublin as much as it is in County Kerry. I grew up in west Cork and spent time there with my grandparents who lived in the area. I have childhood memories of seeing gorse being burned on...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The first thing I would like to do is pay those very farmers well for managing the upland ecology.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is what we should be debating. Things change and move on. As Deputy Ó Cuív has said, we need to think about how the scheme will work for farmers so that we protect the ecology and provide income for rural people. I do not believe we would do that by extending the burning season, continuing with the current ecological approach, which sees all of uplands degraded; the National...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Hectares.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It was not last year. It was a number of years ago.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It would-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is because Fine Gael is putting out a signal that people can burn.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Heritage Bill 2016: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister started it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Taoiseach considering amending the Cabinet handbook in respect of the issue of judicial appointments? While legislation is going through the Dáil process at present, one reads in the newspapers today of a further row, in which the Minister for Justice and Equality is saying he has the authority to propose the appointment of judges and that there can be no veto on appointments....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce an auction system for the provision of EV charging points around the country. [18001/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (25 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline and nature of the tendering process he plans to introduce for the collection of television licence fees. [18002/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. I will continue with the aforementioned graph because it tells us a great deal. First, it shows that one can reduce emissions. Reducing emissions plummeted from 2008 to 2011. We were on our way to our targets. What happened between 2008 and 2011? Half of the cause was the recession but I remember the EPA analysis published in 2012 suggested that half of the reduction was because of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: An EPA statement in 2012 outlined that half of the reduction between 2008 and 2011 was due to the economic recession and the other half was due to political commitment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The cycling budget in Dublin was halved last year. The OECD recommends we should spend 20% of our transport budget on active travel measures. We are spending 1% or 2%. That is the reality of what is happening today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (24 Apr 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Those countries want a higher EU renewables target. Do we agree with them?