Results 22,681-22,700 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: Will that determination be made before the preferred bidder is selected or will the decision on the infrastructure to be used be part of an evolving process? I presume the contract will not be signed when the preferred bidder is selected because all of the regulatory details will not be to hand in September. Is agreement on the preferred bidder the key finishing line or part of a series of...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: My question concerns the same subhead and the same issue. I think this committee is at one. There is a real urgency in addressing the funding of Irish broadcasting and, indeed as Deputy Dooley says, Irish media. There has been good news in that TV3 is about to sign a deal for rights to the Heineken Cup, which is great. However, I joked with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: I cannot remember when the committee started debating the retransmission issue but I think it was nearly a year ago that we had the hearing. Anyone listening to the discussion we had around it would know that the Minister has the political cover to act on it because we were pretty much united and perfectly clear having heard the initial evidence that there was a really strong case. There is...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: Unfortunately, I have to speak in the Chamber shortly. Apologies if I have to leave for that. What number of those houses in 2021 does the Minister expect to be deep retrofit? Has Deputy Denis Naughten, as a Minister, supported the European Parliament's call for a 35% renewables target as part of the new renewables directive that is now in the trial process? Has the Department changed...
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: I refer to what is going into new houses.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: It is still fossil fuel.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: Is Ireland supporting 35%?
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: That is not true.
- Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Revised) (21 Mar 2018) Eamon Ryan: We could go to 70%. That is doable.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: There is a chance that the process in which the Minister of State is engaged will look at strategic allocation to and investment in barracks. I think our Defence Forces have lost out and have been short-changed. They did not do well during the difficult period the country went through. More than anyone else, the members of the Defence Forces were affected by pay cuts and under-investment....
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I am talking about Cathal Brugha Barracks in particular.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I am afraid it is not the case that there is plenty of land in the area we are thinking of. I am particularly interested in Cathal Brugha Barracks, which is in my constituency. The area in question is at the heart of the rental crisis. I assure the Minister of State that there are no other lands within the city area. What are the strategic military reasons for needing to have two military...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: What is it?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Come on.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Could the Minister of State tell me privately later?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strategic development plans for military locations in the Dublin area, including McKee Barracks, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Casement Aerodrome and St. Bricin's barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10741/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Properties (21 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: I am keen to hear the Minister of State's views and plans for the development of military barracks in the greater Dublin area. We have the Baldonnel site, Casement Aerodrome, McKee Barracks on the north side, and Cathal Brugha Barracks. Is it possible to improve our military operations and the conditions for the Defence Forces? We could look at the Curragh and other potential sites as well...
- Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: This afternoon I had the great honour of meeting a colleague of mine, Christine Milne, the former head of the Australian Greens and a Senator in the Australian upper house for many years, who is in the Gallery. We considered the role of the Civil Service and she said Australia, which is a very similar country to ours in a range of areas, had made a big mistake in recent years by replacing...
- Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: Is there any urgency on the part of the Government to advance such legislation to properly fund Irish media? When does the Tánaiste expect the Bill to come back to the House? When will the Government decide on the issue or will it be stuck in limbo with the RTÉ strategy and the future of media in Ireland?
- Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)
Eamon Ryan: RTÉ has drawn up a new draft strategy for the future of public broadcasting, but unfortunately it does not have any budget certainty on how it can afford it. There is now talk that the sports department might get the coverage rights for the Cork Constitution FC under-15 B team if it is lucky, and it is the same across the rest of the organisation. As I understand it, the broadcasting...