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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Is there not some crossover? When there are negotiations on fines or how we are doing, will there be cognisance taken or recognition of what we do on the emission trading system, ETS sector? In terms of national security, competitiveness and economic benefits, we should not just sanitise the whole ETS sector and say it is nothing to do with us; it is some market thing. We can make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We do not have anywhere in Moneypoint to store the carbon. Extensive surveys have been conducted which showed there was nothing suitable there. We have a fleet of modern gas plants, often quite young, some of which we are now switching off because we cannot pay the capacity payments or they did not win in the bidding system. The idea of building new gas plants when we are shutting others...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I would love to see carbon capture as a viable technology. It should, could and would have a place but I hear no international expert or have seen no major report which currently thinks that it is viable or that there is any sign of it becoming viable in coming decades. At a time when we could be connecting with the Continent to provide that balancing power supply and developing our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: 2020 Climate and Energy Package: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to express my condolences on the death of Mr. Brian Britton, who I knew very well. He is a real loss.

Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We did not stick our councillors into the campaign.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of land owned by local authorities nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9715/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for provision of housing delivered through the cost rental model. [9714/18]

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: It is all that is moving in this city at present.

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was very hopeful and supportive of the process in terms of the national planning framework and aligning that with the national capital plan. I would have gone further and put our national climate mitigation plan together with those because I think all three should be connected. However, I have been very disheartened in the last five or six months. I was very disappointed with the draft...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: May I ask a second question at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: My question is for Mr. O'Rourke and if he cannot provide the information perhaps he would send me the written details. How many road projects does TII have ready to go to tender or are in the tender process? How many rail projects are ready to go to tender or are in the tender process? How many BusConnects projects are ready to go to tender or are in the tender process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Catherine Murphy and I soldiered together on the Dublin transport advisory committee in the mid-1990s.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We have been talking about this subject since. I was very involved in the Platform for Change plan in the late 1990s and early 2000s, up to 2001. I remember with such clarity discussing the options and coming down on the metro because of the clear modelling which showed that if we did not do so, we would not be able to make the numbers work and would have bus jams on D'Olier Street, and,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: As difficult is the current scenario is, I would hate for us to move in a direction where cycling was banned in the city centre. That would be a disaster for the city on so many fronts. We should aim to triple those numbers again. There should be 3,000, 4,000 or 5,000 cyclists in the area if we go for it. There must be engineering solutions where, for example, cyclists coming from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We already know the cross-city BRT plans for Tallaght and UCD have been agreed. How many of those are ready to go to tender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Coyne must know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Mr. Coyne does not know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management, Congestion and Public Safety at College Green, Dublin: Discussion (21 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: When representatives of TII appeared before the committee, I asked them how many rail-based or bus-based projects it had ready to go to tender and the answer was zero. It has loads of road projects; we build roads with no problem. When it comes to transport projects we do not seem to be able to do it. Those projects would provide cross-city connectivity. Blanchardstown is one of them....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Chairman for letting me in. There has been all sorts of business here today so I was unable to stay for the discussion, but I read with real interest and listened to the presentation from Meat Industry Ireland. I also read the two other presentations. I am very much at one with what the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association said in its presentation. It is the right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Issues specific to the Agriculture, Food and Marine Sectors: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Deputy Kenny. He has hit the nail on the head. Irish farming has great attributes in that it is largely family farm-based and pasture-based. We are able to keep cattle out for much longer than in other countries. To show that it is not as intensive, I understand that the average Irish dairy cow produces approximately 5,000 litres of milk a year. In Northern Ireland, where it...