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Order of Business (7 Nov 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I very much welcome the announcement yesterday by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Denis Naughten, that he intends to introduce a levy on the use of plastic coffee cups. This measure would achieve the same objective as one of the elements of the Waste Reduction Bill 2017, Second Stage of which was completed earlier this year. While the Minister's...

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Make it a region.

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad to speak on the national planning framework. It is the most important body of work before this Oireachtas. We must get it right and learn lessons from the past. We must be bold, think big and be brave. I have been very supportive of the process and of the broad outline of what the planning framework is trying to do. I see three elements from reading the documents and being...

Other Questions: Private Schools (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that offer the international baccalaureate; and his views on more schools offering the qualification. [45032/17]

Other Questions: Private Schools (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Minister considering increasing the number of schools that offer the international baccalaureate? There is a call for that in some instances because, with new foreign investment here and international offices being set up, people may be looking for an international school. There is one such school in train, as I understand, and a second school is seeking a site in order to be able to...

Other Questions: Private Schools (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I understand that the Minister cannot be supporting a private system. We have need for a public system as well. However, perhaps there are ways the two could be combined whereby we could possibly co-locate. A school that has been under-utilising its facilities might be able to co-locate with a new international school to allow it be established. One of the reasons I would support such a...

Other Questions: Private Schools (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: A primary school offering an international baccalaureate programme is co-located with a public school in Synge Street. Would the Department meet the backers of that project to see if something similar might be possible at second level? It is not taking from the public system. The two working together could provide a model. That would be our own example of being connected to what is going...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the outcome of his meeting with Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. [43766/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I will be brief because the Taoiseach and I seem to agree with Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister. What does the Taoiseach see as the purpose of the British-Irish Council at this stage? Given the fundamental differences between the Scottish Administration and London on Brexit and the fact that members of the Northern Assembly will not be present, what is the purpose and expected...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I echo the previous three Deputies who have raised the problem we have in that we are identifying climate as a risk but any assessment of our response to it in either mitigation or adoption is not being taken seriously. I echo the calls for further debate in that regard. I will suggest one other area which is missing from the document. The definition of risk, timescales and so on is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (25 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on and timeline for the implementation of junior certificate reforms. [45031/17]

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I appreciate the chance to comment on this amazingly critical issue within the European Union for the people of Catalonia and Spain. We must be careful in terms of giving advice and taking sides because of the details, complexity and compassion on various sides of the argument in Catalonia and Spain. If outsiders were discussing our future sovereignty or the management of our constitutional...

Other Questions: Tax Collection (24 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered the reintroduction of a tax on super-normal profits - in the context of profits generated by the rezoning of land - as a mechanism for reducing the price of land, which is increasing as a result of ongoing speculation. [33188/17]

Other Questions: Tax Collection (24 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: In the Green Party's period in government we helped to introduce a tax on super-normal profits relating to speculation in land. This is an essential measure to try to avoid a return to the housing bubble conditions and to bring down the cost of building. It is interesting that the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland said earlier today that the cost of building in Dublin is incredibly...

Other Questions: Tax Collection (24 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Minister agree with Mr. Justice John Kenny's 1973 report which said that the profits accruing from a public decision to rezone land rightly belong to the public rather than the developer? The report found that the lack of such a tax on the profits that accrue from a rezoning decision leads to a tendency to hoard land. Rather than being a disincentive for owners to dispose of land,...

Other Questions: Tax Collection (24 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister agrees in principle to the tax but he disagrees with the timing. Am I right in that interpretation? Is it that it would act as a disincentive? When will the time be right for us to attack this fundamental lack of justice, as well as the rot which lies at the centre of the high-price housing and property bubble instincts that exist in this State? When will be the right time to...

Other Questions: Tax Collection (24 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: That is 6%-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was recently cut from an organisation (details supplied); the measures he is taking to tackle low breastfeeding rates here compared to the US, UK and Australia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44646/17]

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (19 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: This is my last question. I will go back to the Department about what is happening in Italy. On how we will reallocate refugees into local communities, it is my understanding the reallocation will be towards areas there there is not a large social housing waiting list, which makes sense. By definition, it is likely that these communities or towns are not exactly thriving, not the busiest...

Other Questions: Refugee Resettlement Programme (19 Oct 2017)

Eamon Ryan: They were the wrong words to use; I take them back.