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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Business and Employers Confederation (19 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise for being late but am glad to get the opportunity to ask a few questions. I have been reading in advance the Building for the Future document, which is very useful. When I think of building for the future, I think of sustainability being a big issue in our future development. Will Mr. O'Brien point out a line to me in the paper which relates to the issue of environmental...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Business and Employers Confederation (19 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: It was originally enshrined to protect us from what were then the excessive powers of business. Some see it as reactionary but I see it as quite progressive. If we just bow down to the needs of business, we could end up destroying our society as well as our economy in the long run because economy depends on society.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Business and Employers Confederation (19 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Is there a line in the submission on this budget where IBEC sets out its view of the environmental consideration?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Business and Employers Confederation (19 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: In IBEC's submission, Building for the future.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Business and Employers Confederation (19 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Is IBEC concerned about the possibility of Ireland facing significant fines of hundreds of millions of euro in the very near future for not meeting our climate objectives? Is Ireland's reputation being damaged internationally by being seen increasingly as a climate laggard? Does Mr. O'Brien believe there is a new clean industrial revolution taking place around the world and that those...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I will try to be brief. I am a member of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. That committee has been discussing how members go about questioning witnesses and how witnesses should not be put under too much pressure, such as having to spend two hours answering questions and so on. What has been said so far at this meeting has been very interesting and useful. One of the messages...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I think the President did say today that the Commission would be presenting official proposals. It will be interesting to see what comes of that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I think we will wait for the results of the German election, in truth. Would the witnesses say, as I characterised when I introduced this issue, that we are in a sense still an Atlantic-oriented economy with regard to those inflows that Mr. Coffey spoke of? In the general influences on our very open trading economy we are very much in that space rather than a Continent-oriented economy....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute (13 Sep 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I do not know if the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council can advise this committee, but if it is possible, perhaps the next time the witnesses come back to this committee there could be some advice provided as to how we square that circle and what sort of fiscal union would suit Ireland. We are an island economy at the edge of Europe with the characteristics that were spoken of today. As a policy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 426. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to join UN special rapporteurs regarding human rights defenders and call on Israel to drop charges against a person (details supplied) [36576/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the active deployment of Irish volunteer election observers to elections and referendums overseas; his plans to match or exceed in 2017 the number of deployments that took place in 2016; the staffing level by grade that manages the roster; if sufficient levels of experienced staff are available to promote Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (26 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken to replace the current election observation roster established in 2013; the date a call for fresh applications will be published; if it will be open to all lawful residents here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36581/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (26 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 627. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a report on the EU Birds Directive has not been submitted since 2012; when a report will be submitted; her views on whether the State is meeting its targets under the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (26 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 628. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason a report on the EU Habitats Directive for the 2013 to 2014 period has not been submitted; when a report will be submitted; her views on whether the State is meeting its targets under the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1332. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the monitoring and enforcement regime on the mandatory wearing of lifejackets; the number of detections of breaches of the regulations in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the consequences for the owners or managers of the vessels in question. [36577/17]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We will press it.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 10:In page 3, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“(III) has determined that no environmental impact assessment and/or appropriate assessment are required at the time of the application for an extension of the appropriate period, following a screening determination made by the planning authority and in light of the changed environmental circumstances,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: This is last-minute technical legislation, which is difficult, and we are amending various Acts. There is also European law. Would accepting this amendment not give us some protections against the concerns I have set out over not commencing section 28(1) for developments had been required to undergo an EIA? Does it not also give certain cover? The Bill grants an extension which is akin to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: No.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Given the Minister's earlier response, it has given me confidence that these developments are not included. Therefore, I will happily withdraw amendment No. 4.