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

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 7:In page 3, line 24, to delete "5 years" and substitute "2 years". I can press it but I hear what the Minister said. He does not want to give a third extension and he can understand how a one-year timeframe might be too tight if a development comprises more than 20 houses. However, given these are all developments on which substantive progress has already been made,...

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

Eamon Ryan: I will withdraw the amendment.

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

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 3, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following:"1. The changes introduced by section 28(1)(a)(iii) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 are hereby commenced.". This follows what the Minister said in his reply. I am trying to understand this. If as the Minister said, it was always intended that sections 28(1) and 28(2)...

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

Eamon Ryan: I would like to come back because this is my main concern and I would not mind spending a bit of time on it. I will not press every amendment. I will withdraw some amendments on the basis of that the Minister might have to say. I wish to tease this out. Earlier the Minister said that we did not want to commence section 28(1) because developers need time to consider and comply with the...

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

Eamon Ryan: I cannot quite figure it out and this is the cause of my concern. Is there not a risk that some developer might decide to proceed in this interregnum period? If it is a large development, there is a risk that they would then be subject to legal challenge with someone saying, "Well, you proceeded, but you should have known that you had to be compliant with EU law, which you are not."...

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

Eamon Ryan: I am concerned that we are weakening the power of the local authorities too much. We, in this House, cannot make an assessment of any individual development. As the Minister said, we are working on the aggregate, not on examples of specific data or specific developments. However, there may be certain developments affected by this provision that anyone might assess as not representing a...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: To follow on from Deputy Catherine Murphy's point, one of the issues that may come back to bite is the separate ways we are treating section 28(1) and section 28(2) of the 2016 Act. This is one of the real concerns the Green Party has in terms of the process we are engaging here. Why are we treating the original provision not to provide extensions for those developments that would require...

Defence Forces Operations: Motion (Resumed) (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I will share time with Deputy Seamus Healy. The Green Party will not support the call for Ireland to join Operation Sophia. We do so reluctantly because we wish to support the Naval Service in everything it does. It has done a remarkable job in recent years. Under this proposal, the Naval Service would shift from a humanitarian rescue mission to a peace-enforcement-type mission. This...

Summer Economic Statement 2017: Statements (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We agree with a number of the things in the Minister's summer economic statement and his speech. We need to reduce public indebtedness to protect against future risks, to make sure that we maintain a capability for counter-cyclical economic policies and to make sure we increase investment in capital, as we agree there are infrastructure backlogs and gaps. Where we differ is we believe...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce the cost rental form of social housing as agreed in the programme for Government. [33187/17]

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: They should be the first place-----

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We can. We have huge wind resources.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Windmills are not going to work when they are small, unfortunately. They do not prove to be as economic. The reason they are large is because that tends to be more economic. They could be owned by the community. Then we could start to make connections. If people know that their electric cars are run from a windmill in their locality, they will start to make connections.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We could use both. More rural houses should have electric car connections. As electric vehicles start to be suitable for longer distances, their range will not be a problem. If the oil-fired central heating in such houses were replaced with heat pumps and proper exterior insulation were put in place, and if the people in those houses were using electric vehicles, we would start to have...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: It is a beautiful street. It should be full of young people in cheap housing. Last but not least, I want to echo what Deputy Collins said. If the Minister does one other thing in addition to making changes with regard to public banking, I suggest he should grab the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, and not let him go until he agrees to the creation of district councils. They could be...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Each council area should connect up with the neighbouring council area. This is doable. It is up for play. I ask the Minister to achieve two or three of the things I have suggested. They do not require a budget. They just require a bit of vision. The Ministers, Deputies Donohoe and Eoghan Murphy, and others need to be convinced that this is the way to go. If the Minister takes this...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Nobody could keep me from it. It is part of what I am. I am a Dub but I am connected to rural Ireland in a way that is real. We all are, and it would be foolish to make a false dichotomy. The success of Dublin will help rural Ireland because it will give us resources that we can deploy. However, rural Ireland has to stand on its own two feet and thrive. We have to create wealth in...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am very pleased to be able to speak on this important subject. It is absolutely right in terms of the allocation of resources that the Government has decided to have a Minister for rural and community development. It is one of the most important challenges for the country so it is appropriate that the area has a specific Minister in Cabinet and a Department to get it right. All the other...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: We have a woman on the job.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting: Discussion with the National Women's Council of Ireland (12 Jul 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am very interested in joining this conversation and very much welcome Ms Allen back to Leinster House. This is not just a question for the previous generation. I am slightly concerned that we all talk here about what the IMF, McKinsey and economic interests want and that we measure everything based on economic growth, as if that was the key measure of progress. There are other measures...