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Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: He characterises it as the seduction of a mythical past that prevents us from thinking about possible futures.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: He says it is led, in President Trump, by a nationalist who encourages us to be our worst and then tells us we are the best. It is the antithesis of a patriot who wants the nation to live up to its ideals, which means asking us to be our best. I raise this issue because I understand the Taoiseach has taken on an historian as his speech writer. The book is all about understanding and...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I appreciate the opportunity this evening that Fianna Fáil has presented, even though it was in jeopardy earlier today. I welcome the chance to discuss this vital issue for our country on trade and foreign direct investment and our relationship to trade deals such as TTIP and CETA, which have been progressed and are under negotiation. In the case of CETA, it is going through a process...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with a lot of what Deputy Dooley said. I believe we should concentrate on the electric vehicle issue. While there are also big issues in the gas network and biofuels areas, we need to concentrate our focus in this regard. Deputy Dooley is correct that there is no one in charge. This is incredible at a time when other countries are ramping up ambition. The German target is to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: They went up by 5% last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Ms Bean put it well in the sense that it is not just her Department that has this attitude about whether we should be leaders. I find that incredible in a country that is falling behind on climate change. That attitude, unfortunately, is apparent in most Departments. The core of the problem is a lack of ambition. This is also the case in the ESRI and the ESB. The ESB made a presentation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I have a concluding comment. This is a useful process. I have looked at the transport budget and my understanding is we are spending approximately 80% of our budget on new roads. When we look at this into the future, we can see that the motor industry will completely change. There will not only be low-emission vehicles, there will be fewer vehicles. Perhaps that is not easy for the SIMI...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Oversight of Commission for Energy Regulation: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am going to make some general comments on the nature of the regulatory function. The key output of our meeting this evening is to engage ourselves in this OECD review process of CER. The first point to make is that the OECD is in a certain state of chassis itself. It should be slow in telling any country what to do when one of its leading members, the American Government, is now a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Oversight of Commission for Energy Regulation: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: How can the CER calculate what the net reduction in general prices may have been because of the marginal cost of renewables? Can some matching-off be done in terms of the net consequences or cost to the consumer?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Will we go back to smog?

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: First Stage (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the Government’s approach to mitigating the impact of Brexit on the economy, trade and jobs. [25982/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Deputy Adams. I was deeply concerned yesterday when, effectively, we were told that the Irish issue was going to be one of the top three issues but it seems now to be second-tier in that regard. Furthermore, one concern I have expressed all along is that even when we were getting agreement to discuss the Irish Border issues, it was exclusively on the question of the common...

Waste Reduction Bill 2017: First Stage (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for a ban on single-use non-compostable cups and other tableware and for the introduction of deposit and return schemes for beverage containers. This Waste Reduction Bill 2017 is a Bill which does what it says on the tin. It seeks to reduce waste and on that tin, which will be a recyclable tin, we as consumers could...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I appreciate the chance to get the witnesses' advice. I will make a couple of comments first. Mr. Coffey made a good point about the question of how to compare one country with another. An interesting experiment - a survey unlike any other - is under way currently. With Brexit, everyone is leaving London, but people are not coming to Dublin. As much as we would like them to, they will...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: That is a problem with economics; it does not think far enough into the future.

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I support the amendment. It is very important. I acknowledge that Deputy Micheál Martin wants the time to be shared in the way he is suggesting because it is important that we hear from smaller parties. In this instance, it is particularly important that we hear from the Independent Alliance and that it have time to outline what it needs to say-----

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: -----and also the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten, in respect of what has to be said in response to what the Taoiseach said earlier. The one difference between the examples he cited and the current example is that the appointment of Mr. Justice O'Donnell was discussed in advance of the Cabinet meeting with other elements of Government. The key...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach told us about it as if he did not have much to do with it.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (20 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 138. To ask the Taoiseach if any former Members have been appointed to State boards under his remit by the public appointments service; and if so, the names and positions of same. [28220/17]