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Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: No, it is just that rural development is something we need to get right. My mother comes from a town Deputy Creed knows well. All points from there to Gougane Barra and in between are as important to us as anywhere in south Dublin. Rural development is key to what the Government needs to get right. I am concerned at the nature of the change in that regard. I very much welcome the arrival...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: No, it is the exact same in Leinster but that is our problem. How do we revive our 19th century market towns as part of rural development? That is a planning issue. How will the new Minister, Deputy Ring, manage that? It is okay in Westport, which is working because it is a tourist boom town, but there are not many Westports out there. How do the towns which are not Westports make it? I...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I hope Deputy Micheál Martin does not have his way. He will give me his wounded Corkman look next. Who would disagree with me that in terms of overrunning time, Deputy Martin is in a nervous position? I hope he does not have his way trying to silence smaller parties because I am with Deputy Harty in that we need a diverse and edgy Dáil. In the last two hours I have listened to...

Resignation of Taoiseach (13 Jun 2017)

Eamon Ryan: There was truth in the words expressed earlier by the Taoiseach in respect of the great merits of hard work in a job that is worth doing. The Taoiseach has shown that over the years. Most people who have worked with him would acknowledge that he has great energy and ability for work hard. We commend him on and thank him for that. The Taoiseach stated that, in terms of politics, we...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: That is the right direction to take. I agree that refundable tax credits are one of the steps we must take towards a basic income type of social welfare system in which people will be free to be enterprising and do caring work, thus valuing a range of work options. I would support a move towards a system of refundable tax credits and pressure being put on the Department of Finance in that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 30. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the new measures his Department may be considering regarding the way in which unpaid forms of work such as caring may be rewarded by the State; and the initial measures in this regard he may introduce in the next budget. [26234/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Following questions to the Taoiseach earlier on how we value caring work, I saw in one of the Minister's manifesto documents recently that this is one of his stated aims. I want to work out the detail of what the Minister will do, recognising, as I see it, that the current system is deeply unfair particularly for parents in the home. We support every couple in whatever parenting they do....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: That depends on how far the Minister goes. There was an increase in the homemaker's tax credit in the previous budget but it was buttons. Fundamentally, the message from the Government has been it will support people who care for other people's children and it will pay for it, but if people care for their own children it does not care and those people do not matter. This needs to change at...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I was mortified earlier and must admit my full sinner status.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submissions (Resumed): The Environmental Pillar (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I was mortified when I heard the cups mentioned and Ms O'Brien is right. I must record my deep concern at the shocking news that President Trump is apparently pulling out of the Paris Agreement, which is a shame on that Administration. I agree with the three cases being made by the witnesses but I want to widen the discussion out a bit. I am not asking for an immediate response but am...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party, I thank the Taoiseach for the courtesy he has shown, particularly in the last year, in working with all parties. I wish him the very best in whatever comes next. I was listening to his two young Ministers at the weekend in the debate.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: It was close to being a boxing match on occasion.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: There was one issue raised that I want to tease out with the Taoiseach. It is welcome that we have just seen the details of the child care support scheme which was introduced in the budget by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katherine Zappone. However, in the debate the two Ministers acknowledged that the Government had completely forgotten about the hundreds of thousands...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Steady now. Do not go too far.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I commend Deputy McLoughlin for getting this Bill through the Dáil. I also commend the Minister, Deputy Naughten, the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, and their officials for assisting in its passage. One of the biggest environmental defects in the State is the problems we have had over recent decades in the loss of pristine water quality. We need to reconnect with our land and...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 4a:In page 4, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:“Ban on issuing of licences by Minister 5D. (1) National land and waters should be managed for the benefit of the people of Ireland to avoid the dangerous impacts of climate change and promote a rapid and just transition to clean energy. (2) The Minister shall not issue, renew, reinstate, or extend...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I was trying to help the Deputy.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I rise to support Deputy Boyd Barrett's amendment. Deputy Wallace is right. There were complications in my mind last week as to how we would work that because there were complications with other exploration areas, in terms of oil and coal and other seams, which was difficult. I asked how it would work. That, to an extent, explains one of the reasons why we put down this amendment, the...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: If I might address that because it is my own amendment.

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: To explain the background to our tabling the amendment, it followed on the earlier Report Stage debate, which we thought would conclude last Wednesday evening. In a sense, Deputy Boyd Barrett did the House some service at that time, if not the people in the Gallery, in terms of having a further extensive debate. We were unable to get to his vote on the issue of whether we should have...