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Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I have one key question in regard to the meeting with Prime Minister May and the role of this House. What is the role of this House when it comes to the final deal? The Prime Minister has been under huge pressure in terms of whether she would cede any vote or any call on it to the House of Commons or the House of Lords. When it comes to the end, and if, as Deputy Howlin or others have said...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Theresa May at the EU summit held on 9 March 2017. [13923/17]

Order of Business (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The programme for Government promises to set up a national climate change dialogue. I note the Minister has said he is starting one but no one has announced who the steering group or the chairperson of that group would be. If the Taoiseach cannot do so here today, could he indicate whether he has discussed it in Cabinet, has he set up that steering group, has he set a chair and if not,...

Death of Martin McGuinness: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party, North and South, I extend our commiseration to all those affected by the loss of life in recent days but especially to the family of Martin McGuinness and to his colleagues in Sinn Féin. My colleague, Steven Agnew said today that Martin "brought great gravitas to the Executive Office but also managed to stay true to his down to earth nature." That is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicles (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the additional measures he has taken to increase the proportion of electric vehicles here; and the measures taken to expedite the roll-out of on street charging infrastructure. [13939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the forecast level for renewable energy generation in the heat, transport and power sectors by 2020; and the additional measures he is introducing to prevent future fines for failure to comply with the EU Renewable Energy Directive. [13938/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Greenways Development (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 684. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made in discussions between Irish Rail, Fingal County Council and her Department on the provision of a pedestrian and cyclist route along the railway across the Broadmeadow Estuary (details supplied). [14171/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland will be represented at the global symposium on soil organic carbon being held in Rome under the auspices of the FAO (details supplied). [14264/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bioenergy Strategy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the strategic environmental assessment of the draft National Bioenergy Plan, which was drafted in 2014 and has remained in draft form ever since, will be published and put to public consultation; the reason this information was not available before the recent consultation on a renewable heat incentive, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Climate Change Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the roles he envisages in national climate policy for a number of provisions (details supplied); and his plans to redirect the resources currently being used to support peat fired electricity to achieve a just transition for sustainable employment in the Midlands. [14173/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has analysed the recent decision of the Austrian Federal Administrative Court in relation to a proposed third runway at Vienna airport (details supplied); and, if so, his views on the implications of this decision for the proposed third runway at Dublin Airport, in view of the obligations ​in the Climate Action and Low...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has analysed the recent decision of the Austrian Federal Administrative Court in relation to a proposed third runway at Vienna airport (details supplied); and if so, his views on the implications of this decision for the proposed third runway at Dublin Airport, in view of the obligations ​in the Climate Action and Low...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to go ahead with his stated intention to transfer functions of noise regulation to the Irish Aviation Authority; and the reason he considers it acceptable to create a conflict of interest for the authority in view of the fact that it derives revenue from a levy on aviation and, consequently, has a financial interest in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will implement the Maastricht recommendations on promoting effective public participation in decision-making in environmental matters prepared under the Aarhus Convention in any new regulatory regime for aviation noise. [14161/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public consultation he will undertake in respect of his stated intention to transfer functions of aviation noise regulation to the Irish Aviation Authority; and if that consultation will explain the reason he considers it acceptable to create a conflict of interest for the Authority in view of the fact that it...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress on implementation of the national cycle policy framework received from local authorities and other stakeholders in 2013 and 2015. [14163/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made in considering a ban on the movement of HGVs on routes to schools and other specific routes with mixed traffic between 08:30 to 09:30 and 15:00 to 17:00, in pursuance of policy 2.4 of the national cycle policy framework. [14164/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress which has been made in carrying out a study on bicycles, ferries and ports in pursuance of policy 8.9 of the national cycle policy framework. [14165/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which have been taken to encourage employers to provide cycling parking facilities at existing developments, in pursuance of policy 7.3 of the national cycle policy framework. [14166/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 1248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the support which has been provided for introduction of emergency hotlines in all local authorities to enable the public to report potholes and inadequate reinstatement of roads, broken glass on the road and so on, in pursuance of policy 5.5 of the national cycle policy framework. [14167/17]