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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: UN Conferences (26 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department attended or were represented at the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development commonly referred to as Habitat III that took place in Quito, Ecuador from 17 to 21 October 2016 (details supplied). [3540/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the terms of reference of the committee appointed to carry out the root and branch review of the planning system proposed in the programme for Government; the details of the membership of the committee and their qualifications to carry out this task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3541/17]

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

Eamon Ryan: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the election observation roster; if he plans to open it up for a public call for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3542/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (26 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress his Department has made on social benefit clauses; and the timeframe for inclusion into the public tendering process. [3626/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (26 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an aircraft (details supplied) operating on behalf of the US military was permitted to fly from Shannon Airport to Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey and then back on 30 December 2016; if he will confirm that the plane cargo carried no weapons or munitions related to drone strikes or nuclear weapons; the steps that were...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister might be able to give me this information by way of a note rather than an immediate response. In the visit to Cairo by the delegation representing this Parliament, when meeting the European delegation we made a strong case that the European Union representatives in Cairo should take a particular role in monitoring the ongoing case of Ibrahim Halawa. They do not directly monitor...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the opportunity, on foot of reviewing the European Council meeting in December, to discuss some of the wider and bigger issues that are happening in our world, particularly the issues of security, migration, and the accession of new countries into the EU, which I understand was one of the main items up for discussion at the meeting. Many of my thoughts in this regard are informed...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Earlier this month, the Minister for Social Protection announced that the Government would examine measures to increase the retirement age or give flexibility in going beyond the mandatory retirement age of 65 in both the private and public sector. There are many people who may be 64 and who, later this year or early next year, would face this choice about continuing to work. What is the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, and the Egyptian government in regard to a person (details supplied). [38633/16]

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I am happy to give it to Deputy Healy-Rae, should he want it.

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: No.

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party I am very happy to support the motion presented by Sinn Féin. I commend the party for raising the issue and the work that has been done in the Oireachtas committee over the past year and a half or two years. A number of points have been raised by people who have been actively engaged with the matter and one of the first recalled is that the Central Bank has...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: On foot of the Taoiseach's suggestion, would it be possible for the Ceann Comhairle himself to write to the British ambassador's office or the Prime Minister's office, subject to the agreement of other leaders of the groups in the House, that part of a visit would involve meeting the heads of the groups and the leaders of the different parties in the House in recognition of the need for all...

Ceisteanna – Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I asked the Taoiseach about this matter earlier. If the UK Prime Minister is not to speak before the House, I suggest we write to her to ask that the leaders of the various groups in the House would have a chance to meet her in the same way that we met Nicola Sturgeon. It was useful for Ms Sturgeon to hear the variety of views within the House. That could be an important part of the visit...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: With regard to the Taoiseach's management of the Brexit progress, will he provide any update on the potential involvement of the Dáil in the upcoming visit by the British Prime Minister to Ireland? 3 o’clock Will he indicate when she is due to visit? Will he arrange a meeting between the leaders, as he has done previously, either in advance or preferably after such a...

Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: Tuesday's Government business shall be No. 1, Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Bill 2016 [Seanad] - Second Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 86, motion re tracker mortgages, by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's Government business shall be No. 18, post-European Council statements; No. 1, Criminal Justice (Suspended Sentences of Imprisonment) Bill 2016 [Seanad] -...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to share time with Deputy Shortall.

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: What a happy day from my perspective. When I go home and my wife and family ask me what we did today, I can tell them that thanks to Deputy Pringle, we started the process of divesting tens of millions from fossil fuel companies. We do not often do that, but we are doing it here today. This is real. I hope I am not breaking privilege when I mention that the Ceann Comhairle said earlier...

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: It is nonsense. I ask them to set a vision for the country, as Ken Whitaker did when we switched from being a closed economy to being an open economy. We need to make a similar strategic leap now from being an unsustainable economy, which we are, to being a sustainable one. The Department of Finance should be leading the way because it should understand what is going on the world economy....

Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jan 2017)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Fianna Fáil as well. Fair play to it for making the call. I thank Sinn Féin and People before Profit too. This Bill has received the support of pretty much everyone other than the Fine Gael Deputies. I ask them to get with it. We are strong when we are united in telling the world that Ireland is going green. We can create jobs for our people in this way. Bord...