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Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I fear the Taoiseach may have inadvertently confused the House earlier in his response to Deputy Martin on the provisions of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014. The question the Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, faces is whether he will refer a particular acquisition to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, given that it has an interest in the effect it might have on the...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It is critical legislation. If the Taoiseach has inadvertently interpreted the legislation-----

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Surveillance Operations (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the representations the State has made regarding UK surveillance of Internet traffic to and from Ireland; and the EU rules that govern the regulation of such monitoring of information passing between and through members states. [32082/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the precise criteria on which she will grant or refuse naturalisation in the context of civil proceedings, arrests or spent convictions for minor offences; if persons are denied naturalisation on the grounds of spent convictions, particularly those that do not involve violence or fraud; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (15 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the general requirement of not having received State support in the three years prior to a naturalisation application does not apply to social insurance benefits, such as jobseeker's benefit, claimed as a right on the basis of PRSI contributions or their British or EU equivalents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34845/16]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister for his response. Most people in small businesses around the country might dispute the argument that we have enough banking capacity and lending effectiveness in the small and medium-sized business sector. There is a wider strategic issue, namely, that we have contracted our main clearing banks. We do not want to go back and expand their size because one of the...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Credit unions are very well placed and should be supported in lending small residential, retail and commercial loans while the commercial banks, from my experience, are looking for larger loan facilities in the business sector and are not well tailored or equipped for SME business loans. Yes, we have the strategic investment mechanisms the Minister put in place but they are not working on a...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the investigation of the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks that operate regionally, as outlined on page 48 of the programme for a partnership Government. [34056/16]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I am aware that the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has the lead responsibility for investigating how a public banking model, the Sparkassen model, might be set out here but am keen to hear if the Department of Finance has played any role in this so far. What will be the Department of Finance's input into the roll-out of such a model? The Sparkassen model...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. I will be sharing time with Deputy Seamus Healy and members of the Social Democrats, should they arrive. When we look back to the foundation of our State and the way we treated our most vulnerable people, it was the academics Eoin O'Sullivan and Ian O'Donnell who described it as the "casual disregard [we had] for the quality of life of vulnerable citizens [which] characterised the...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I had not forgotten him. I am glad he is in the House because there is a specific example in the social welfare we provide of where we need to improve our caring infrastructure. This relates to the fact that we have moved away from congregated settings for those with most difficulties. These are those in whom the Minister of State is most interested, that is, those with physical or...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party, I welcome this Bill and look forward to a referendum to enshrine in our Constitution that our water would be held in public ownership. This is a fundamental issue for our future. Water is a precious natural resource and we must look after it. We have a responsibility to use it wisely. A fundamentally important aspect to the necessary new approach to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Exemptions (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason combined heat and power engines are exempted from carbon tax in view of the fact that the signing of the Paris Agreement suggests significant efforts will need to be made to divest away from fossil fuels. [34067/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Exemptions (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the foregone taxation revenue from exempting combined heat and power engines from carbon tax. [34068/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on whether sufficient offshore wind energy could be constructed in the Irish Sea by 2020 to reach the 2020 renewable energy target. [34064/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has commenced a cost benefit analysis on offshore wind; the scope of this report; his plans for engaging with Irish and international companies seeking to invest in offshore wind energy here and the timescale for completion of the report. [34065/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if taxpayers will be expected to carry the cost of EU penalties for not complying with our targets for greenhouse gas reduction and required share of energy from renewable sources by 2020. [34066/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Fleet (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to buy new buses for the Dublin Bus fleet; if such buses will give additional capacity or just replace existing buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34063/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 200. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of total posts and vacant posts in child protection teams broken down by grade and area, including administrative staff, social care workers, access workers and all grade of social workers. [34062/16]

Public Sector Pay: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The Green Party believes it is right to take politics out of the pay of Deputies and Senators and to manage it within the Lansdowne Road agreement or whatever successor agreement should follow it. We are not civil servants, but we are public servants and we would do our jobs better if we managed our pay as part of a collective agreement around pay involving other public service unions. That...