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European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: If I am joined by my colleagues from the Social Democrats or Independent Deputies within our group, I might share time with them but if I can otherwise, I will take the time. There is a wide agenda before the Council but I will address, first and foremost, my comments regarding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, which is due for approval and, as I understand it,...

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State, Deputy Joe McHugh, might confirm whether that is the time it is being considered. The case and argument from my party, in Canada, Brussels and Dublin, is that we should put a stop to this process and that the agreement we are about to sign is not right. It is a fundamental undermining of some of the regulatory provisions that we have been championing for 30 or 40...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Similarly, the Green Party has concerns that a report on this issue arriving in June would constitute a long process. Does the Taoiseach consider that it could be done sooner than the indicative timeline reported at the weekend? Will the Taoiseach outline the mechanism for Oireachtas Members to access some of the information that the Citizens' Assembly is getting while the process is under...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider putting in place criteria for the awarding of Government contracts that would ensure these contracts are awarded to those companies that meet sustainability benchmarks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30967/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 35. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the negotiations of general practitioner contracts; if there is a plan for the key components; the details of same; and the deadline for the completion of the contract negotiations. [30688/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 132. To ask the Taoiseach the details and outcomes of his discussion with a person (details supplied) following their meeting last week. [30446/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Credit Union Lending (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the potential role credit unions can play in housing finance, as indicated in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30444/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Credit Union Lending (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made to date, further to the programme for Government commitment, to engage stakeholders on the way credit unions can support social housing through voluntary housing services; if the engagement to date included any reference to section 44 of the Credit Union Act 1997 or to dormant...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the position of children who were over five years of age when they started primary school and are therefore 19 years old in sixth year, assuming they have done transition year, and so are not eligible for children's allowance although they are not working and have no means to support themselves while...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the voting majority required within the European Council or Parliament to agree any negotiated conclusions following the invoking of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. [30447/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected role of the European Parliament negotiations following the invoking of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. [30448/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: -----but I do not see it yet. We will delve into those details, but the process needs to change. The process is starting to change. The Committee on Budgetary Oversight has begun - albeit very late and we should do more of it next year - to have this sort of debate more and more in advance. When he was before the committee, the Minister, Deputy Noonan - he was getting a bit irritated when...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, but that is what we should have been doing rather than giving tax breaks.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I do not agree.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: There is a second area affecting young people. The budget does nothing for the rental sector. What is the measure for the renting community? I ask the Minister, Deputy Coveney.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I look forward to hearing that tomorrow. Where is the benefit for people who are renting, mainly younger people? I did not hear it in the budget today. Maybe I am missing something. I would like to hear chapter and verse of what it is tomorrow. There is a third issue for young people. There was a big hurrah over the €35 million to be given for third level education, which I...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I was honoured to be returned to the Dáil in March. The biggest surprise or the thing that has struck me most in the six months since has been the budget. I am privileged to be a member of the budgetary oversight committee, where we are involved in considering the real details of the various choices. I was also involved five or six years ago in the 2011 budget, and the difference in...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Where exactly will it come from?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Road Safety (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the pedestrian lights facilitating pupils getting to and from a school (details supplied) have still not been turned on; his views that this is a significant safety hazard for pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29399/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has identified a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29400/16]