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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister has a huge queue of questions, does the Chairman wish to come back to me if possible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: In that case, I will be brief. This is a point I might reiterate if I can come back in on later sections. Earlier, I attended a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe. I made a point to him that also applies here, which is that the areas for which the Minister is responsible are of huge significance for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: To whom does that UCD centre report? Is it the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Minister for Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I can understand what Senator McDowell is saying in terms of evasion. We all know that dealing with bills and all the different components of that is horrible. However, there is a fundamental need for us to have decent public service broadcasting. I commend what the Minister has said, considering the hundreds of millions of euro which go out of the country to Sky without any regulation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It concerns the related issue of cost, media ownership and protecting jobs in journalism. Does the Minister intend referring the purchase by Independent News & Media of Celtic Media Group to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland? What is the Minister's role in terms of applying the Competition and Consumer Protection Act to the issue of media ownership? Does he see that in his work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: That is when the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland possibly comes in and the Minister has to consider that.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The country is heading in a completely unsustainable direction. We will be the furthest from meeting our climate targets of any country in Europe. We are failing completely to develop renewable energy in a way that one would expect from a country that is rich in renewable energy sources. The cost of this to the State has been estimated at €5.5 billion by a member of the climate...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I would love to have the faith the Minister has set out but my experience of dealing with his Department five years ago is that the officials fought tooth and nail to stop the metro that I had fought tooth and nail to retain in the four-year plan before the Department successfully pulled it under the former Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar. Similarly, I recall...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It was in the four-year plan. The money was there.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Current and Capital Expenditure: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (21 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I would have agreed with him yesterday, as well.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: The tax strategy group documents have been very useful in respect of a variety of different issues and have helped our deliberations, as have the presentations from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the ESRI and others. Our party would agree with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, the ESRI and others in terms of concern about a narrowing of the tax base and would retain the USC. Will the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It was John Gormley.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: We will include that in our budget submission, which I hope to send to the Minister and his colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, tomorrow. I will respond briefly to the Minister's answers to the three questions I raised. On the indexation of social welfare and tax rates, I would argue that the failure to index the tax rates, in particular, would...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Under the new budgetary process, we debate in advance. It is a valid question to ask. The Minister referenced the quote "If I have it, I'll spend it", which got us into trouble.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It is very important that we debate budget proposals in advance. We want to avoid those kinds of decentralisation surprises on budget day that end up being real mistakes. That is why I was slightly angry with the Minister's response to Deputy Doherty's questions about-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Revenue Raising Proposals: Minister for Finance and Revenue Commissioners (20 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to finish my point. The Minister said that sometimes it is necessary to stoke demand to create supply. Our experience of stoking demand is that it creates higher prices. I reiterate Deputy Doherty's point. In advance of the budget if there are papers or presentations from the Department of Finance that contradict the advice coming from the Central Bank on the point, I ask the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Energy Rating Compliance (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure buildings (details supplied) do not breach a requirement; and his further plans to ensure such transitional arrangements do not lead to new public buildings failing to comply with the nearly zero energy building targets after 31 December 2018 and all new buildings after 31 December 2020. [26184/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that cooling energy demand and overheating risk are quantified in Irish building regulations for dwellings, to ensure full compliance with European law, to ensure that new homes are comfortable and energy efficient irrespective of external weather and to reduce the risk of avoidable summer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1429. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the approved process whereby lands owned by the HSE are to be sold or leased to companies which have charitable status. [26096/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (16 Sep 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 1430. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a reported agreement by the HSE to sell or lease up to 14 acres of land at Merlin Park Hospital to Galway Hospice. [26097/16]