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Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: There even could be arrangements to have a mechanism whereby, when Members are in a row and it is going really wrong, someone rings a bell and all Members take a deep breath and breathe for ten or 60 or 100 seconds before they resume.

Dáil Reform: Statements (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: It might be a nice reform to introduce some reflection and pause for thought in Members' working procedures. Members should be creative, innovative and open to different mechanisms. I stated I would not take the full allotted time and in that spirit, I am happy to note this sub-committee is working. I look forward to the rest of its work and that spirit infusing wider political reform in...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I join others in congratulating and commending everybody who took part in the Easter 1916 commemorations. One moment struck home for me on Sunday, 27 March, outside the GPO. The words of the Army's head chaplain rang true when he said:Another day begins. Give us the courage to step on new ground, eyes young again with energy and dreams. Help us to believe in beginnings, to listen to the...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Take the time out of the later debate.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: On a point of order, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: On a point of order, if time is such a difficulty, I suggest we take that time difference out of the later debate and use our time here to discuss what is the important political issue of our time.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Where was the agreement that we would cut to three minutes?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why no pedestrian crossing has been built for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 even though this was a condition of the planning permission that she received from Dublin City Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6143/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: 777. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the new initiative and funds for expediting the taking-in-charge of estates that he announced in February 2016, including details regarding the criteria that must be met before a local authority can have an estate included in the initiative; if mixed commercial and residential estates which have not been...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: Line after line of the European Commission's country report last week emphasised the point that under-investment in capital expenditure is a weakness in, and a real threat to, the Irish economy. I can quote from the report if the Minister, Deputy Howlin, wishes.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: According to the report, "the current levels of capital expenditure in Ireland are barely sufficient".

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I am making a statement.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: No, it is a statement to the House, a Cheann Comhairle.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I am telling the House what the European Commission is saying. According to the report I have mentioned, "the current levels of capital expenditure in Ireland are barely sufficient to replace the existing stock of public capital". It also points out that "net public investment ... was negative or close to zero in 2012 to 2014". I agree with other Deputies who have said during this debate...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to take part in this debate. The most serious issue facing the country is the lack of investment in our basic infrastructure, particularly during the past five years. Before that, we under invested in water, transport and the connected issue of housing. They go together, and whatever our approach and solution, it must join the dots regarding how we develop places...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I think that is something we can get agreement on, but we have to do it in reality. We must make sure it is actually delivered. We need to get people on board. We have to effect a real change in land use. This should not just be about doubling output, reducing water quality and eroding the natural systems on which we all depend. I look forward to such an agricultural future. I look...

Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: There is nothing like "just-in-time speaking". I am very proud to be able to make a short contribution on behalf of the Green Party. I will broaden the debate from the immediate outcome of the European Council meeting and provide a reflection from our experience during the election campaign. As a south County Dublin Deputy running a national party, it was a chance to review what is...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: We are debating this matter under the shadow of the attacks in Brussels this morning. There is obviously a connection. There is a connection in the sense that the wars that are flaming in Syria and Iraq and involve extremist Islamic groups are extending into our own Continent. We must question what is happening on the Continent on that wider scale. One point that we should agree on is that...

Business of Dáil (22 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party, I extend our sympathies to the McGrotty family as we reflect on how life can go from a lovely family occasion and slip into unspeakable and unimaginable tragedy. Our thoughts are with that family. While the circumstances are different, it is similarly the case for those caught up in the explosions in Brussels where people have gone from the pleasurable moment...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Eamon Ryan: I support all three motions. There are various points one could make but I will make just two. In the consideration of Dáil reform we should not confine ourselves completely because how the Dáil works relates to how the Seanad works and also relates to the strength of local government. The decentralisation of power is one of the solutions to the ills of our democracy. It is a...