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Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Deputy have a question?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: If the representatives going to Copenhagen are serious about climate change-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: -----they cannot stand here today and say "No" to putting a price on carbon.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: That is a dishonest approach that shows the party does not have an environmental objective in its message.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It shows the party is treating this as a political issue rather than as a policy.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: We are in the process of developing our insulation schemes.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: As I have signalled quite often-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: There will be an obligation on our utility companies to do that work.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: We will introduce a save-as-you-pay scheme. The up-front cost will be carried by the utility company and the work will be paid off as the person saves.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: This is the best investment anyone can make. We went into 30,000 houses this year where people are noticing the benefit. We will double that next year and the year after. It is that ambition that is driving us to introduce this carbon tax in order to gain revenue that will help cut emissions and tackle climate change. Voting against it is a shameful vote in that regard and colours the...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Every analysis on the price of carbon-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is not a spokesperson-----

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: If the Deputy believes in tackling climate change, he should vote "Yes" for this tax.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: We have committed to this.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: By insulating their walls and keeping them warm.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Which will cut emissions.

Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I can answer a number of the points raised. Deputy Coveney's main point, which is a valid one for consideration, is the issue about cost allocation in the event of having to move ducting. The key distinction - he has not understood the provisions and that is understandable - is that the NRA will carry the cost of moving the ducting-----

Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: -----which is the main cost. The cost allocation for the telecommunications company relates to the fibre cable or the other equipment that is actually using that duct. The cost should in all instances be very modest. One is looking at a re-threading of fibre through-----

Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is because there is a recognition that it would make sense for the people doing the technical, telecommunications company-based work, to cover the cost and also that there would be a modest cost for Eircom in terms of using alternative ducting where civil engineering works are involved in trying to do the work itself. The main cost is on the civil engineering side. The private sector,...

Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I was a councillor on Dublin City Council in the late 1990s. From memory I think the local authority set up such a collaborative system as it was tired of private operators digging up the streets one after the other. I recall when many of the bus lanes were being implemented that ducting was installed at that time. This is done on an open access basis. Those arrangements are made on a...