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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I concur with Deputy Broughan. I would be happy to join him and our Fine Gael colleagues in lambasting the Government for the utter failure of its energy policy. Yesterday, I was on radio with our beloved Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, who told us how all things were going green and swimmingly in the energy area with renewable this, that and the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: We need policy directions from the CER and the Department which recognise the crisis we are in. Section 7 concerns interconnection and there could be no better example of the incompetence and delay that has occurred in this regard. Just about everyone agrees that we need an interconnector. We have gone around the houses as regards whether it should be a merger or built project but no one...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: That was ridiculous. This is the most important Council meeting we have had, yet the Minister was drinking shamrock drinks somewhere on the west coast of America.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: That shows how much the Government lacks a sense of urgency about this crucial issue. The Bill contains a proposal concerning the ESB's shareholding. I will table an amendment in this regard. I have many things to say about the ESB but, first and foremost, the obvious one and the one of which the European Commissioner will probably inform the Minister shortly by way of a legal notice is that...

Written Answers — State Claims Agency: State Claims Agency (5 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 88: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on her plans regarding the pursuance of costs following the recent High Court decision on the O'Keeffe case. [13449/06]

Written Answers — Inquiry into Child Abuse: Inquiry into Child Abuse (5 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the next review of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse will take place; the submissions which will be sought from survivor groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13448/06]

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party, I extend our deepest sympathy and condolences to the White family and to all the other families involved in the accident. The report published in 1999 by the Joint Committee on Education and Science stated that a number of operators were providing services to schools outside the current school scheme and that Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local...

Road Safety. (5 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I have a brief question.

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I support the points made by Deputies Shortall and Olivia Mitchell. The final point made by Deputy Shortall is important. According to the Bill, the authority's functions include centrally managing the licensing system and, as a secondary responsibility, the information systems in respect of road safety, the public campaigns and so on. Section 7 of the Bill contains the concept of road safety...

Road Safety Authority Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (5 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputies because the strategy should be the central function and there should be programmes to implement it. The Minister appears to be saying the strategy is within the programmes as outlined in section 7. It would give a much stronger sense of direction, purpose and function to the authority if it was given the central function of setting out a road safety strategy,...

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (4 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his official visit to the United States over the St. Patrick's holiday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13098/06]

Written Answers — Nuclear Disarmament: Nuclear Disarmament (4 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position concerning the Iran nuclear crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13099/06]

Written Answers — Regional Fisheries Boards: Regional Fisheries Boards (4 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 258: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of fishery rates demanded of salmon fishery owners; the amount of fishery rates awarded; and the unpaid arrears of fishery rates in respect of each of the years 2003, 2004 and 2005 and in respect of each of the seven regional fisheries boards. [12859/06]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (4 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the proposal made by the African Caribbean and Pacific group of countries, formally submitted to the WTO seeking to introduce development aspects and special and differential treatment into GATT Article XXIV in order to allow greater flexibility in economic partnership agreements and negotiations; and if he will make a...

Whistleblowers Protection Bill 1999: Leave to Withdraw. (4 Apr 2006)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green party, I am glad to return to this issue which we debated recently in Private Members' time. As Deputy Rabbitte commented, it is interesting to note what is not being said as much as what is, particularly with reference to the speeches delivered in the earlier Private Members' debate. The most remarkable aspect of that was the Tánaiste's clear opposition to this Bill,...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (30 Mar 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is prepared to review the decentralisation programme for the State agencies in view of the fact that trade union members have issued a strike notice in relation to the issue. [12415/06]

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (30 Mar 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the ECOFIN meeting of 14 March 2006. [12414/06]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (29 Mar 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will give a report on the incident of illegally imported Syngenta BT 10 GM maize, 2,500 tonnes of which was stored in a shed at a County Louth port; the action that was taken to deal with this incident; and the related action that has been taken since by her Department to protect Irish agriculture from contamination by...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (29 Mar 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 124: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason her Department has not sought a prosecution in the case of an alleged illegal felling of 71 mature native trees (details supplied) in County Galway in late February 2003, despite the fact that Department records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 indicate that the perpetrators were caught in the act. [12214/06]

Road Traffic (Mobile Telephony) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Eamon Ryan: On behalf of the Green Party, I happily welcome this Bill and commend my constituency colleague, Deputy Olivia Mitchell, for bringing it forward. I noted with interest last night that she referred to the comment made four years ago by the then Minister of State, former Deputy Molloy, reported in the newspapers, that "Mobile phones by drivers will be outlawed within 48 hours". Four years on...