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Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (23 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the €36.5 million contract he signed in December 2005 with Mowag for 15 additional Piranha armoured vehicles for the Defence Forces; the vehicles' specifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7485/06]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will move beyond its position of qualified support for the idea of an arms trade treaty and join the 50 countries that have declared their full support for the treaty under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7111/06]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied); the details of communications made to his Department, and to Irish embassies or consulates by or on behalf of this person since 2003; the actions taken by the Government, especially in view of the Government's knowledge that, before acquiring Irish nationality, the...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: While the previous debate rightly took up so much of the House's time, these and similar motions, which we probably will not have time to reach, are at the kernel of what we need to concentrate on from this point onwards. It was clear to all members of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, when the Naval Service representatives appeared before it, that while...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Amendments are apparently appearing as I speak, some of which I am sure the Minister wishes to address. Is there anything to stop us from moving towards adopting a real-time quota information system for our fleet? Would such a system put our fleet at a disadvantage in Irish waters in that our fleet would operate under certain rules but other fleets would not? Irish fishermen would rightly...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I also welcome and support the development of Greencastle Harbour and the fishermen who have a tough job. However, we must be careful about how we manage these resources. It is not appropriate to allocate funds on the last day of a Minister's term in a particular office as appears to have occurred in this instance. This goes against the interests of the fishing industry in general because...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I support the Minister.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: So was the Minister, in principle.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome Report Stage of this Bill and look forward to its progress to the Seanad. It has been beneficial to examine the import of the legislation at length on Committee Stage and prior to that in our committee meetings. The main conclusion I have drawn in this debate concerns the need for an effective enforcement system. The hunter gatherer instinct is a healthy impulse in humankind,...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: That is correct. The second major lesson we have learnt throughout this useful debate is that as well as a proper control system, we need a proper recording system. If the Minister pushes through a strict enforcement system, it behoves him as a matter of urgency to insist that there be a different control system in place in the European Union. I imagine this could be done with a certain...

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: It is an internal Fianna Fáil inquiry.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: It is an internal Fianna Fáil inquiry.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach was too busy signing blank cheques at the time.

Leaders' Questions. (22 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach will do nothing.

Written Answers — Corrib Gas Pipeline: Corrib Gas Pipeline (21 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends making a decision with regard to the provision of consent for the laying of the Corrib onshore gas pipeline. [6740/06]

Written Answers — Common Fisheries Policy: Common Fisheries Policy (21 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the procedures which exist that would allow him to raise at head of Government level the need for further reform of the European common fisheries policy to ensure greater control across national boundaries of quota management and other enforcement regulations; and his views regarding the lack of such a...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (21 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 324: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends following the advice of the standing scientific committee of the National Salmon Commission to end mixed stock fishing for salmon from the end of 2006 due to the continued crisis in wild salmon stocks. [6739/06]

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (21 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 325: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends making a decision on the provision of consent for the laying of the Corrib onshore gas pipeline. [7138/06]

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. The Progressive Democrats Members are also noticeable by their absence. I wonder if this shows their level of interest in this debate. I suggest a Department dealing with social, family and labour or employment affairs. This would provide an historic opportunity to connect those who are unemployed with those who are in the workforce. It would help provide a critical connection with our...

Labour Affairs: Motion. (21 Feb 2006)

Eamon Ryan: As the representative of the Green Party I commend Sinn Féin on tabling this motion which the Green Party fully supports. I am interested to hear the views from the other side of the House. The motion proposes that rights should be protected. The other proposal in the motion is most prescient and well thought out. It proposes the separation of the employment brief from the Department of...