Results 30,841-30,860 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister did.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: No, I do not want it in.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is not in it.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I would ask to see the Transport files if I was in the position.

Public Transport. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: How many buses would the Minister get for €52 million?

Road Safety. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Minister agree that our society's utter dependence on cars, which is demonstrated by the fact that Irish cars travel twice as far as German cars each year, is the fundamental contributory factor behind this country's high level of road fatalities and injuries? It is inevitable that our dependence on car transport, which is much more dangerous than rail transport or bus transport,...

Road Safety. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Minister saying he does not think there is a need for a change in society's attitude to cars?

Driver Testing. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister, Deputy Brennan, made a complete mess of it.

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is written by the regulator.

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Not in energy.

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Would the Minister comment directly?

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I am just informing the Taoiseach.

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to tease out with the Taoiseach the issue of the energy regulator. Is it not true the regulator, who previously as a civil servant had written the legislation that set up the regulatory office, established the office in such a way that the Minister cannot direct him on specific policy directions the office needs to take, whether on the issue of security of supply, where we have a huge...

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Would the Taoiseach acknowledge——

Regulatory Reform. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Am I not correct that in this particular area the Minister cannot issue directions to the regulator on issues such as pricing? While the Taoiseach is right that the Department should have the ultimate say, the reality is that the legislation defines where the power lies. In this case the legislation does not allow the Minister to give directions on policy matters to the regulator. Is that not...

Order of Business. (19 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Taoiseach has buried the metro Bill and practically trampled the earth down on it, but can we expect it to rise again in the near future?

Written Answers — Fluoridation of Water: Fluoridation of Water (18 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 148: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a reply to Professor Connett's 50 questions on fluoridation on her Department's website was not signed; the person who wrote this piece; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28964/05]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (18 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 186: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has decided to abandon the Alcohol Products Bill against the advice of leading health experts and contrary to the recommendations of the alcohol task force and the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health and Children; the length of time the voluntary code will last before she will introduce...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (18 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mapping which has been undertaken to establish the potential from the development of geothermal energy here. [28684/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (18 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 421: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of funding which has been provided in each of the past five years for research and development projects in the area of electricity generation from wave power; and the percentage of overall generation expected to come from this source by 2010 and 2020. [28685/05]