Results 30,881-30,900 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Energy Resources. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Given that in the future we will be dependent on gas for electricity generation and that gas will shortly come from Siberia which is at risk of interruption for a number of reasons, is the Minister considering long-term storage systems such as the pumping back of gas into the Seven Heads of Kinsale field as a storage location or the installation or development of an LNG facility to provide...

Energy Resources. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Would it be cheaper to hold on to what we have in the Corrib field until we need it, and then take it out and use it as a secure supply?

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will move to a single stock management system for the commercial netting of wild salmon; the timetable for such a change. [28333/05]

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The national salmon commission could not agree what time of day it is, let alone this issue, and the Minister of State knows that. The Oireachtas committee has examined this complex issue in detail and drew a simple, urgent and adamant conclusion, which is the move towards single-stock management. Recognising that it will take some years to do that, the committee recommended an interim...

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: We have done so and we came to that simple conclusion.

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is.

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is.

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Ignoring the scientific advice.

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Prior to my election to this House, I spent my entire working life on the Donegal coast and I know exactly what the Minister of State is talking about and I appreciate the need for social development. However, it is in the interests of those people as much as those of everybody else that we follow scientific advice and protect the species for the long-term future of those people. While the...

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: We can only catch 100,000 fish.

Fisheries Protection. (12 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State should make a decision one way or the other.

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (11 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the approximate cost to the Exchequer of the quota and tagging system; the scientific advice available to him as to the maximum commercial fishing quota consistent with conservation needs; the commercial fishing quotas appointed; the commercial catch; the benefit to wild salmon stocks derived from the operation...

Irish Ferries: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I commend my colleagues in the Technical Group, and the Independents in the Dáil, for tabling this important and timely motion, which we in the Green Party wholeheartedly support. It is interesting to listen to Deputy Cowley talking about the conservative nature of Irish politics; I agree with him. One of the definitions of conservatism is the sense that things cannot change and that, if the...

Irish Ferries: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. However, it is possible for business and enterprise to adhere to a different culture. Such a change is required and the Government must take responsibility in this regard. Many Members observed that we could have been a champion in the EU for the ferries directive, which would have precisely dealt with this particular issue. I look forward to the Minister of State, Deputy Gallagher's,...

Irish Ferries: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The importance of this issue demands that the senior and junior Ministers from the relevant Departments should be here. Such a response by the Government would be indicative of the change of culture that we seek. It would show that this House takes the matter seriously, that the State is not dominated by corporate interests and that we will occasionally flex our muscles as a democratic...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the economic and financial parameters that will determine whether Ireland will be able to meet the target of 0.7% of GNP by 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27057/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the reporting and accountability procedures which have been put in place by his Department to oversee the National Development Finance Agency's new role of managing the procurement of PPP projects and bringing them through to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26553/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for decentralised positions since the Government introduced the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26554/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms and conditions which apply with the proposed new fixed price renewable energy support mechanisms and his reason for only providing a partial index of the fixed prices that have been set. [26953/05]

Written Answers — Marina Development: Marina Development (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the proposed development of leisure marinas in County Donegal; the amount of state or local authority funding that is available any such marinas; the procedures followed in the analysis of such support mechanisms, in particularly with regards to the existence of other private developments in the...