Results 31,061-31,080 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Do we know if this is the correct legislation that will deal with this matter?

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: So we will not have a regulator.

Order of Business. (27 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: What is the Minister saying?

Sea Pollution (Hazardous Substances) (Compensation) Bill 2000 changed from Sea Pollution (Hazardous and Noxious Substances) (Civil Liability and Compensation) Bill 2000: Report and Final Stages. (27 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I commend Deputies Perry and Broughan on tabling the amendments on Committee Stage and the Minister of State on accepting the argument made and deleting a section which, as Deputy Broughan clearly said, would have been in contravention of the recent Supreme Court decision. However, it raises questions about the nature of the legislative process in that a Bill drafted seven or eight years ago...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I have two transport-related questions for the Taoiseach. He will have noticed in the newspapers today that the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Callely is out with what he terms his shopping basket, although it is more like a shopping trolley, of €16 billion worth of transport projects.

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I do. Does the Minister of State at the Department of Transport attend this sub-committee's transport meetings? If not, what credence should the House give to his shopping trolley full of transport projects? In the past, the Taoiseach has stated in this House that the buy-out of the West Link bridge is not possible. Since then, the National Roads Authority has stated in the Oireachtas Joint...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Has this issue of the buy-out of the West Link and its replacement by an alternative tolling arrangement on the approach roads to the M50 been addressed at this sub-committee given that it is now the favoured option of the NRA and other transport experts in the city?

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the allocation of funding to commence construction of an extension of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13118/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her decision to abolish the advisory committee for the deaf and hard of hearing; her views on whether the National Council for Special Education is the appropriate forum to deal effectively, comprehensively and quickly with deaf education issues, particularly at developmental stage; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 251: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the obstacles to the development of community ownership of wind farms as outlined in the Catch the Wind report presented by community groups and the Western Development Commission; and if he plans to establish preferential conditions for community-owned wind farms in any new...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 253: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of submissions which were received on the public consultation phase of the 2005 wild salmon and sea trout commercial tagging system; and when he will decide on and publish the regulations for 2005. [12927/05]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 254: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the communication he has received from the UK Government regarding Ireland's current management of the commercial netting of wild salmon; if the Government intends responding to the criticisms raised by the UK environmental agency that Irish drift nets now represent the main form of exploitation of salmon on...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the total amounts spent by his Department on roads and public transport respectively for each year between 1995 and 2004. [13336/05]

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the closure of the green waste recycling facility centre at Esker, Lucan to commercial green waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12798/05]

Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (26 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I support Deputy Howlin's amendment. In many areas it is impossible to know what is Government policy or opinion. In some instances, there might be two or three different opinions. To gag someone against commenting on Government opinion is to impose an unfair burden on that person because it would be impossible for anyone to divine what is Government policy, much less comment on it.

Written Answers — Air Corps Equipment: Air Corps Equipment (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Defence the current and planned helicopter fleet in the Defence Forces; which elements of this are available for air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12397/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Is the Minister concerned that a massive training process will have to be put in place for the new staff — 220 — to be appointed to replace the shortfall in the transfers? Will the Minister agree that the process of transferring staff will lead to a remarkable loss of experience and knowledge in matters of defence. Does the Minister believe the figure might be higher than 78? Is this the...

Decentralisation Programme. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Will the Minister agree that certain expertise is built up in an area? A civil servant from the Department of Agriculture and Food will not slip immediately into procurement assistance of military aircraft to the Defence Forces? Will there be transfers at assistant secretary and principal officer level or are those 78 positions from the lower grades in the Department?

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: This institute is, according to the same Council joint action, an integral part of the new structures that support the further development of the European security and defence policy. Will the Minister confirm that the study published by this institute in October 2004 called for a comprehensive armament programme for the European Union's world role and, in the course of discussing various...

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister appears to acknowledge the truth that should we proceed as proposed with the European Union common defence, as set out in the proposed EU constitution, we will be joining a defence policy that has a serious nuclear component, given the inclusion of British and French nuclear armaments in their defence capabilities.