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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: The premium comes every year, tax free. The sale of the lumber at the end of that goes to the owner tax free.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: That is going to lead to a massive expansion.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: It is happening. You would want your head examined to not start investing in forestry under the programme that has been put in place.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: The truth, from my perspective as Minister with responsibility for climate, is that we will not only need 8,000 ha per annum but a multiple of that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: The critical question, to go back to the matter of quality not just quantity, is that of where. We made a mistake in the first stage of the evolution of forestry in the State where it was on the marginal lands on peaty soils in uplands areas where we drained the soils and released carbon. It is now going to have to come down and will have to be integrated. Many farmers will plant and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: This is happening.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: This was launched weeks ago. Mark my words, because it is so generous in regard to the changed premiums, it will take off-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: -----as well as Coillte and other private operators being involved in afforestation.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: The Gresham deal is not the future of Irish forestry.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: It cannot be. The future has to be more diverse, better for water quality and better for nature as well as providing -----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: Nearly a year ago, Vladimir Putin sent his tanks into Kyiv and set the world ablaze by putting energy prices through the roof. They had already risen because he had been turning off the tap deliberately in advance and using energy as a weapon of war. The inflation that resulted and the cost-of-living crisis that came from that was unprecedented, probably since the early 1970s and the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: That is the job of the Central Bank.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: The Central Bank is the regulator.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: We set the broad policy context around not having consumers ripped off but that is the mandate of the Central Bank. There are 2,000 people there with real expertise in the area and a clear mandate from Government to say we do not want anyone exploiting or getting an undue profit or an unduly high interest rate. That is their job. If we started to become the regulator again, where would...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: That analysis is for the years to 2050. Ours is to 2030.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: We absolutely need to go further because there are more people coming into our country and the likely change in household characteristics means that we should err on the side of more. Deputy Doherty says we are planning to fail. That is not true. One of the biggest problems is people objecting to planning.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: One of the biggest problems is that one cannot get projects delivered quickly because every time we submit applications, particularly in areas closer to the centre where the density is slightly higher, then there are objections in the planning system.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: They come from councillors right across the country in many instances because it is not always popular, it is not always the easy answer and people do not necessarily always want change when it comes to their own local areas.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: Regarding how we speed things up, lack of finance will not be an issue for the State. The State may have to do more because with the high interest rates, the private sector will not be able to do as much.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2023)
Eamon Ryan: The delivery requires support at council level right across the country-----