Results 9,261-9,280 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My understanding is that the Minister and the Department are considering that. They should take into account what the Oireachtas committee said, what the island people are saying and any further and other evidence that they can present. I mentioned the experience I have had on the islands not to try to divert but to try to use that experience as I see it to try to inform that debate. As...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I share the Deputy’s abhorrence of what happened in Cherry Orchard the other night. In response to his question on what the State can do and is doing, first, in response to a number of incidents earlier this year, both Cherry Orchard and Ballyfermot local Garda management immediately enhanced their high-visibility policing presence, together with the support and assistance of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We have to address this issue and particularly the related issue of homelessness. There are a number of measures that the Government is looking at. Change is planned on the advertising of property in short-let Airbnb-type facilities in terms of restrictions to make sure those types of properties come back into the rented sector. There are changes to the rules so people are now entitled to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: What I am listening to at the moment is the people in the industry who are investing at scale and at speed. The Whitegate oil refinery, which we have retained, is important at this difficult time and is a strategic holding and business that gives us access to fuel supplies.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It has said that the approach and policy we are taking will involve using some of the waste products and it can invest and use them in the transport fuel supply chain. This is the most secure and best investment but not the only one. We are going to invest massively in hydrogen and in ammonia in Cork and Shannon because that is where the offshore renewable power will come ashore. At the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Tá brón orm mar níl ach beagán Gaeilge agam agus ní raibh mé ábalta gach focal a thuiscint ach but if I understand the Deputy's question correctly, it addresses the issue of the future of our islands and how we, as a Government and people, can ensure they thrive. I will give a number of reflections on that issue. I had the pleasure of meeting...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It takes time to work out what is the best regulatory system. We can and will look at this issue in regard to what the regulatory and market structures are but first things first because we have to get through a tough winter. We have to stand up to Mr. Putin in doing that. The first and most important thing is to protect the most vulnerable. We have a reduced use campaign, social welfare...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Where there are excess profits, which is Deputy Murphy's concern, going to the energy industry-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The real concern among members of the public is that they should not pay too much. The best way of addressing that, be it in a fossil fuel company, from which we will seek a contribution to feed back to the Irish public, or on the----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----electricity side where we will do the same, is through the mechanisms I mentioned, specifically the effective windfall taxes we have within the European Union mechanism. With regard to changing things, were it so easy that we could address and solve all of these problems with a flick of a switch or at a stroke of a pen whereby the regulator has a different position. I do not believe...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The example of what we did on central heating is a very good one. It is fascinating to look at the census from the early 1960s which shows that about half of Irish homes did not have running water or an inside toilet.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: By the mid or late 1980s, as Deputy Healy-Rae said, around 95% of houses had central heating. There was an incredible change over two and a half or three decades. We are going to have a similar change in the next two and a half or three decades. We have to do it. We know we have to switch from the use of fossil fuels to stop the planet from burning. Another advantage of this is that we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: To think this is simple in terms of how one reforms the market or in terms of immediate measures does not serve the Irish public because it is anything but simple. At the energy council, however, we have been centrally involved in working with the Commission. I brought many of the energy ministers to Dublin last week, where we continued to discuss what is the right approach. Every country...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The fifth measure has not been drafted into precise regulations but has our support. In terms of engagement with the energy ministers, the Taoiseach and I-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is capping price using our purchasing power at an international level.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy just does not like the answer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The first message we have to give to people is that, yes, we have to be smart and clever, but we also have to stay warm and comfortable through the winter and protect everyone's health. No one should be getting any message that involves restricting that comfort and basic health. The CRU appeared before the Oireachtas committee yesterday to addressing questions in respect of this and other...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We absolutely acknowledge that these price rises are hitting and hurting our people and businesses across the country and we have to do everything to protect them. We also have to at every time remind our people that the reason for that is the war in Ukraine and the Russian Government’s use of energy of a weapon of war, which is a direct attack on our people. We will continue, as we...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: - the Government is acutely aware of concerns around security of energy supply, particularly gas and electricity; - the Government has put a €2.4 billion package of policies and support measures in place since October 2021; - 99 per cent of domestic...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----and, in turn, the impact on gas and electricity bills that is the cause of the risks that we face over the coming winter and beyond. We have not faced an energy challenge like this since the early 1970s, but this is a challenge we will have to face and we will protect consumers through it.