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Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I was not aware of this issue and I am glad Deputy Richmond has raised it. On first hearing of it, it is hard to see how a drive-in movie could be a public health risk for the spread of the coronavirus. I will speak to my colleagues in government, including officials dealing with the management of the public health crisis, to see whether anything can be done specifically in this instance....

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I was very glad to take part in a recent cabinet subcommittee meeting that exclusively looked at this issue for three hours. It was hugely informative. Perhaps I may share some personal reflections on this. There was some media comment in recent years on the New Brunswick model, whereby everyone can be in a mainstream school. The view of many parents' advocacy organisations here, and to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: However, there are gaps and if Dublin 15 is one of these then absolutely we need to close them.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is very important that we protect every child in the way we manage this.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy's question follows the preceding one coincidentally but very much on the same issue. I do not have the details of the school but I presume Saplings is a special autism school that was established approximately 12 years ago. I have knowledge of them and they do hugely beneficial work. As I have just been saying, we need specialist schools in some instances. It is not always a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have an understanding of the specifics of the case. If the Deputy provides me with the details I will happily forward them to the Minister. To broaden it out, in one sense, to the cyberattack crisis we are facing, we will have to get the balancing act right because we need a range of new e-health solutions to deliver Sláintecare and to deliver new services and improve existing...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I join in Deputy Doherty's concern for those households where people's homes have such a fundamental problem. I introduced a scheme in June last year. As I understand it, there are differences between what happened to properties on the east coast and what happened in the Donegal and Mayo areas. I do not have the details, but it appears to be a much more extensive problem, with higher costs...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for a slightly longer time to respond to this question, because it is an important issue, and to give me a bit of time to explain. A lot of people are concerned.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I very much appreciated the meeting we had yesterday where Deputy Kelly and other Deputies were briefed by An Garda Síochána on the cybersecurity system issue, which is of huge consequence for our health system, for individuals and for families. Subsequent to yesterday's meeting, the Minister for Justice, the Minister for Health and I had a meeting yesterday afternoon. We took up...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Yes is the answer to that. We have engaged constantly since last Friday morning. There is a whole range of different issues of real concern. Absolutely centre stage in that is Tusla and its information systems that were connected to the HSE networks. To go further in response to Deputy Kelly, our second measure is to contact our media and social media companies to say that if anyone...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Smith is right that one can do things. It is one of the reasons that in government I was very proud, as a member of the European Council, to put real pressure on the European Commission in recent weeks to change the EU taxonomy rules away from favouring investment in gas systems, recognising that we must keep that gas in the ground, and keep the oil and coal in the ground, if we are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: -----which we are actually doing. This is the change we can make, so we will not need LNG.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We will have alternatives. That is what we are doing in government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is critical. A survey commissioned during the week looked at the issue of remote working, with 95% of people surveyed citing the view that they did not want to go back to a five-day week all of the time, especially if there is long-distance commuting involved. The national broadband plan will be a critical part of facilitating this alternative and better way of doing things. We must be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with pretty much every one of the Deputy's comments about getting the balance right. We need to provide housing for young people and it must be close to the city centre, of high quality and in large numbers. The strategic housing development approach will not continue after early next year. It will be wound down and it will mean we will, correctly, have to rely on our councils to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: All of the SHDs may not go ahead. There are legal challenges and questions about some of them, and I understand many of those challenges have been successful. Within the provisions there is a "use it or lose it" clause for them to be built by a certain time. There is an underlying problem in our city with the cost of construction and the viability of it and the ability an affordable option...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: That is where we must work as well as here. The practical measures must include what the councils can do through local development plans. We will back this up and support the process as best we can with the likes of investment in public transport and other measures.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is not just about the housing but also all the other services that come with that at the same time. That is what we as a party are good at.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Following on from the previous question, there is a lot of emphasis on urban Ireland because of the issue of apartment living. We must be very clear that in the changes we need to make, it is about rural and urban. It is about towns and villages, country and city. This is particularly the case with meeting the climate change challenges we face where we need a switch to public transport and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I met some of those County Galway private bus operators last summer and the Deputy is absolutely right that they run a first-class service. The really annoying thing is that just before Covid struck they were actually seeing a massive expansion in their services. They were looking at new routes like east-west, north-south and a whole range of different ones. They were finding that as soon...