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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Advisers (8 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: On the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil, which incorporate the principles of section 11 of the PMSA Act, have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (8 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The safety and security of public transport passengers and staff, including arrangements to deal with anti-social behaviour, are important matters that, first and foremost, must be managed by every public transport company, in conjunction with An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Advisers (8 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: On the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. The Guidelines for the 33rd Dáil, which incorporate the principles of section 11 of the PMSA Act, have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I join with Deputy Collins in extending every sympathy to those who have suffered from the floods across west Cork. I am very familiar with many of the towns, villages and areas the Deputy mentioned. Deputy Collins is right that it is devastating when one wakes up in the morning to see ones house or business flooded. It is particularly worrying in places such as Skibbereen where extensive...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As I said earlier to Deputy Collins, the answer is "Yes". I will provide the specific details for the Deputy. In Kenmare, Skibbereen and in other locations where we have seen such instances the Government responded immediately by trying to give immediate supports to alleviate the specific areas where it was a problem. I will send that on. Going back to the bigger picture, I do not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: No, it is giving-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I think there is a role for the Oireachtas. We do it with the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response and other Members. First and foremost, we heed the best advice we have, which is coming from our health services and others, about how we manage this. We have a balancing act to do with regard to how we get economic recovery at the same time. The Government is focused on that more than...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Deputy Canney for raising an important issue in the development of our country, planning forward. I have some broad points to make with regard to the funding of Irish Water. There was agreement in the last Dáil at an Oireachtas committee about the approach that would be taken. I believe there was and still is cross-party and independent support for that approach, so I do not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I will certainly take it into account. My understanding is that the political agreement about managing water recognised that we will continue to have private water schemes and group water schemes. I recall some of the analysis of it stated that they sometimes have the greatest difficulties. It is not as if they will all completely switch to the Irish Water system, but they have to be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I assure the Deputy that the Government is working collectively, and in my mind coherently, not just in managing the Covid crisis but in every aspect of the economic crisis that comes with it and across every brief. The Deputy is correct that Covid is first and foremost, because it is the essential crisis we have to manage. I am confident that the HSE is managing and has the capability in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This is the most important thing the Government has to do. This medium-term plan, which as I said will be within the next two weeks-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, but it will take us two weeks.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The managing and taking charge now is to make sure that the medium-term plan is fit for purpose. It is as important, if not more important to my mind, as the budget facing us because how we manage this will allow a return to some normality of life as we manage life with Covid, and try to minimise and suppress it-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Deputy Doherty for raising the case, representing the family in question, and trying to relieve some of their terrible loss by ensuring that if there are failings in our system, they do not go unchecked and are actually addressed. I commit to following up with the Minister of Health to ensure that the report's findings are implemented. Our cancer system has improved significantly in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I cannot commit here to specific reviews being carried because that is a matter for the Department of Health and the Minister who has to read the report, listen to the expert advice and ensure that we do apply the lessons and learn. Where there is a case that a ward has been in place for 20 years but is not properly equipped, staffed or operational, we must examine that. I do not have the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (30 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy's concerns and his very appropriate representations of the concerns of his constituents are very much heard. I will add further detail to inform the discussion on the approval requirements associated with national roads generally, as set out in the public spending code, in the Department's capital appraisal framework for transport projects and programmes and in planning...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (30 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: First, I would like to explain that once funding arrangements have been put in place through the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, under the Roads Acts 1993 to 2015, the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Overall, TII is responsible for the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations (30 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Deputies for raising this important issue. I will clarify that the provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. In accordance with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fire Stations (30 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I will pass the concerns both Deputies have raised to the Minister with responsibility for this area, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, directly. Deputy Fitzmaurice made the point that people always say all is well until something happens. The risks and concerns the Deputies raise are valid and I commit to raise them directly with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. I hope that might help to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radio Broadcasting (30 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: While I am supportive of the promotion of Irish music on our broadcasting services, I am conscious that a number of factors must be taken into account when considering the feasibility of introducing airplay quotas. The potential benefit to music production in Ireland must be balanced with the rights of broadcasters, subject to their contractual or regulatory obligations, to determine the type...