Results 321-340 of 29,149 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Job Losses. (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to share time with Deputy Morgan.

Job Losses. (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I join my colleagues from Waterford in expressing the condolences of the Green Party to the workers of Waterford Crystal. It must be a bleak and difficult night in the town of Dungarvan, which I know well, with the future looking much more precarious and uncertain. A company operating in international markets is subject to the vagaries of international forces and there is no doubt that recent...

Written Answers — Energy Requirements: Energy Requirements (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will act to make a reality the prospect outlined at the Teagasc national tillage conference in 2003 of Ireland supplying all its energy requirements from fuel crops; and if she will encourage the development of the biofuel sector for the sake of all farmers, especially those who depended on the Carlow sugar factory. [14230/05]

Written Answers — Animal By-Products: Animal By-Products (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is examining the possibility of making safe use of digestate from anaerobic digestion in view of the fact that Denmark and Britain both permit spread of digestate; and if so, the outcome of her examinations. [14231/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance when he intends to sign into law the EU public procurement directive; and the practical applications of the directive which are being considered for use once it is signed into law. [14100/05]

Written Answers — Enviromental Policy: Enviromental Policy (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will set an example for private sector developers and require that building contracts it commissions use a percentage of products such as green cement to help achieve the national climate change reduction targets. [14101/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that consideration of EPAs at the 133 committee meeting of 6 May 2005 gives Ireland and other member states sufficient time to consider the UK paper on EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14236/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports the view advocated by the UK Government in the context of the EPA negotiations that the EU should propose within the WTO that Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, should be reviewed as suggested by the Commission for Africa, in order to reduce the requirement for reciprocity and...

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports the view advocated by the UK Government in the context of the EPA negotiations that the EU should offer ACP countries an alternative to an EPA which would provide no worse market access to the EU than is currently enjoyed under Cotonou preferences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14238/05]

Written Answers — Economic Partnership Agreements: Economic Partnership Agreements (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports the view advocated by the UK Government in the context of the EPA negotiations that investment, competition and government procurement should be removed from the negotiations unless specifically requested by an ACP regional negotiating group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14239/05]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are statutory requirements for local authorities to complete transport analysis and traffic modelling reports on a new roadway being proposed under Part 8 of the public consultation and local authority decision-making process. [14424/05]

Telecommunications Services. (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister for his broad reply. Is the Government's main input in this area the provision of the MANs, which represents a significant investment in fibre optic rings? How many of the commercial suppliers of broadband use the MANs? If the Minister does not have the information to hand, will he forward it to me later? What was the turnover of the MANs in the last financial year? While...

Telecommunications Services. (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I will finish if I may. On that basis from where does the growth come? Does the Minister believe we will get the additional 350,000 connections in the next year and a half from DSL connections, wireless Internet or other connections? On what does the Minister base his optimism?

Telecommunications Services. (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: On the point Deputy Broughan made earlier, is the Minister aware that IBM made a presentation to the Oireachtas joint committee examining the area of broadband? It made the point that in many ways Ireland was an unattractive venture for business and that it could not provide home broadband connections to its staff. That was the specific point IBM wanted to raise before the committee. Is the...

Telecommunications Services. (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Will that be via the schools or elsewhere?

Fisheries Protection. (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: It is remarkable that the local authority in question was informed of the need for the licence but did not proceed. Questions must be asked about the local authority's relationship with the Department and its management of the legislation. The River Suir, like many rivers in the south east and on the east coast, is under severe pressure with salmon numbers far below conservation limits. That...

Fisheries Protection. (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: We can start.

Fisheries Protection. (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State failed to provide a response on how we will look after the specific interests of commercial fishermen on the Suir. The problem is that he cannot do so under current policy. I assure the Minister of State that Green Party members nationally are very much behind the campaign I organised. Have members of the Minister of State's party expressed doubts or interest on current...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he intends to introduce to promote the use of wood chip and wood pellet solid fuel heating boilers and small scale wood fuel electricity generating systems; and if he will consider providing capital grants for such technology as in the UK. [14545/05]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (5 May 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he intends to introduce to stop the overfishing of fishing quotas and the landing of illegal so-called black fish. [14544/05]