Results 41-60 of 29,193 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: If one checks the numbers for the previous year one can make a rough estimate of the numbers this year. It is certain we are not catering for the demand at present. That is an issue that is not being addressed in this debate or by the Government. There is a concern about what the Minister has called citizenship tourism. However, the figures are starting to show clearly that this problem was...

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his courtesy and I will not seek to have his decision taken as a precedent. The Minister appears to have indicated recently that in addition to the metro option, he is considering an alternative option by Iarnród Éireann that it would use existing railway lines to develop a link to Dublin Airport from the DART line probably somewhere north of Maynooth....

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Before the last election the Government said the metro would be up and running in 2007. Can the Minister predict in what year the metro will run to the airport? The motorway to Waterford would entail a similar cost. How does the Minister quantify the benefits of one against the other as an investment decision? Why does the road building programme get such large public funding, yet public...

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Capital funding is only €2.3 billion.

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: In what year will the metro run to the airport?

Aviation Matters. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: With regard to the sale of Aer Lingus, has the Department carried out an analysis of whether a trade sale of part of the company or a public offering of part of the shareholding in the company is the preferred option? What is the Minister's preference between those two alternatives or is there another option for the sale of the company?

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: We need a traceable, checkable system.

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department has in the possible extension of the Sandyford Luas line to Cherrywood; when he expects this project to be approved; the length of the planning and construction of the line will take; and the funding sources that are likely to be used to finance the project. [12540/04]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy changes he intends to introduce to ensure that a change to more sedentary transport modes is reversed in view of the concerns expressed by industry groups such as IBEC that changing exercise patterns are the primary cause of the rise in the levels of obesity here and in view of the fact that the latest census statistics have shown a...

Written Answers — Salmon Lice: Salmon Lice (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department's attention has been drawn to reports that lice levels at a location (details supplied) in County Galway in February 2004 were greatly in excess of the levels permitted under the licensing agreement and under State protocol. [12642/04]

Written Answers — Salmon Lice: Salmon Lice (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action his Department has taken on the follow up to reported levels of lice at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; and the enforcement action which has been taken by his Department in its role as licenser for salmon farms in this particularly sensitive area. [12643/04]

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (13 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: I was trying to think, sitting here, of what risks to this State might apply regarding some of the events for which we are preparing. Deputy Broughan mentioned how we had fortuitously had a committee meeting last week on port security in this State. I am raising this because I am wondering what circumstances we should be concerned about. One concern to come out of that meeting was the...

Industrial Development. (13 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria which apply to the IDA and Enterprise Ireland on the nature of companies they can support; if restrictions exist for either agency on the basis that their client companies have to be engaged in a certain percentage of exporting activity; if it is possible for companies involved in import...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (13 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to introduce laws, regulations and administrative decisions to comply with Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and Council that was agreed on 25 June 2002 and is required to be enacted into national law by 18 July 2004; and the legislative changes intended to be made in this...

Written Answers — Commissions of Inquiry: Commissions of Inquiry (18 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the proposals from Mr. Justice Ryan to end the impasse involving the work of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse have been analysed by his Department; if consultation has taken place with the relevant victim groups. [14377/04]

Written Answers — Course Credit Transfers: Course Credit Transfers (18 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the steps being taken to remove the glaring anomaly whereby students taking FETAC awarded subjects can transfer directly into UK universities and be given full or nearly full credit for subjects taken at FETAC level yet cannot obtain any credit transfer oftheir FETAC subjects into HETAC courses. [14376/04]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (18 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposal for an international agreement on a contraction and convergence response to climate change has been discussed at a Heads of State level during the Irish European Union Presidency; and if he intends to include the issue in the hand-over portfolio he will pass on to the upcoming Dutch...

Written Answers — Lansdowne Road Development: Lansdowne Road Development (25 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason the Lansdowne Road development will not be completed before its target date; the new information that exists on this compared with the information provided in reply to my question on the matter in April 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15350/04]

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (25 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, in view of the fact that Ireland has now been awarded approved destination status, ADS, from China, the proportion of current Chinese tourists that arrive here via Shannon or Cork, as opposed to Dublin; if there is scope for setting up an arrangement whereby Shannon and Cork would be hubs for new routes originating from China;...

Written Answers — Immunity from Criminal Prosecution: Immunity from Criminal Prosecution (1 Jun 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the immunity from prosecution that can be claimed by Oireachtas Members if they prove they were travelling in the course of their Oireachtas duties. [16353/04]