196. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to buy new buses for the Dublin Bus fleet; if such buses will give additional capacity or just replace existing buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34063/16]
190. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if taxpayers will be expected to carry the cost of EU penalties for not complying with our targets for greenhouse gas reduction and required share of energy from renewable sources by 2020. [34066/16]
189. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has commenced a cost benefit analysis on offshore wind; the scope of this report; his plans for engaging with Irish and international companies seeking to invest in offshore wind energy here and the timescale for completion of the report. [34065/16]
188. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether sufficient offshore wind energy could be constructed in the Irish Sea by 2020 to reach the 2020 renewable energy target. [34064/16]
77. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the foregone taxation revenue from exempting combined heat and power engines from carbon tax. [34068/16]
76. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the reason combined heat and power engines are exempted from carbon tax in view of the fact that the signing of the Paris Agreement suggests significant efforts will need to be made to divest away from fossil fuels. [34067/16]
508. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the consultation on the new affordable child care scheme will include consideration of supports for alternative child care choices, including in respect of those parents raising children at home. [33831/16]
22. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way she will protect against the dual income trap, as articulated by a person (details supplied), the result of which is a greater level of support being provided for one parenting choice over another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33818/16]
9. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with the leaders of the UUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin that took place on 3 November 2016 in Stormont; and the understandings that were reached regarding the legal and constitutional developments in regard to the invocation of Article 50 during the Brexit process. [33825/16]
33. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to consent to provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ahead of upcoming EU council meetings and the EU-Canada Summit. [30968/16]
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the election of a Mayor for the Local Government Areas of Dublin City and the counties of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Regional Authority of Dublin, or in the Irish language, Údarás Réigiúnach Bhaile Átha Cliath; to confer certain functions on the said Mayor and on the said Authority including functions under the Waste Management Act 1996, the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Local Government Act 2001 and certain other enactments; for that purpose and other purposes to amend those enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith
21. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate to allow local authorities to restrict the movement of high emission vehicles in urban centres to reduce air pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32781/16]
8. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the Dublin metro and the DART east-west interconnector. [32780/16]
176. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts being made in relation to bringing to an end the burning of coal and oil and the use of natural gas in our electricity generations stations. [32496/16]
175. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's prediction in regard to the amount by which Ireland will miss its 2020 EU emissions targets; and, apart from budget 2017, the policy changes being explored to reduce the likely overshoot. [32495/16]
174. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he will ensure the national climate dialogue complies with the requirements of the Aarhus Convention. [32494/16]
148. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking regarding the likely increase in methane emissions due to the expanding beef and dairy herds. [32497/16]
94. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the means of selecting the members of the recently established committee to review the reports of the Cork local government committee. [32499/16]
93. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the terms of reference of the recently established committee to review the reports of the Cork local government committee. [32498/16]
5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the Government opposed a proposed ban on the use of pesticides in ecological focus areas which was discussed at the recent European Council Agriculture Ministers' meeting. [32510/16]
19. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the stage at which the development of smart metering for every home is; and the way such a scheme will be funded. [32081/16]
5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action last met; and when the next meeting is to take place. [31825/16]
614. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social work team leader and principal social worker positions within the Child and Family Agency filled on an acting basis. [32130/16]
538. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether offshore wind has an important role to play in reaching our renewable obligations for 2020 in view of the fact that the cost of offshore wind is set to fall dramatically. [31865/16]
537. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it will not be possible, under current energy policy, to reach the 2020 renewable electricity target without deploying a broader range of renewable technologies, including offshore wind and solar, in view of the fact that Ireland’s 2020 EU targets for renewable electricity are legally binding and that failure to reach these targets will result in fines that may well be higher than the cost of achieving the targets. [31864/16]
498. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays being experienced by children in the Dublin 15 area in accessing occupational therapy assessment by the paediatric occupational therapy team in Blanchardstown and that a person (details supplied) has been waiting 15 months for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32133/16]
383. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role she has regarding the maintenance of ecosystem functions, including carbon sequestration and surface water management as well as the protection of biodiversity in peatlands and cutover peatlands which are not subject to a nature conservation designation. [32132/16]
272. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there has been an increase or decrease in the average domestic usage of water, outwith usual variations, since the suspension of charges was implemented; and if so, the amount per person on average. [31866/16]
233. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the result of the recent patronage competition for secondary schools in County Dublin, Firhouse, Lucan, Swords, Carpenterstown, Castleknock, Malahide and Portmarnock will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32131/16]
187. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements that exist regarding the collection of tax from Internet purchases made here from the UK; where the tax is collected; and if the Government monitors purchases and sales on the Internet. [32129/16]
160. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to explain the reason there is a discrepancy in the addresses stated on some embassy websites and visa summary sheets in respect of where applicants send their supporting documentation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32135/16]
159. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the reason visa processing has been outsourced to a company (details supplied) in the following eight countries: China, Peru, Nigeria, India, Ghana, Pakistan, Turkey and Hong Kong; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32134/16]
72. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach the policy for the archiving of materials from the Moriarty tribunal; and the locations in which they are currently stored and will be stored in future. [31309/16]
57. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the trade deals that have been signed with the Egyptian Government in the past five years; and the primary export industries from Ireland to Egypt. [31812/16]
29. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action his Department is taking to secure the release of a person (details supplied). [31811/16]
120. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the policy for the archiving of materials from the Mahon tribunal; and the locations they are stored currently and will be stored in future. [31309/16]
15. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans for the protection of the Georgian graving docks in the Grand Canal Basin; and if she will make a commitment to safeguard and improve the site, with a particular focus on Georgian heritage conservation. [31137/16]
5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans for the protection of the Georgian graving docks in the Grand Canal basin; and if she will make a commitment to safeguard and improve the site, with a particular focus on Georgian heritage conservation. [31308/16]
32. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider putting in place criteria for the awarding of Government contracts that would ensure these contracts are awarded to those companies that meet sustainability benchmarks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30967/16]
639. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to respond to the Seanad Éireann vote on the provisional application of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if she intends to adhere to this vote at the meeting of Ministers in Brussels (details supplied). [30403/16]
606. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland was not represented at the UNFCCC workshop on technical and scientific aspects of ecosystems with high-carbon reservoirs not covered by other agenda items under the convention in Bonn in October 2013. [30441/16]
605. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will opt to include wetland management in its actions to implement the proposed 2030 climate package; and the research his decision in this regard is based on. [30440/16]
604. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the proposed optional rather than mandatory inclusion of wetland management in the 2030 climate package. [30439/16]
603. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland expressed any views to the European Commission on the proposed optional rather than mandatory inclusion of wetland management in the 2030 climate package in advance of the publication of the Commission's proposal; and if so, the detail of those views. [30438/16]
438. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has given consideration to the provision of pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP, medication (details supplied) to groups who are at high risk of contracting HIV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30442/16]
349. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected role of the European Parliament negotiations following the invoking of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. [30448/16]
348. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the voting majority required within the European Council or Parliament to agree any negotiated conclusions following the invoking of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. [30447/16]
323. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the position of children who were over five years of age when they started primary school and are therefore 19 years old in sixth year, assuming they have done transition year, and so are not eligible for children's allowance although they are not working and have no means to support themselves while at school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30443/16]
289. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made to date, further to the programme for Government commitment, to engage stakeholders on the way credit unions can support social housing through voluntary housing services; if the engagement to date included any reference to section 44 of the Credit Union Act 1997 or to dormant accounts on the books of credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30445/16]