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Tue, 15 Oct 2019
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Coillte Teoranta
Eamon Ryan
94. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the mandate of Coillte to encourage it to provide a wide range of forestry services; and if he will direct Coillte to commence the planting of new forests. [41988/19]
Wed, 2 Oct 2019
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Eamon Ryan
6. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the US Vice President, Mr. Mike Pence. [38501/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Eamon Ryan
7. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with Prime Minister Johnson. [38502/19]
Tue, 1 Oct 2019
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Eamon Ryan
109. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to New York for the UN Climate Action Summit 2019. [38849/19]
Tue, 24 Sep 2019
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Cybersecurity Policy
Eamon Ryan
11. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department has in the management of cybersecurity threats; the way in which he co-ordinates this work with other Departments; and if, in his view, there is a sufficient level of cybersecurity resourcing and preparedness. [38499/19]
Tue, 24 Sep 2019
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Naval Service Operations
Eamon Ryan
32. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role the Naval Service may have in the designation and protection of marine protected areas; and if the Naval Service would have capacity to ensure the integrity of such areas. [38500/19]
Tue, 17 Sep 2019
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Bus Éireann Services
Eamon Ryan
578. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage Bus Éireann to facilitate customers that want to bring their bikes onboard buses through the use of an online reservation system similar to that used by Irish Rail; and his views on the removal of the €10 charge on a single journey that is currently applied. [37358/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Defence Forces Operations
Eamon Ryan
98. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the representatives of the Government and or the Defence Force were invited to Paris for the Bastille military parade and subsequent discussions regarding military co-operation in Europe. [34353/19]
Thu, 11 Jul 2019
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Rural Regeneration and Development Fund
Eamon Ryan
12. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the rural regeneration and development fund allocated to date; and if a breakdown of spending in each of the categories to date will be provided. [30255/19]
Tue, 9 Jul 2019
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Light Rail Projects
Eamon Ryan
69. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the response to the public consultation on the preferred route for MetroLink for south Dublin; and if the National Transport Authority will be directed to carry out assessments of two alternative route options (details supplied). [29508/19]
Thu, 4 Jul 2019
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National Broadband Plan
Eamon Ryan
23. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the options proposed by Eir will be considered for the roll-out of fibre to the national broadband area by means other than the draft concession agreement. [28479/19]
Thu, 4 Jul 2019
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North-South Interconnector
Eamon Ryan
35. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the expected timeline for the development of the north-South interconnector; and the expected progress of the project. [28480/19]
Thu, 4 Jul 2019
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Climate Change Adaptation Plans
Eamon Ryan
389. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to implement the governance structures recommended in the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action report. [25210/19]
Wed, 3 Jul 2019
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Eamon Ryan
7. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach when Cabinet committee D, infrastructure, last met; and when it will next meet. [26620/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Eamon Ryan
35. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees Ireland has accepted under the resettlement and relocation strands of the EU relocation programme; the number of those accepted that have been found permanent accommodation; and the number that remain in reception centres. [27174/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Direct Provision System
Eamon Ryan
48. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to secure appropriate long-term accommodation for asylum seekers following the situation in County Monaghan in which over one hundred asylum seekers were removed from their accommodation and transported to County Wexford to facilitate a private function. [26852/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Special Educational Needs Service Provision
Eamon Ryan
73. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, further to the enactment of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, he has instructed schools to make additional provision for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Energy Policy
Eamon Ryan
613. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the importation of fracked gas from the United States of America; and if measures will be taken to have liquified natural gas, LNG, from fracked sources removed from the EU projects of common interest list in view of climate change commitments and in view of the commitment to ban fracking. [26918/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Climate Change Policy
Eamon Ryan
673. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost per tonne of abating greenhouse gas emissions by diverting freight to rail. [26658/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Climate Change Policy
Eamon Ryan
674. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost per tonne of abating greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating and incentivising switching from diesel and petrol cars to electric cars. [26659/19]