I’ve been getting an increasing number of calls from concerned individuals about mobile phone scams in relation to the download of ringtones, games, phone “wallpapers” and other services. I think we’ve all heard stories of people who have inadvertently subscribed to a text message or phone service that either wipes out phone credit, or results [...]

4 May 2007
IPCC reaction: How we tackle climate change will be the defining issue of the next Govt

? The Green Party is alone in presenting a manifesto which takes the issue seriously

Green Party Energy spokesperson Eamon Ryan TD responded to the third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change today by saying: “This latest [...]

NO. 331
To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of actual job losses that were been successfully identified in advance by the early warning system operating under his Department; the action taken following said identification and the outcome thereof; and the number of potential job losses predicted by the EWS for the [...]

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Green Party Energy spokesperson, Eamon Ryan TD has called for a partnership approach to formulate a new national energy policy as the ViceChair of the Danish Parliamentary Committee on Energy Policy, Anne Grete Holmsgaard,? visits the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications Marine and Natural Resources today to explain Denmark?s approach to energy policy.
Mr. Ryan said [...]

Mr. Eamon Ryan:
On Second Stage, members of the Government parties, especially those from constituencies [...]

Mr. Eamon Ryan:

I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.”I wish to share time with Deputies Gormley, Boyle, Twomey and Connolly.
I introduce the Bill in the hope that we can have an open debate during which Government and Opposition Members can feel free to express their opinions on this important [...]

Mr. Eamon Ryan: The Green Party supports this Bill and will assist its swift enactment. Unlike other parties, we do not wish to score political points about difficulties which the Minister has had in the drafting process. However, I take the opportunity to make some broader points about the lack of planning in terms of [...]

Mr. Eamon Ryan:
It is not just non-governmental organisations to which we should listen in the debate, although they have been very good at informing it. Hundreds of thousands of people are marching throughout the world, in Seattle and Genoa, for example, and we should listen to what they say. We should not be distracted by [...]

Mr. Eamon Ryan:
Like Deputy Broughan, I generally welcome this Bill and its main provisions.? Reading the Bill, it is interesting to reflect on how much has changed in a year.? About a year ago our official position was that we were very much in favour of workers from the accession countries having open access to [...]