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Ireland's Jolly Green Giant - Ep53: Eamon Ryan
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Eamon Ryan is the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister for Transport in the Irish government and leader of the Green Party.
Eamon’s political career began in 1998 when he was co-opted to Dublin City Council. In 2002 he was elected to the Dáil Éireann. In 2007, when the Green party entered the government, he became the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. His time in office saw doubling of the renewable share in the electricity mix and a wide-ranging house retrofit programme. He resigned in 2011 after the Green Party left the government. After the Green Party failed to win any seats in the 2011 general election, Eamon became the party leader and has led it ever since. Eamon was elected TD for Dublin Bay South in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
Eamon graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Commerce.
Further reading:
Official bio:
EU’s carbon targets challenging but doable for Ireland, says Ryan (July 2021)
Statement from Minister Ryan at Leader's Climate Summit (April 2021)
https://www.eamonryan.ie/news/2021/6/3/statement-from-minister-ryan-at-leaders-climate-summit
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Manage episode 301819805 series 2772176
Eamon Ryan is the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Minister for Transport in the Irish government and leader of the Green Party.
Eamon’s political career began in 1998 when he was co-opted to Dublin City Council. In 2002 he was elected to the Dáil Éireann. In 2007, when the Green party entered the government, he became the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. His time in office saw doubling of the renewable share in the electricity mix and a wide-ranging house retrofit programme. He resigned in 2011 after the Green Party left the government. After the Green Party failed to win any seats in the 2011 general election, Eamon became the party leader and has led it ever since. Eamon was elected TD for Dublin Bay South in 2016 and re-elected in 2020.
Eamon graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Commerce.
Further reading:
Official bio:
EU’s carbon targets challenging but doable for Ireland, says Ryan (July 2021)
Statement from Minister Ryan at Leader's Climate Summit (April 2021)
https://www.eamonryan.ie/news/2021/6/3/statement-from-minister-ryan-at-leaders-climate-summit
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