Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We could dance around the issue all day, but the Minister has not satisfactorily explained the delays which have occurred, even since the appointment of Fingal County Council as noise regulator, why 13 other countries had appointed a competent authority as of November last year and we have not yet done so, or whether he has met the chief executive of the DAA. He does not see a need to meet the chief executive of Fingal County Council, in spite of the fact that he is to meet the affected residents associations. He should meet everybody or nobody. We have grave reservations about the process, but we see the need for it and will work with the Department to deliver it. I take heart from the Minister stating the Department of the Taoiseach will take the lead in the cross-departmental group.