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

Nowhere in the directive is there a mention of a planning process. The whole purpose of the directive is to identify a competent authority that can deal with noise regulation. The airport needs certainty to deal with those two planning conditions. The residents also need certainty. That is supposed to be the purpose of the independent authority. We will have a parallel process by the same body, reporting to the same person, which seems bizarre.