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

On funding, is there a reason for the vagueness? It will be funded by the industry. What level of engagement has the Department had with the CEO of Fingal County Council? To be fair, Mr. Gallagher has acknowledged that an increase in the council's capacity will be required. Have the additional resources that will be needed been identified? What is the ballpark figure for the funding that will have to be levied from the DAA?

I identified a further point while going through the documentation last night, but I cannot find it now. It was related to someone making an objection. In any fair process it is right and proper for someone with a legitimate objection be able to make it, but the fee remains to be set. I have found the relevant part. It reads: "Any submission must be made within a period of five weeks and must be accompanied by the appropriate fee which will be set out in regulations". We might be waiting until the regulations are made. No one would have an issue with the making of a legitimate observation on a planning file or, in this case, noise regulation, but are measures being taken to mitigate against persons who make objections that are not legitimate?

I am thinking of what happened in Athenry. A significant development in this country was held up because of somebody on the far side of the country on the east coast, on whom the development was having no impact. Legitimate concerns need to be dealt with in a fair, open and transparent manner. We need to ensure that but we also want to prohibit any possibility of somebody putting in an objection illegitimately.