Mr. Ronan Gallagher:

The EPA will not have a role specifically in respect of noise. It does have a broader role in respect of the environmental aspects. It is not scratched from the airport site, I imagine, but it will not have any role under EU Regulation 598/2014. We are at the mercy of this committee and the Dáil on the legislative framework. The Government has agreed a timeframe that is challenging but it is dictated by the certainty that needs to be given to the airport and to the residents in Fingal. That is where the urgency is. We are certainly planning for it but we are passengers on that front. We can only do so much.