Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will firstly respond to Deputy Catherine Murphy's point. We dealt with health earlier and we agreed that point. Health considerations are specifically singled out in the regulations. I will read from the preamble:

The importance of health aspects needs to be recognised in relation to noise problems, and therefore it is important that those aspects be taken into consideration in a consistent manner at all airports when a decision is taken on noise abatement objectives, taking into account the existence of common Union rules in this area. Therefore, health aspects should be assessed in accordance with Union legislation on the evaluation of noise effects.

It is very specific about that, so it is very important.