Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for the information they have given the committee so far. I have a few questions. Some relate to my constituents and others are more general. The first relates to the community liaison group with which there has not been any meeting in quite a while. I understand there is an issue we are not discussing and the witnesses will be aware that it is the issue that is most pressing for that group. We will not discuss it perhaps until September. Is there a reason there cannot be any engagement with the liaison group to discuss the concerns with the people who are my constituents and DAA's neighbours? I understand from public commentary that DAA makes it clear it wants to be a good neighbour but that is not how they feel and they are DAA's neighbours. If you want to know if you are a good neighbour, there is no point in asking someone who lives on the next estate, you should ask your neighbours. DAA's neighbours say that they do not believe it is a particularly good neighbour and communication is a serious issue.

Is it the intention to hold a meeting of the community liaison group in the near future? Can this be facilitated? I appreciate that we are in a public forum and that there are issues the witnesses have requested we do not discuss. That is grand, and we will not do that. Those liaison meetings are not a public forum. They are a forum where one would not need to wait until September to have a meeting with the community liaison group to discuss the issues relating to the runway and its operation.