Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 November 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion

Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

The flight paths are now fully compliant. There was a period with a small number of deviations. That is now corrected. We apologised for that. We should have got that right. It is now right, and the flight paths are fully compliant. That is the first thing. Second, on noise, let us take households in Fingal. In 2023, compared with 2019, fewer households in Fingal are impacted by noise. That is a fact from our point of view. Our interpretation of the cap is to count the transfers only once. Other people will have a different view. I think we are a good neighbour. That is something we will continue to work on. I do not think we have an outreach programme. I think we have more than that. We have a good relationship with Fingal County Council, and with the community. We want to improve that, and we want to listen to them and we want them to be part of that and then feel it is a good relationship. There will always be parts who say they do not think it is a good relationship. I know plenty of people in Fingal, who-----

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