Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

There is a planning dimension to it. The 38 homes eligible for the buy-out are outside the relevant action that is currently with An Bord Pleanála.

We have put the 660 homes into the relevant action available for insulation. We are waiting for new contours work to come from ANCA, the noise regulator, that will determine where in its view the noise is at a level that insulation should be part of things. We can take it down to decibels. There is a standard metric that measures noise and transportation infrastructure. Typically, from the monitoring that we do, Ashbourne would be 40 dB and east Meath is in the low 40s to mid-40s. A noise level of 63 dB is where one would insulate. At over 69 dB, we would consider buy-out. Noise is a very serious issue, but we do not think the noise we monitor is at a level where insulation and buy-out come onto the table in east Meath. However, if the regulator says they do, we will follow that.