Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport

Summer Plans for Dublin and Cork Airports: DAA

1:10 pm

Mr. Kenny Jacobs:

I think piles of emails and what is actually happening can sometimes be different things. We have the monitoring. Are there people looking up and seeing flights saying, “I did not think that was going to happen”? Yes, there are. However, we think it is in line and is compliant with what was consulted on in 2016. Looking up and seeing planes is one thing. Noise is the more real thing, and that is where it can be at decibel levels where it can be difficult to be in a kitchen or garden, for example. For us, that is the most important issue and that is where the buy-out, insulation and everything else comes into play, guided by ANCA in terms of where the noise is to manage it - it is 63 dB to insulate and 69 dB to buy out.

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