Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)

I am going to move on to planning and licensing. The IAA issued a light UAS operator certificate permitting the use of sub-bases at junction 6 and Clonsilla and a main base at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre for commercial drone operations. Commercial operations are not permitted at Clonsilla, so Fingal used enforcement powers to shut the operation down. The same is likely to happen at junction 6. How can the IAA, which regulates aviation, grant licences for ground operations and supersede the local planning code?