Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)

It is the responsibility of Government, not private business, to legislate and the failure of Governments over the past couple of years to legislate on this is the reason we are all sitting here. We are not here talking about defibrillators and medicine but the commercial end of drone delivery and its impact on residents. Should Manna not hold off scaling up until legislation with proper guidelines is in place? How many drones does the company plan to put into operation this year and in 2026 and 2027? On noise, if I am sitting in my garden and a drone delivers next door to me, what is the maximum decibel level? If a car is driving past, walls will block the noise. With a lawnmower, most gardens have concrete walls on both sides that block the noise. In the case of a drone, however, it comes directly down over your head.