Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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There is merit to the two legislative proposals the representatives are suggesting. I am also conscious that the last time the Dublin Airport Authority was before the committee it had been lodging planning that week. It then advised us that it could take a minimum of two years for that to go through the whole process. This is because there is inevitably going to be an appeal to An Bord Pleanála and possibly a judicial review. Many residents contact our committee. There is going to be a long campaign here. Although both suggestions the representatives made technically could happen with some relative ease in the Houses of the Oireachtas, they would only provide a framework through which An Bord Pleanála can move this further along. We could potentially still be locked into a two-year cycle of this capping. Have the representatives considered that? Has that come up in their talks with the Minister or the DAA? No matter what they say here today, it could take two years or more before a cap is lifted.