Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have studied all of the documents from the Minister's briefing. I note his point that he is confident that he is on schedule. We will take that it up with him in time. The Minister did not, however, respond to my question on what he will do if, in the period of consultation and the coming before this House of the legislation, this House does not agree with the Government's decision to appoint Fingal County Council as the competent authority, which has been an incredibly controversial decision locally. I refer to the Minister's response to a question from Deputy Troy on this issue during a recent meeting of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport in which he said that some jurisdictions appointed organisations that are equivalent of the IAA but that most appointed bodies similar to Fingal County Council. In this regard, the Minister mentioned Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hungary, Greece, Finland and France. I put it to the Minister that the Danish transport authority, the Dutch ministry for infrastructure and water management, the Luxembourg ministry of sustainable development and infrastructure, the Hungarian ministry for national development, the French directorate general of civil aviation and the department of environment, and the Finnish transport safety agency are not the equivalent of Fingal County Council.

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