Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will not say much. I will be interested to hear what the Minister's response is because the points have been very well made. This was put forward coming out of the spirit of a good amendment that was passed on Committee Stage but in the hope of making it better and to give the added security as Deputy Darragh O'Brien said, which is demanded by residents because we are talking about mitigating the impact of aircraft noise. One of the key areas of this is the whole issue of insulation. Some people are saying that if we do that no aircraft will be able to fly and we will shut down Dublin Airport. That is nonsense. What it does mean is that more homes will have to be insulated and it is a key area of the balanced approach. Hopefully the Minister will see reason because the points have been well made. However, if he thinks it needs further tweaking we should pass this now and that can be looked at in the Seanad.

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