Brendan Ryan (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 4:

In section 20 proposed to be inserted by Seanad Amendment No. 4, in the definition of "scheme" in subsection (1), after "the daa" to insert ", for Dublin Airport and any adjacent area,".

I have two amendments to Seanad amendment No. 4 and if the Minister was moving them he might call them technical amendments. Amendment No. 4 from the Seanad deals with a noise insulation scheme and the definition "means a noise insulation scheme put in place by the daa before the relevant day and in force immediately before such day". Given that the DAA also has control of Cork Airport, a scheme for the latter might comply with the legislation here. It is about tidying up the language to ensure that it accurately reflects what is intended.

Amendment No. 2 to Seanad amendment No. 4 relates to subsection (2) of the latter, which deals with a noise insulation scheme in section 20. The subsection states "Subject to subsection (3), on and after the relevant day, a scheme shall be deemed to be a noise mitigation measure introduced by the competent authority" and my amendment would have this introduced "by virtue of a regulatory decision adopted" by the competent authority. This would bring consistency of language used previously in the Bill. These are two technical amendments and I am sure officials will advise the Minister that they ought to be accepted.

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