Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

People who live near Dublin Airport are well used to airport noise. The Taoiseach will know this from his own constituency. However, residents in Ballyboughal, St. Margaret's, Kilsallaghan, Ridgewood and surrounding areas have been subjected to new flight paths. Houses that never had an aeroplane go over them or near them are now subjected to this daily. The attempts by the Dublin Airport Authority to address this with a new standard instrument departure, SID, appear to have been unsuccessful to date. I have been contacted by people wanting to know if the new SID has started because the noise is getting worse. I am aware that the Taoiseach has been contacted by them as well. Fingal County Council is responsible for noise regulation but has been slow to respond to the concerns of residents. Will the Taoiseach engage with the Minister for Transport to get him to instruct Fingal County Council to listen to the concerns of residents, acknowledge that efforts to date have failed to address this issue, and ensure that the 2007 planning conditions are adhered to?

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