Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The aircraft noise competent authority, ANCA, is the noise regulator. It was established under the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019. Its statutory functions include monitoring the impact of aircraft noise, assessing proposals for development at Dublin Airport and regulating for the management of aircraft noise. In 2022, ANCA defined a noise abatement objective, NAO, for Dublin Airport to manage the effects of aircraft noise emissions on the surrounding communities and environment at the airport. It gave a clear policy objective set against measurable criteria and outcomes. A report published by ANCA on 2 August this year, which reproduced the NAO for Dublin Airport, together with an inventory of the measures identified by DAA to mitigate the noise impacts, found that while long-term NAO required outcomes are lower than the 2019 levels, one of the four expected outcomes has not been achieved for the 2022 assessment. There is a regulatory authority there and it will take effective action to achieve its objective.

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