Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The matters relating to enforcement of a planning decision are a matter for Fingal County Council, as the relevant planning authority. They will assess the methodology used in the enumeration of passengers. As I have said, if one reads the planning condition, it relates to pressure on infrastructure roads and public transport.

Dublin Airport and, indeed, the wider economic approach will require an increase in the passenger cap if we want to continue to be connected as an island and as a country and to continue to remain competitive. That is why our national aviation policy is about facilitating increased opportunities for Dublin Airport to expand as a passenger hub, and I support that. That obviously will take time to work through the planning system but it is important to keep opportunities for competition in our airport and connectivity, which is a key facilitator of economic development. That is something that I support. As I said, it is working through the planning process at present.

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