Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It would be a much longer conversation if we are going to talk about the issues that exist around planning in this State and its history. There is no doubt that there is a huge number of issues with regard the time it takes and the fact that there cannot be any guarantees even when people can comply with planning conditions.

On the residents, it is absolutely necessary and a great deal of this should de done in a better way in engaging with those people with regard to the mitigations that can be introduced. We cannot have the State being impacted it how we operate as a society but even with regard to the operation of our wider economy. A solution needs to be found. I welcome the conversations with the carriers, the regional airlines and all of that but by hook or by crook, a solution needs to be found. It is not okay that flights will not be making it in and that we will be losing that necessary connectivity. It will have a detrimental impact on this State and on its economy.

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