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Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: No, I want to talk about engaging-----

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I am not suggesting that.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Okay.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I will answer them on the next amendments.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: That is correct and there has never been any doubt about it.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I ask Deputies to accept that this is the best choice. It is the best fit. When we look at some of the arguments about the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, and the merits of having environmental or noise expertise, Fingal County Council wins hands down on those criteria.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: The debate has been very useful. I acknowledge that there is a great deal of sincerity and merit in what many speakers have said, but I think they miss the point that it is very difficult to make changes to the Bill and that it is very difficult to accept many of the amendments because we are implementing an EU directive which we cannot change. We are now dealing with the most contentious...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: The Deputy did say it.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: That is not total capture. I accept that the council receives 8% of its revenue from one source, but it must be acknowledged that it obtains 92% of its revenue from elsewhere.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: Let us not hype it up to an extent which is pretty well unacceptable. I accept the merits of what has been said about the Irish Aviation Authority, IAA, and the Commission for Aviation Regulation, CAR. Everybody knows that the IAA was the first choice, but what happened was that the Attorney General was of the view that there was too big of a conflict of interest. We accepted this. We went...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: ----- the need to protect the health-----

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I am sorry; I have said that before. I apologise.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I apologise. I am trying to meet the health needs of the residents as far as I can. The Deputies should not ask me to introduce something that takes away the meaning or text of EU Regulation 598/2014, because if I do not implement the directive in full and as it stands, I would not be fulfilling the requirements of our obligations to the EU. That has to happen; that is the way it has to...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I am not sure if I did not get this through the first time. I cannot introduce this amendment because on legal advice it is impossible and it would negate the Bill. This is introducing an EU regulation which cannot be changed in this way. Were I to do this, the Bill just would not work. I have tried to meet - which I think we have done - what Deputies Troy, Pottinger and Clare Daly...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I fully understand the Deputies' anxiety about references to health. There is no disagreement about this at all. The Deputies are right that we did state that we would make a reference to health in the Bill. There may be some misunderstanding here. I am providing specific reference to health later in the Bill. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked which amendments that is in and it is amendments...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: They are amendments Nos. 59, 78 and 79.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Order for Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I am happy to assist the Deputy on this issue if I can. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has records of engagement with the EPA, which are being considered as part of a recent FOI request to my Department. In 2017, officials of my Department attended a meeting hosted by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. Officials of the Department of Communications,...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I wish to acknowledge the contributions aimed at improving the Bill made by Opposition Deputies, including Deputy Coppinger and others present, on and since Committee Stage. We did not agree on everything but we agreed on quite a lot. I am sure that will become clear on this Stage. It is a better Bill as a result of the robust debate and amendments made on Committee Stage. I hope that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network Expansion (13 Feb 2019)

Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy for taking a far more moderate approach to this problem than he normally takes. Any suggestions he makes will certainly be considered in the review which comes up in 2021-2023 because, obviously, there are some constructive elements to what he has to say. I acknowledge his recognition of the costs of what he is suggesting but I do not see any figures or any suggestion as...