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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the 55% target the first absolute target that has been set? We have set a 51% target here by 2030. Have specific analyses been done on the impact per country?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: On the issue with the 55% rate, we had flexibility to set the 51% rate. We have to meet the target by 2050 and have set a target by 2030. The 55% rate by 2050 is an absolute rate. All countries are duty-bound to meet that rate. If they do not do so, are they subject to penalties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would Mr. Burke like to make any concluding comments? He gave an overview earlier. Will he give us what he has about the impact on Ireland Inc? Would he or his colleagues like to make any concluding comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Burke, Ms O'Brien, Ms Waller, Mr. Ó Ciaruáin and Mr. Gallagher for today's engagement with the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: No apologies have been received. Today is an engagement with the chairperson-designate of the DAA and a discussion of his strategic priorities for the role, as well as his views on the challenges facing the organisation. On behalf of the committee I welcome the chairperson designate, Mr. Basil Geoghegan, and the chief communications officer of the DAA, Mr. Kevin Cullinane. They are both...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Geoghegan. We will move to questions from members. Senator Buttimer has approximately seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: When Mr. Geoghegan was appointed originally as a director, was he appointed as a chairman? Did he come in as a director and then become chairman?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: So, it was not the case that the two appointments did not coincide. Mr. Geoghegan was appointed as chair designate and the board was able to give him the power in terms of functionality to access the records as if he were chairman?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Until such time as he is formally appointed. Has the formal letter of appointment, appointing Mr. Geoghegan as chairman, been issued from the Department to the DAA yet?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is interesting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Horkan needs to conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I call Deputy Duncan Smith, who has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Now that we have Mr. Geoghegan's passport tracking number.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I stumbled upon an issue that is uppermost in everyone's mind at present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We are conscious that discussions are ongoing so let us be careful not to tread into areas that would in any way be seen as negotiations.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: The next speaker is Deputy Cathal Crowe.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I can come back to the Deputy later, if he so wishes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I suspect the Deputy was a fixture there in his time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: To follow up on that, Professor Mary Horgan is heading up an expert group. That came about because we as a committee put antigen testing front and centre. We have had various airlines before us. It is something we believe should have been front and centre a long time ago. We first referenced it in a report we did on aviation back in December of last year. We want to see Professor...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did the DAA board take a view on the whole area of antigen testing and aviation?