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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Duncan Smith: No, they are not. In noted that. However, Ms Donnelly mentioned aviation in broad terms.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Duncan Smith: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Sectoral Emissions Ceiling: Discussion (26 Apr 2023)

Duncan Smith: A joined-up approach to the pricing of public transport is vital. I will be travelling to Kerry next week and spending the day there. I have four options for getting there - car, bus, rail or plane. When I checked when planning the trip a couple weeks ago, the plane was the cheapest option. It was cheaper than rail, cheaper than fuel for the car would be and cheaper than the bus. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: 195. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided to a person (details supplied) who is representing Ireland at the World Powerlifting Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in August and September 2023. [22287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: 273. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position on 24/7 cardiac care in Waterford University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22244/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the targets set out in appendix 1 of the Laying the Foundations: Housing Action Report produced in 2016 by the then Department of Environment, Community and Local Government were met in respect of Fingal County Council; if the proposed 1,376 units were delivered from 2015 to 2017; if not, how many were delivered; the final...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 22 AHB housing units under an association (details supplied) in July 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reason for the project...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: 124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the 24 local authority housing units approved for construction in an area (details supplied) in May 2015 have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (10 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of creche workers supervising children who do not hold qualifications; how many non-compliance issues relating to unqualified workers in creches have not been addressed through the Corrective and Preventative Action process by TUSLA to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21912/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (10 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report on how Irish patients can access every European Reference Network for Rare Diseases; if Ireland is a full member of each ERN; if not, the steps that need to be taken to get access for Ireland to these networks; the timeline for these actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21881/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: Who presents the SIDs to the IAA for its validation on safety grounds? Is it the DAA or airlines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: The IAA is clear that it is not responsible for the issues related to noise, which is fair enough, but it will be aware of the history of the development of the north runway, as it is called, and the many years of consultation regarding an east–west-takeoff flight path for the purpose on insulation schemes. The thinking was that aeroplanes would depart the runway in a straight flight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: The SIDs that exist now for the new runway, which include the 30° banking, did not exist previously and there was no comparable SID for the previous runway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: Surely it would have been known from the aerodrome operator what having a parallel runway would require. Was it not an industry standard that if running a parallel runway, there would be this safety requirement? Was that information not out there? It would have been known and seen in public consultations that there would be this banking issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: Was Mr. Fitzpatrick surprised at all in seeing the drawings? Did the IAA ever raise it, even informally, with the DAA that there were issues with the east-west projects and planning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: An email has been released to the committee that was sent to the IAA on 7 September from someone in the DAA. That person states: From my limited understanding, I believe collaborative engagement between the DAA and IAA ANSP over a number of years resulted in a set of assumptions being developed for noise modelling purpose. The IAA ANSP kindly provided technical information to assist DAA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: That email indicates there was at least an informal relationship between the DAA and the IAA on the modelling of the new runway for noise purposes. Is that an accurate reflection of the relationship between the two? Representatives of the DAA stated at meetings of this committee that they woke up on the day and when planes started to bank from 30° up to 75° north, they were not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: That is separate from the function carried out by the witnesses

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: I thank Mr. Fitzpatrick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Standard Instrument Departures at Dublin Airport: Irish Aviation Authority (17 May 2023)

Duncan Smith: I was not clear in my first contribution, so I have an extra question. Regarding the distance of five nautical miles and height of 3,000 ft. that were used in the application, are these recognisable standard distances and heights for banking and divergence as per the regulations when the IAA is assessing it? Are they standards used in the industry?