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- Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2021)
Gerry Horkan: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?
- Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Dec 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: I hope the Chair might give me some latitude with my time. I do not wish to dwell on the R116 incident. It is technical and a tragic situation, and I want to make other points in my five minutes. Surely, though, if the IAA is the body responsible for aviation safety, there must be rules. If there are no rules, they should be inserted into the legislation to ensure that anybody providing...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Why was that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: That was not the case previously.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Did the equipment used by the flight crew include that information?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Can we not make it a part of the legislation that in future the equipment being used and relied on, and especially at night-time, must include all obstacles? Surely it is the most basic thing for any safety organisation to ensure that obstructions are highlighted on a map and that those obstacles are included in all equipment being relied upon. If that means having to negotiate, navigate...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: I am not asking that they do. Mr. Ó Conghaile alluded to the fact that the VFR charts showed the obstruction of Blackrock lighthouse. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Is it correct that the equipment that was being used did not show the obstruction?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Can we not put into legislation a requirement that equipment used reflects the VFR maps?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: How can we make sure the equipment reflects the VFR maps? How do we make sure this is the case with equipment that is being used and relied upon? It is not okay to say we have rules for safety for people in passenger aircraft that just do not apply when people are flying on search and rescue missions. I accept that people might need to fly closer to the ground and all the rest of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: This is important, Chairman.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: I am not doing so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: I will conclude on this issue. It strikes me that four people have lost their lives who were relying on equipment that did not reflect the maps the IAA had provided. Surely that cannot be allowed to be the case in the future. I will leave it at that for now and move on. Ms Hynes clearly has an enormous amount of experience in aviation and the IAA is very lucky to have her as its...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: That means 575 or thereabouts are transferring to AirNav Ireland, including the air traffic controllers and so on right across the State.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: I presume nearly all of the 332 staff based in Clare are moving to AirNav Ireland. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Going back to Deputy Crowe's point, there might be scope for AirNav Ireland being based outside of Dublin. I do not know whether that has been decided or whether it will stay in the same building as the IAA.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Exactly. Ms Hynes is remaining as the chairperson of the IAA and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Gerry Horkan: Is it intended that Ms Hynes will be the chairperson-designate of the new IAA with its staff of 125 or is that a separate position?