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Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: Not a week goes by that a constituent of mine in the leafy suburbs of north Dublin does not mention the inner city and the issues and concerns they have with it. I would highlight, in particular, young women who have raised it with me as a concern in terms of their night-time plans and visiting and meeting with friends in the city centre, among other things. I know a lot has been done. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach and our witnesses. I apologise for having missed the opening statement as I was pulled away to another committee. I have read it. I do not have any operational questions other than to ask where does the organisation sit in the hierarchy of security within the State, if I can call it that, that is, within its security services. Am I right in suggesting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank Dr. Browne for his reply. I hope he will forgive me if he has already covered this but Tuesdays and Wednesdays are very busy for committee business for me and I also was chairing the Dáil at the beginning of this meeting. My question regarding interagency co-operation is whether the organisation deals with the Defence Forces if a matter overlaps, for instance. Does it deal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre: Discussion (29 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank Dr. Browne. My last question relates to whether the National Cyber Security Centre is responsible for either co-ordinating, working with or carrying out any work that relates, for instance, to Cabinet, senior public servants or civil servants, that is, those who might be carrying out sensitive work on behalf of the State. Does that purely fall to An Garda Síochána or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 36 special classes sanctioned by the NCSE for Dublin that will be opened in time to welcome pupils in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24380/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the locations and roll numbers of the 36 special classes sanctioned by the NCSE for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24381/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (30 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on her Department’s engagement with national governing bodies with regard to ‘free-to-air’ sporting events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23911/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (30 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on her Department’s efforts to support tourism sites in north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23910/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on progress being made under Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23906/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to increase the supply of cost rental homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23907/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (30 May 2024)

Alan Farrell: 185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his Department’s support for Ireland’s built heritage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19787/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: I wish Mr. O’Leary and the other witnesses a good afternoon and thank them for appearing before us. I thank Mr. O'Leary for his usual enigmatic appearance before the committee. I compliment him on the success of his business and there is no doubt we have a lot to be grateful with regard to what Ryanair has done for the airline market in Ireland over the past number of decades. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: Okay. Were the aircraft in service last summer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: They are not lost; they are just forgone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: Mr. O'Leary mentioned the 514,000 seats he has written to the Minister about. Will Mr. O'Leary inform the committee his understanding of the outline of the regulatory arrangement the Minister presides over, when he is looking to expand with new slots and destinations? What is the process? In a scenario where there was no cap, how would Ryanair go about applying for those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: Is it because of the IAA regulations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: No, the Minister cannot instruct the IAA in that way. It is slightly more nuanced than that but I understand the point Mr. O'Leary is making. I asked a question about Mr. O'Leary's understanding of how it works because he will understand - and I am in politics for 20 years as of yesterday - that writing to the Minister is a political move rather than a regulatory move. It sounds great at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: I think what the IAA is trying to do, and it can come here and tell us itself, my understanding is it is trying to assist or instruct the airport authority to avoid doing what it did in 2023. Everybody in this room will probably accept the cap was breached. The authority is under investigation for this but it breached the cap and has already said in writing it will breach the cap during...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: I do not think he does. It would probably be best for us to get some legal people to sit where the witnesses are sitting and we can ask them that question. I invite Mr. O'Leary to write to me and I will put his questions to them directly, but I do not think what he says is the case. I thank him and the other witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Passenger Cap at Dublin Airport on Ryanair's Business and Operations: Ryanair (12 Jun 2024)

Alan Farrell: The only thing I really wish to say is that this has been a very informative conversation but the number of uninformed statements being made is extraordinary. I refer to members and witnesses in respect of topics like public transport, accessibility in Swords, the planning application, the regulatory systems being operated in the background-----