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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: I am glad to hear that the DAA met with representatives of the Kilcoskan school recently. I have been contacted by residents and parents of children who attend the school as they really have difficulty with some of the noise issues. From February 2023, the flight paths relating to the north runway are as proposed in the original planning application from 2007 and the amended one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: So the airport is fully compliant in that regard. On sustainability, can Mr. Jacobs clarify something for me? He said that if the DAA gets to 40 million passengers, investment works can be done at Dublin Airport. He also said that these works will allow the airport to be more sustainable in terms of heating, surface water, etc. However, he did not include in that the extra emissions...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: I want it to be clear that it is for the actual carbon emissions footprint of the airport operation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: The DAA has not included all of those 8 million additional passengers and the increase in the number of flights into and out of the airport.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: As we develop that sustainable aviation fuel.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: We are not quite there yet with sustainable aviation fuel. On an appropriate planning framework and planning exemptions for airport infrastructure, can Mr. Jacobs see why there are so many questions yet to be decided - I accept that they are yet to be decided - on compliance with planning conditions? Does he accept that because there are so many unanswered questions, it is a bit premature...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: That matter is sub judice, so we will not comment on it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: I suppose there are many who would say that the airport is not compliant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: A judge will decide that, I presume.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: I will not comment further on that. The presentation document refers to polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, which are long-lasting chemicals.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: Is the reference to PFAS in the context of the south apron or the airfield apron?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: Does Mr. Jacobs have a rough idea how many tonnes of contaminated soil are to be extracted there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: This was as part of training exercises-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: -----and it has been going on for years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: The planning application for those works included the information that the DAA would be removing 80,000 tonnes, which would go Norway for remediation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: Is it correct that 80,000 tonnes of soil have gone to Norway?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: That was all done as part of the planning application for the construction of the new apron.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: It was a condition and part of that application.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)
Steven Matthews: Does the DAA monitor discharges to the Cuckoo Stream and into the Santry River and groundwater out of the airport?