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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Mr. Houston is living in Dublin 15. Okay. Manna begins its statement by saying its business is taking vehicles off congested roads, but that is not its business. Its business is drone delivery for profit. One of the issues - it is the big issue - is noise. It is not just decibel level that is a problem with noise. According to the EPA, there are different components, including tonal,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Okay. I had a meeting last night with 40 residents participating in it. That is the noise of the drone there. That is on my estate one Saturday morning. Would the witnesses agree that that is a lot more annoying than just a quiet conversation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: What is an appropriate way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I can only go by a resident living under a drone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Residents cannot go to Trinity College and ask researchers there to come out and assess the situation. I am giving the witnesses an honest representation of what it is like for residents living under drones. Manna plans to accelerate that for residents. The gap here in this whole session today is that there is no voice for residents. No disrespect to the engineers, but we should have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: I am asking the academics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The witnesses are here today to discuss drone fast food delivery, not topography or anything like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: It would not deal with noise, though.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Is Mr. Healy happy to see-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The issue is that this is a massive change in technology and in people's lives. We all agree that road transport can create poor quality of life, inequality and so on. The question is whether we want to transfer that to our skies. The most powerful argument that has been made by a resident is to ask whether our skies will become as busy as our roads? From the previous session here, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [35368/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: The ongoing genocide in Gaza is obviously a stain on the European community and the US. Is the fear over tariffs going to inhibit our Government from raising serious human rights abuses within the US? I have seen videos - I am sure the Taoiseach has too - of children shackled and chained in an LA detention centre by ICE and being transported, in scenes reminiscent of the Holocaust, before...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Holding everyone to their time is fine.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: That is fine.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Is that a lot?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: What is the Taoiseach suggesting?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 16. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his discussions with the new Canadian Prime Minister. [38778/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Has the Taoiseach raised with the Canadian Prime Minister the ongoing support of Canada for Israel, which is very unfortunate, and Canada's commitment to spend 5% of GDP on arms and to participate in ReArm Europe? Points have been made by a previous TD about democratic values that we share. TDs went and dined with the US ambassador while it is funding a genocide are lecturing the rest of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: Can the Taoiseach just answer the questions he was asked?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (15 Jul 2025)

Ruth Coppinger: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [33615/25]