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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (15 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I presume they will be published.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (15 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Perhaps we could get a copy of them. We can ask.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority: Chairperson Designate (15 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the chairperson designate, Mr. Fred Barry, for coming here today and engaging so constructively and positively with the committee. We wish him well in his appointment. The meeting is now adjourned.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (16 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the availability of school placements in Drogheda, south County Meath and east County Louth in his Department's schools for persons (details supplied); the most appropriate procedure to make sure the persons can enter in the current school term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48651/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Regulation (16 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an application was received to remove large amounts of sand from the area of the river Boyne adjacent to a club (detail supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (16 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application was received to remove large amounts of sand from the area of the River Boyne adjacent to a club (detail supplied) in County Louth. [48676/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I can understand why members are late today due to the appalling weather, if I may put it like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Wait until I get to the capital programme. We will have an air bridge between here and Drogheda. I remind members to turn off their mobile telephones. We will go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: In regard to schedule A, COM (2017) 548, it is proposed that there are no subsidiarity concerns with this proposal. It is also proposed that this proposal warrants further scrutiny and that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and relevant stakeholders be invited to appear before the committee to discuss it further. Is that agreed? Agreed. In regard to schedule B, COM (2015)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: We will now deal with the pre-legislative scrutiny on the general scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017, which aims to amend the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1997, to extend the existing powers of the IAA with regard to its safety and regulatory functions and to recoup costs through fees and charges for its aviation security regulation functions. It also provides for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Before I open it to the floor I want to make it clear the Minister wrote to the committee on 1 November, stating the Government passed the heads of the Bill and it wanted this legislation passed as quickly as possible. We asked the clerk to have this meeting as soon as we could. It so happens, very unfortunately, that the Minister and committee members who are Members of the Dáil are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Department is fully funding all that. The IAA obviously cannot do so because it does not have the income. What happens to the €1 million that is currently being paid?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: So it is running a deficit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Let me put the question in a different way. Did the Department ever fund this separately from the IAA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Was that up to 2013?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am just trying to clarify the points. Up to 2013, the Department-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: Has the Department funded the IAA at all since then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: In terms of security in the broadest sense, different people are carrying out different functions relating to security. Is Ms Lennon is saying is that the IAA, which the Department oversees, follows the guidelines the Department sets down as opposed to each one doing whatever it wants to invigilate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: How does the Department ensure it gets the compliance it obviously wants?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Irish Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill 2017: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Fergus O'Dowd: What Mr. Gavin is saying is that the IAA oversees everything and makes sure that it conforms to specifications, which is fair enough. It seems that the cost recovery is from regulated entities only. Will Mr. Gavin tell me who they are? The regulatory impact statement says that a small number of respondents - I do not know who they were, obviously, as these are the regulated entities -...