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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 67: In page 17, to delete lines 31 to 41 and substitute the following: “(9) The Board shall, as soon as is practicable after it makes a decision under subsection (8)(a)— (a) publish the decision, which shall have the relevant report (subsection (8)(b)) annexed to it, on its website, (b) on the same date as complying with paragraph (a) (or as soon as...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: Deputy Clare Daly has convinced me.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 69: In page 18, to delete lines 23 to 25 and substitute “decision under subsection (8)(a)shall—”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 70: In page 18, line 31, to delete “subsection (8)(b)” and substitute “subsection (8)(a)”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 72: In page 18, line 36, to delete “section 25” and substitute “section 25(a)”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 73: In page 18, to delete lines 37 to 39 and substitute “introduced by virtue of a decision under subsection (8)(a), take”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I will not accept the amendment. What we are doing here is simply allowing for the process under Regulation No. 598/2014 with current planning legislation and general established practice. We do not believe the amendment is necessary.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 76: In page 19, line 24, to delete "subsection (8)"and substitute "subsection (8)(a)".

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 77: In page 19, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following: “ "related report (subsection (5)(b))" means the report (if any) prepared by the Board pursuant to subsection (5)(b); "related report (subsection (8)(b)" means the report prepared by the Board pursuant to subsection (8)(b);".

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 78: In page 19, lines 38 and 39, to delete all words from and including “section 9(15)(a);” in line 38 down to and including line 39 and substitute “section 9(15)(a).”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 79: In page 20, to delete lines 1 to 3.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: Chairman, I am perfectly willing to continue.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 230 to 232, inclusive, together. The continued use of the landbridge as a key route connecting Ireland with the continent is a crucial concern given the level of imports and exports that are transported via this route, with 16% of the HGV traffic between Ireland and GB estimated to constitute landbridge traffic. The total value of our trade using the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the planning, design and operation of individual roads is a matter for the relevant road authority in relation to local and regional roads, or for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: The National Development Plan (NDP) states that the priority funding objective in relation to the mainline rail network is the maintenance and renewal of the existing network. This objective is in line with the recommendation of the International Monetary Fund’s Public Investment Management Assessment (PIMA) – Ireland report as published in September 2017. In line with that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test Data (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: The information the Deputy requests is available on the Road Safety Authority website at www.rsa.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: The issue raised is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: Once it became clear that the Irish Aviation Authority was no longer an option to be designated as the Noise Regulator for the purpose of EU Regulation 598/2014, a number of other options were considered. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was considered. The regulatory requirements in Regulation 598 are very different to the existing oversight, licencing, audit and inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jan 2019)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the planning, design and operation of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting the above position, I have...