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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the airport have that scope under the current regulatory regime? Does it have the scope to alter charges at different times of the day or is it just a unitary model that is in operation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is something you are aware of.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We will follow up on your point that you want the review of the passenger charges to be concluded quickly so you can know with certainty what will happen in 2022. As we normally do in these circumstances, we will write to the chairman indicating that the committee has met Mr. Geoghegan who gave an impressive performance. We will refer to that particular point in the letter if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, maybe an invitation could be issued to representatives of Dublin and Cork airports. It would be productive to have representatives of all the airports before the committee. Does Mr. Geoghegan have anything further to add?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Geoghegan and Mr. Cullinane for attending and engaging with the committee. We wish Mr. Geoghegan well in his new role. He will allow us to add Mr. Cullinane to those good wishes. A letter and the transcript of this meeting will issue to the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, notifying him that the committee has met Mr. Geoghegan and we wish him well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I apologise to the witnesses for the delay. I take full responsibility for it. Apologies have been received from Deputies Ruairí Ó Murchú and Cathal Crowe. Deputy Matt Shanahan is substituting for Deputy Michael Lowry. We are dealing with further scrutiny of EU legislative proposals - COM (2021) 552, COM (2021) 556, COM (2021) 559, COM (2021) 561, COM (2021) 562 and COM...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Burke. I call Deputy Darren O'Rourke, who has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Perhaps Mr. Burke can direct those to whomever can respond to the Deputy's questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the Government's policy on the use of hydrogen?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: You have been greatly missed.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I expected as much.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Senator Gerry Horkan has seven minutes and I will give him some leeway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: When responding to Senator Horkan’s comments, the witnesses might go through each of these legislative proposals or COMs and let us know what their views are, what the implications for Ireland are and how do they differ from what is currently happening in Ireland. I am just rounding up the question just given by the Senator. We are looking at the COMs and are required to consider...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: Can Mr. Burke go through each of these proposals one by one? That is the key.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am conscious of time. We might get summaries on the other points and I have no doubt we will have plenty of time for speakers to come back in.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)
Kieran O'Donnell: We might have a brief overview and members can then come back in. I want to bring a bit of structure to the discussion.