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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. Of course, that segment of work must feed into the national aviation policy.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. When we look at the national aviation policy, we must ensure there is regional balance. The programme for Government contains a commitment to provide regional balance, which includes aviation and that is why it is important that we consider regional airports first. That aspect is so important and glaring to all of us, particularly after we all saw what happened at Dublin Airport....
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: We will have representatives of the airlines and whoever else necessary feed into the work.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: That is the value of having committee hearings.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Committee hearings means that when one submits something one has the airline's point of view because it must run a business. At the same time let us consider what happened during Covid. We gave €160 million to the airports and airlines, so we put a huge amount of funding into the sector. Today, a huge emphasis has been placed on Shannon Airport but the same can be said for Kerry...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: It is about Ireland Inc. and ensuring that the regions thrive. Let me give a very good example. The Dublin to Kerry route is no longer a public service obligation, PSO, one because representatives of an airline have said the State does not need to subvent the route and the airline will step in as the route is viable, and, as a commercial entity, it sees value in a Dublin to Kerry route. I...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: We can be leaders with sustainable aviation fuels.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: We are an island nation and we cannot erect a rail line to the Continent but we can be leaders in terms of our use of sustainable fuels. The Shannon estuary and region could be leaders in that field as Future Mobility Campus Ireland has located its campus in Shannon, County Clare. This country has lots of good selling points in terms of the aviation industry and we are seen as leaders...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: I agree with the Deputy and I could talk about the planning delays in my own county. As he said, the Attorney General is looking at the planning code and will bring a report, I think, to Government on the matter. I take the Deputy's point.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: They are all on our agenda. I can assure the Deputy of that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Due to Covid-19 restrictions in 2021, there was a delay in the implementation and completion of night vision training. That meant that costs profiled for 2021 were not incurred until 2022. The Department has also incurred unforeseen additional expenses at Dublin Airport as a result of the installation of a fence farther out than originally thought, which has resulted-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: That resulted in new rent charges for the additional land-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. It is the rent. The Irish Coast Guard, ICG, has explored different options to remove this cost but has been unsuccessful. It is worth noting that these charges are backdated to 2021 due to the exploration of different options.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: We do not have that-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: These are the charges for the rental of the additional land. I will come back to you with the figure for those additional charges.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 31 - Transport (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Hildegarde Naughton: There are three to four drivers, including the CPI uplift in the Coast Guard contract-----