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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (28 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: At present, the Western Rail Corridor has not been re-instated on the Trans-European Transport Network. During negotiations on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and Repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014, the European Parliament proposed an amendment to the Annex. The Parliament's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together. The safety and security of passengers and staff, including arrangements to deal with anti-social behaviour, are matters for the transport operators, in conjunction with, as appropriate, An Garda Síochána. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question to Bus Átha Cliath, Bus Éireann, Iarnród Éireann and to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: Sport Ireland is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport in Ireland. This includes responsibility for the allocation of funding across its various programmes and governance oversight of the National Governing Bodies of Sport. Sport Ireland is also responsible for establishing the terms and conditions for its funding schemes and for ensuring that appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (28 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: As Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for ensuring the development and delivery of public transport infrastructure including the purchase of rail and bus fleet . In light of the NTA's responsibility on this matter, I have referred the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: Now.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 99:In page 51, after line 18, to insert the following:“Transitional provisions - noise insulation schemes 31. (1) In this section, “scheme” means a noise insulation scheme put in place by the daa before the commencement of this section and in force immediately before such commencement.(2) On the commencement of this section, a scheme shall be deemed...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I do not wish to be repetitive in any way because some of the statements being made are somewhat repetitive, although I understand the strength of feeling behind them. I want to address the issues which have been brought up once again. If anyone reads the regulation, they will see that its objectives are very much in line with the sentiments which are expressed by Members of this House....

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: As the Deputy would expect, I will not be accepting these amendments for the same reason I gave on Committee Stage. I set out the purposes of these provisions on Committee Stage and I will briefly reiterate these now. These sections provide clarity that any existing noise mitigation measures and operating restrictions, whether in effect or not, will come under the remit of a noise...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: We will not agree on this. Every organisation is entitled to its day in court. If it thinks it is a good idea to take the regulator to court, it is entitled to do so in order to provide balance because of the rights the regulator also possesses.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 96:In page 50, line 22, to delete “relevant authority” and substitute “ “relevant authority” ”. This is a technical drafting amendment to include inverted commas where they were omitted previously. I do not think anybody would have a problem with this.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I think it is a great improvement but the Deputies are going to have to accept a certain amount of goodwill here, which is absolute. I am proposing that my amendment goes through because it goes 90% of the way to what the Deputies want. I think it goes 100% of the way but they obviously do not feel so. If my amendment goes through, because it is a great improvement, I propose that we...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: If my amendment No. 87 is agreed to, amendment No. 88 cannot be moved, is that correct? Okay. We will do what the Deputies want. We will agree to what Deputy O'Brien wants because I think it is a sensible way of going forward, but we must do this in a spirit of goodwill and constructiveness.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 90:In page 46, line 23, to delete “subsection (3)” and substitute “subsections (3) and (4)”.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 91:In page 46, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(3) (a) The airport authority, or a person upon whom there is a noise impact from the airport, may, by notice in writing given to the competent authority, request the competent authority to review the effectiveness of the noise mitigation measures and operating restrictions (if any) on achieving the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 92:In page 46, line 28, after “subsection (2)” to insert “or (3)”.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I will not be accepting these amendments for reasons explained already on Committee Stage. As I set out on Committee Stage, this is a standard provision to allow a recipient of an enforcement notice to apply to the High Court to have that notice issued by the noise regulator cancelled. The fact is that the noise regulator can apply to the High Court for an order requiring a person to comply...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I fully appreciate what they are saying and I hope they fully appreciate the fact that the Government has agreed with a lot of what they have said. That is in our amendment and that is in response to what the Deputies have produced. What I am proposing with these amendments is that the insulation schemes would be deemed to be a noise...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: I move amendment No. 87:In page 45, to delete lines 38 and 39, and in page 46, to delete lines 1 to 18. Amendment No. 87 deletes section 20, which includes the noise insulation scheme inserted into the Bill on Committee Stage by means of an amendment tabled by Deputy Troy with the support of Deputy Darragh O'Brien. I fully understand and share the very good intentions behind it, which I...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: The arguments Deputy Clare Daly made about fines possibly being more effective than court proceedings are perfectly reasonable but I happen not to believe them. I do not believe that fining a State monopoly is an effective way of deterring it from doing things that I hope it will not do. The threat of High Court proceedings is likely to be more effective in deterring it from doing what has...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Shane Ross: The reality is that Deputy Mattie McGrath is quite right when he says that the Government regularly gets defeated in the Dáil. The reality is that we are dealing with a new situation here.