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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: In what context?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is not on the agenda today, but I will allow the Senator some degree of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: We will allow the Senator some latitude, but he should tread carefully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Be very careful now, Minister. This committee has never interfered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: If members have to be careful, then equally the Minister does as well. We already had correspondence on this and made it clearly evident to his Department that we have never interfered as a committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would like the Minister to clarify on that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It never went there. I would ask the Minister to respect that particular point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I would ask at this point for the Senator to make his point. We need to move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It certainly is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister of State will be aware we have been corresponding as well with DAA on foot of Michael O’Leary’s comments to our committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Any positive comments on Shannon Airport are always welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: There was a bit of turbulence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: When will they report back to the Minister? When will the review be concluded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Maybe the committee can follow up on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I will make a few key points. We are doing a review on national aviation. We welcome the fact that the regional airports programme is being reviewed. As regards increasing passenger numbers from 1 million to 3 million, is that the prerogative of an individual state?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is something I would very much promote. I cannot speak for the rest of the committee but it strikes me as a tool that could be utilised. The committee visited Schiphol Airport recently. It is considering noise. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, referred to another aspect in this regard. Do the Ministers foresee any situation in which the number of flights coming into Dublin Airport would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, my question is very straightforward. Does the Department of Transport or the Minister envisage any situation where they would seek to cap the numbers flying into Dublin Airport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: I am trying to make my point in a different way. The regional airports programme is clearly the lever to encourage further balanced regional development. The Minister spoke about the regional airports being used for safety. It allows them to use other funds for various other purposes, such as encouraging airlines to fly into their airports. The committee will take this into account. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister believe the ETS should be applied to all long-haul flights as well as short-haul flights?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Kieran O'Donnell: How can that be put into effect? The issue is that all short-haul flights within Europe are caught for the ETS tax but long-haul flights are not. How can the Government, through the Minister, effect change at European Commission level or another level so that the ETS tax is fair and it is spread across all airlines? Is that an issue on which the Minister will be proactive?