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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any initiatives at a Department level that seek to increase the supply of substitute primary school teachers; if she is concerned about the impact of the current shortfall in these roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51189/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Jacobs for his presentation. Dublin Airport has a cap of 32 million passengers, but the DAA advertised in recent press releases that it had dealt with 32.9 million passengers. Is that a breach of planning conditions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Why is it not a breach of planning conditions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: To clarify for people who may not be familiar with this, transit and transfer is not counted in the figure of 32 million passengers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Does Dublin Airport in any way financially benefit from transfer and transit passengers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: For financial reasons, the DAA counts those passengers but for planning reasons it does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: In slide 21, it is stated that it should be counted. The slide states: "Transfer passengers should only be counted once" and "Transit passengers ... should not count towards the cap." That is the DAA's interpretation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Did An Bord Pleanála's decision state that those extra passengers were not exempt in the context of development?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Was there not an appeal to or a decision made by An Bord Pleanála appeal? In the context of the 32 million cap, let us call those to whom I am referring excess passengers. Those people were never described as not being exempted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: There was never a ruling on the airport exceeding passenger numbers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: In the form of transit or transfer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: It was not exempt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: There was a restriction of 65 flights per night across the entire airport following the 2017 planning permission decision. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: The airport is sticking to that, on average. Will Mr. Jacobs explain why some nights the number might be higher than 65.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Are there other city centre airports that have more restrictive night-time flying than applied to Dublin Airport, say, London Heathrow recently or Frankfurt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: Does Mr. Jacobs suspect that some airlines fly here because they are trying to avoid those airports and they use Dublin because it is a little bit more lax on night-time flying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: So that is not the case at all. On the routing issue, it is stated in the document presented to the committee that in August 2022, local communities were unexpectedly overflown. How is it possible to unexpectedly overfly communities for such a long period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: I am glad to hear that the DAA met with representatives of the Kilcoskan school recently. I have been contacted by residents and parents of children who attend the school as they really have difficulty with some of the noise issues. From February 2023, the flight paths relating to the north runway are as proposed in the original planning application from 2007 and the amended one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: So the airport is fully compliant in that regard. On sustainability, can Mr. Jacobs clarify something for me? He said that if the DAA gets to 40 million passengers, investment works can be done at Dublin Airport. He also said that these works will allow the airport to be more sustainable in terms of heating, surface water, etc. However, he did not include in that the extra emissions...