Results 341-360 of 654 for speaker:Michael Murphy
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Deputy Coppinger contacted the committee in advance looking to speak today and I am delighted to give the floor to her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Thank you. Before I conclude this first session, Mr. Gavin mentioned the number of prosecutions around breaches of safety. Have there been any prosecutions for the use of unregistered drones?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Have there been prosecutions for simply unregistered drones, not breaches of safety? Drones that have not been registered-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Were there any specific prosecutions just for unregistered drones?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Mr. Walsh might come back to the committee with regard to 2024 and 2025, how many reports have come into the IAA about drones under 250 g with a camera or over 250 g not registered with the IAA, and maybe a bit more, and if there have been follow-ups or prosecutions in that regard. He might follow that up with the committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I thank the representatives of the IAA, Mr. Gavin and Mr. Walsh, Professor McCarthy from Maynooth University, and Ms Kelly, Mr. Curran and Mr. Rutherford from Dublin City Council for their time today. We will now move to the second session, if that is okay. Do members wish to take a five-minute break or will we go straight into it? We will take a five-minute break, is that agreed? Agreed....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: The purpose of today's meeting is for the joint committee to discuss unmanned aircraft systems. I am pleased to welcome on behalf of the committee from Manna Air Delivery, Mr. Bobby Healy, chief executive officer, and Mr. Kevin Houston, head of regulation, and from the University of Limerick, Dr. Gerard Dooly, co-director of the centre for robotics and intelligent systems, and Mr. Anthony...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I thank Mr. Healy. I invite Dr. Dooly to make his opening statement on behalf of the centre for robotics and intelligent systems.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I thank Dr. Dooly. I ask members to stick to the times. They have three and a half minutes each, including for answers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: On behalf of Senator Mark Duffy, I call Deputy Emer Currie.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Does Manna Air Delivery use cameras or record?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Is it used in the journey from A to B, before you get to the house?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Regarding potential and unexpected or unknown hazards, how are they anticipated and what are the protocols around them?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Unknowns.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: There are no automatic fail-safes built into the drone. The flight path is based on knowledge the company has gathered in advance. Let me ask the question this way. Have we had an unexpected crash with a hazard to date?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Never.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: So there have been no occurrences to date and there are protocols in place.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: As Chair of the committee, in advance of today’s committee hearing, I received a lot of communication from residents living in Dublin 15, potentially living in Fingal as well, and concerns across many different areas such as safety, the lack of regulatory oversight - which ultimately is a responsibility for us as legislators - noise, overflights of schools and so on. To what extent...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: Thank you. On behalf of Deputy Grace Boland, Deputy Maeve O'Connell is next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Discussion (9 Jul 2025)
Michael Murphy: I have an add-on question. Regarding monitoring events, is Manna checking rip.ie every day, for example? How is Manna aware of funerals at a particular location or weddings?