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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: Under the EU directive there needs to be an appeal body and An Bord Pleanála is the ultimate appeal body. If it went straight to them there would be no appeal body. We have to have construction and then-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: Yes. Senator O'Mahony asked about the throughput. According to the DAA, if everything went wrong and the planning restrictions were as they are now, it would halve the throughput of night-time traffic, that is, traffic between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. That is very serious and would not be acceptable. We do not know if the new noise regulator will come up with a similar solution but the DAA is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: I think there are some 120 but this would be reduced to 60. Deputy Troy is right in much of what he says. There has been a delay, and when we thought the IAA would be the competent authority we anticipated an earlier timetable for the legislation and everything else. We were taken by surprise by our legal advice forcing us to look for another authority. That is why we have such a tight...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: It did change.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: I do not know what it was based on but it did change. It was probably based more on other judgments in Europe relating to the issue. The alternative to what we did was to ignore the legal advice but the advice was that, if we appointed the IAA, we would be subject to legal challenge. It would have been pretty irresponsible and reckless to appoint the IAA in the face of such advice. With...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: It will commence immediately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: The Chairman is correct. We will not be waiting for the legislation to be pass. People will be recruited in anticipation of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: The noise regulator is independent and it can decide what independents do. We cannot put pressure on them or tell them what to do, etc.. It will be working within the confines of an EU directive. That directive states specifically that restrictions are a last resort. It is not anticipated that this will be the first choice at all. We may be right but we may be wrong. Restrictions are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: The rights of residents are vital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: Mitigation measures are front-of-house in this matter. There is no way that anybody is being asked to override the rights of residents at all. We are talking about a balanced approach with mitigation measures being really upfront. The balance of that is that the national interest must also be protected and promoted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: On the issue of the legal advice, I received that last September and I advised the House of that at the very earliest opportunity. I cannot remember the date off hand but it was the earliest opportunity after that legal advice had been given to me. On Fingal County Council having the competent authority as a separate unit, we are determined on one principle alone, namely, that Fingal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: Yes-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: That is correct. I would ask questions if I thought there was any question of Fingal County Council's independence being compromised.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: I would assume that and I will certainly take that on board. I would be very surprised if it did not but if it does not I will ask questions about why not. That is perfectly reasonable. We have received advice from the Attorney General that a statutory instrument will not be necessary and Fingal County Council is not looking for one. Is that everything from the Deputy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: We have addressed the reason for the delay up to November last year. It was because the Attorney General was taking time with the advice. In January the Government agreed to support the building of a new runway. It acknowledged the serious commercial risks for the company as identified by the DAA, to which I communicated to confirmation of the Government's intention to implement Regulation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: I think it was in June or perhaps May; in the last month. The group has been working through the details as quickly as it can. We have a tight but constructive timetable. It is very complex. It is extremely difficult for all of the Departments to do, but we now have a timetable which I have laid out before the committee which will be kept to, give or take a week or two here or there. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposals for Second Runway at Dublin Airport and Noise Regulation Legislation: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (11 Jul 2018)

Shane Ross: I reject what the Deputy has said. It is nonsense. It is a political charge and I am not going to answer it.