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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank Mr. Bourke for coming today and for his opening statement. Many of my questions have been discussed. Approximately how many air traffic controllers are in AirNav?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: Mr. Bourke mentioned that there is a competitive international environment for that skill set. Does that mean AirNav has difficulties in losing people to other jurisdictions or organisations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: When he says it is a risk, does he mean it is something AirNav is dealing with? Has it lost many people in that type of situation or is it difficult to attract others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: Mr. Bourke mentioned Shannon Airport. One thing that always strikes me about regional airports or airports outside the main hub, Dublin, is the opportunities that exist to expand or grow traffic into them, which may be somewhat more restricted or more difficult. We can talk about caps and so on in Dublin Airport. Is there any issue with providing staff to the airports outside Dublin, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: Excellent. How quickly is AirNav informed of international encroachments on the airspace and what measures can it take or what protocols are in place to deal with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: As aviation grows, the AirNav team will need to grow and at the moment that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: Does AirNav have the capacity to train more people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: Will Mr. Bourke address the question about encroachment on our airspace and what protocols are in place or how it works?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: That is fine. Aviation in Dublin Airport is one of the key topics we have to discuss in this committee. We have a growing aviation sector. Ireland is an island. We will always need air travel. How much capacity is left in Dublin for the expansion of air travel on the island? The DAA will tell us there is any amount of capacity but we also have to recognise that there is and has to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Air Navigation Service: Chairperson Designate (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: Are there safety issues around it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: I want to raise the issue of road safety. Again, we have seen a terrible weekend where a number of people have died on our roads. The numbers are increasing all of the time. In 2022, 155 people lost their lives on the road but so far this year, in the first ten months, we have exceeded that figure by ten and hundreds more have been seriously injured. We are talking about tragedies in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that the village of Cloone, County Leitrim is not included in the National Broadband Plan, despite a number of queries from local residents who work remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47979/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with stakeholders on a strategy to improve mobile phone coverage for those in the village of Cloone, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47980/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any plans to undertake a review of the current Local Link morning service to a school (details supplied), with a view to increasing the frequency of the service due to the high level of demand from students in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: 1387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to introduce a dedicated local transport link to service colleges of further or higher education in the Sligo or Leitrim area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47563/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. Much of the discussion has, naturally enough, focused on farming and agriculture, due to the issues around that. As the witnesses clearly outlined, it is the largest area we need to try to deal with. I come from the Sligo-Leitrim constituency and nitrates are not the issue for the vast majority of farmers in that area. They are low...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: Does the EPA flag or highlight specific solutions that are needed? For instance, if there is a problem in a particular region or waterway, does the EPA get to the stage where it says that if something is not done to improve the infrastructure which is causing this problem, it is going to court? Does that stick work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: When doing the tests and collecting and collating all the data, it can be clearly identified if there is a pollution problem in an area from an industrial, farming or human waste source. Every year, it is published that a certain number of septic tanks or one-off treatment plants around the country have been inspected and that a large proportion of them have failed. My understanding is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Kenny: We need to see enhanced biodiversity but we cannot have that without reduced intensity in farm practices. Is that statement generally true? On farm practices, in many areas such as the west of Ireland, in agri-forestry no field is bigger than 2 acres and has a large hedgerow around it. Farmers are frustrated that they do not get the recognition for what they naturally do. Nobody is asking...