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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: Seeing as how the Minister raised the matter, the large number of ministerial amendments is regrettable. It is reflective of the history of the poor process with this Bill. There was an attempt to rush it through before Christmas without it being ready. We had to try to stop that. Now, at this 11th hour, most of the amendments have come from the Department. While the Minister has...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: I move amendment No. 2: In page 6, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ “Balanced Approach” means both the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) agreed hierarchy of measures designed to reduce the adverse impact of aircraft noise on those living in the vicinity of an airport, described as ICAO’s Balanced Approach and the...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: "Naturally" is my answer. This is an aircraft noise regulation Bill. The entire purpose of the regulation is to restrict and reduce the impact of aircraft noise. That is a given. We know that it is supposed to enhance quality of life based on a hierarchical system. That does not negate the point I am making, which is that we are not specifying health. The Minister talks about quality of...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: I will resubmit this amendment later.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: Everyone's name is on this. This is the section that deals with who should be the competent authority. It is a key part of the legislation and this is probably the most substantial group of amendments before us. The key job of transposing EU Regulation No. 598/2014 is to establish a competent authority which will be appointed to set up the rules and regulations for dealing with the impact...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: No - fire away.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: I have a question about something that is unclear. The Minister made a point about somebody with a role of director of service in the council and the recruitment of nine staff. Did I hear wrongly that this has already started? Can he return to that point and explain it further?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: Is it envisaged for this role?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: There was a reference to nine staff.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: I know but I am trying to get an idea of what levels of technical expertise and pay scale are involved?

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: This is an issue which we have discussed previously. It may be shocking for people but it is not surprising in the context that we know the Minister and the Cabinet made the decision to appoint Fingal County Council prior to the enactment of this legislation. It is a matter we have discussed before. I have put it to the Minister that designating Fingal County Council as the competent...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: But the problem is that for the Minister to come back with points that have been raised months ago and rehearse those does not bring the argument on and he does not demonstrate that he is listening to what members have said and making adaptations based on that.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: There are a couple of important points to raise. That the staff have been sanctioned by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government really enforces the argument we are making in respect of total interdependency and the inappropriate nature of the council in being the competent authority and the planning authority. It is the body that comes within the budget of the Department of...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: The Minister made the point that if one asks the same question, one will get the same answer but the problem is that we have been asking some of the same questions and have got either no answer or contradictory answers. The Minister failed to address that point. The essence of the point that was being made was that over the course of the past two and a half years when we have talked about...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: The Minister should do so because it causes a problem for everybody. I am not interested in playing games on the issue.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: I accept that. On the Chairman's point that this is supposed to be a collective process and that we are supposed to be advancing the debate, the answers are particularly relevant in the context of what staff do. Nobody has stated he or she agrees with Fingal County Council, except the Minister. Fianna Fáil has tried to do a bit of both. In fairness, in his amendment Deputy Troy did...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: It informs many matters.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: Well before the next occasion.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: I do not particularly want to know what the staff will do every day. We do not expect the Minister to micromanage, but it is incredibly relevant. Environmental sections of a local authority that monitor certain activities might have one, two or three staff working in them. Nine staff working full time on aircraft noise regulation specifically is quite a lot, but on some occasions one might...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee Stage (16 Jan 2019)

Clare Daly: Will the Chairman explain something? If someone calls a vote on something now, and it is lost-----