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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: I move amendment No. 40: In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(d) the effectiveness of the identified noise mitigation measures and operating restrictions (if any) is thoroughly evaluated in relation to their impact on the protection of human health;”.

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. 41: In page 10, lines 24 and 25, to delete “most cost-effective measure or combination of measures” and substitute “effectiveness of the measure or combination of measures in relation to cost and the protection of human health”.

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. 42: In page 11, line 8, to delete “FCC” and substitute “CAR”.

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. 44: In page 11, line 17, after “assessment” to insert “or Health Impact Assessment”.

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. 45: In page 11, line 21, after “assessment” to insert “or Health Impact Assessment”.

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. 46 In page 11, line 27, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. This amendment is slightly related to the one agreed earlier in terms of the Minister’s ability to make regulations under the Act. Section 9(9) states “the Minister may, by regulations made under section 6, prescribe dispute resolution procedures applicable to a...

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

Clare Daly: This is actually quite important. It is interesting that the Minister referred to a robust appeals mechanism and access to the courts. There are a few people in the Gallery who nearly fell off their seats when they heard that. Access to the courts is prohibitive for citizens. It is not a level playing field in that regard. Sadly, people have borne a heavy burden with such cases in the...

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

Clare Daly: Even if there is, it does not negate the point. The Minister thinks it is a robust appeals process but many people would disagree. Changing it in the manner I have suggested does not negate the Minister’s appeals process as it stands. The Minister stated he has the option but my amendment proposes he should have the option.

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

Clare Daly: However, if there is a dispute where the Minister’s intervention is called for, then it should not be left to the Minister to decide. I know this Minister might be proactive in this regard but he might have a successor who might not have the same approach.

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

Clare Daly: As they always say in these situations.

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

Clare Daly: That is the problem. We do.

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. 47: In page 11, line 31, after "authority" where it firstly occurs to insert "or any organisation or individual impacted by airport noise". These amendments are even more important. We must bear in mind that this section deals with what we will call the normal EU Regulation No. 598 application process which is slightly different from that in the various sections....

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

Clare Daly: There is a misconception on the part of the Department with regard to this part of the regulation. The Minister talks about appeals processes as if everything that happens in the airport that has a noise implication goes through the planning process first, life goes on as normal and nothing happens outside either the noise plan that is produced every couple of years or the planning...

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

Clare Daly: Yes, I may not have got the balance right on that and I can look at it on Report Stage. The first one though absolutely is a flaw in the Bill.

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

Clare Daly: I suggest, by way of compromise, that I will withdraw amendment No. 48 if the Minister accepts amendment No. 47. Otherwise, I will press amendment No. 47 to a vote.

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

Clare Daly: Then I will press it to a vote.

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

Clare Daly: It is very dangerous for us, when we are going to win a vote on this amendment, to accept a promise of consultation later on. In accepting the Minister's promise of consultation, if we agree a better wording I will definitely support the new amendment. At the moment, however, my wording is the best wording in town. If the Minister wants to come along and change that afterwards, if it is...

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

Clare Daly: Exactly. That is the point and precisely what I said at the start, that I would withdraw amendment No. 48.

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. 48: In page 11, line 34, to delete “may, at its discretion,” and substitute “shall”. I am withdrawing the amendment and reserve the right to revisit it on Report Stage.

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. 49: In page 12, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(e) an evaluation of the impact on the protection of human health of the various measures considered;”.