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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (21 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: 678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1353 of 26 March 2019, the terms and conditions of URDF support; the work to be undertaken by Kildare County Council in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22050/19]

Defence Forces Service with the United Nations: Motion (16 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: These reports highlight one element of Irish foreign policy which I believe we can take the most pride in, namely, the work of our approximately 600 Defence Forces personnel in peacekeeping missions throughout the world. Our Defence Forces are helping to maintain peace and security in Lebanon, the Golan Heights, Western Sahara, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo, Bosnia and...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: It is a relevant question in so far as it is the same question I put on the scheme when I was on my feet previously and it is similar to what Deputy Clare Daly has now raised. This amendment does not open up any channels for the totally inadequate scheme that exists to be reopened or to be improved in any way.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: Deputy Darragh O'Brien has referred on several occasions to An Bord Pleanála being mentioned in the legislation "at our insistence". An Bord Pleanála has always been the intended appeals body irrespective of which organisation is designated the competent authority. It is nonsense to try to take credit for that or to claim that An Bord Pleanála has been designated the appeals...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 1 to Seanad amendment No. 4:In section 20 proposed to be inserted by Seanad Amendment No. 4, in the definition of "scheme" in subsection (1), after "the daa" to insert ", for Dublin Airport and any adjacent area,". I have two amendments to Seanad amendment No. 4 and if the Minister was moving them he might call them technical amendments. Amendment No. 4 from the Seanad...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: No.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: We were discussing amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: I wish to speak to the amendment.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: After two hours of debate before the recent recess Deputy Troy took to his feet and, based on the difficulty he was having and the pressure he was under in supporting this flawed legislation, decided to have a go and have a rant. I want to remind the Deputy of those comments from a few weeks ago.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: He was looking in my direction, but perhaps it was directed at other Members as well. He said I had attended no briefings, and he was wrong. He said I did not attend Committee Stage, and he was wrong about that. He said I had never raised the issue before, and he was wrong about that. He was wrong on all fronts.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: He was referring to me.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: He was looking in my direction. I have been involved in every aspect of this Bill since the initial briefings and throughout Second, Committee and Report Stages.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: He then went on to say how proud he was of his role-----

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: This is not a point of order.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: The Deputy is trying to clarify something.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: The Deputy can speak afterwards. This is not a point of order.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: I am not giving ground to the Deputy

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: The Deputy may very well, but he will have his chance afterwards.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: It will not. Deputy Troy indicated that he was proud of his role in the facilitating the passing of this legislation, even though it is fundamentally flawed as it concerns the role of Fingal County Council, which is not independent as described in the regulations themselves. We spent two hours before the recess trying to convince the Minister on these three amendments on health. We...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) (15 May 2019)

Brendan Ryan: When Deputy Darragh O'Brien took to his feet to deal with these amendments he spoke at length about a later amendment that we are all supporting. I do not believe we should spend much more time trying to convince the Minister, but we should ask Fianna Fáil what its position on the health amendments is, whether or not it is supporting the Minister again, and if so, why.