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Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023: First Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) (Control of Nitrous Oxide) Bill 2023: First Stage (29 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: Next Tuesday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: The length of this committee meeting and the number of people who have shown up is testament to the interest we have in Dublin Airport, regardless of whether it is our city airport or the national airport.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: It is. I know the Leas-Chathaoirleach is going to tell me I am not allowed to ask about flight plans but Mr. Jacobs might give information to the committee after the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I disagree with some of the information Mr. Jacobs shared in his presentation. On that basis, and not to have a ballyrag with him here, I ask him for a complete list of all the public consultation events that have taken place in recent years, including the dates and venues, etc., with people in the areas he then felt would have been impacted by the plans for the new runway. May I also have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I know exactly what transfer passengers are. I do not mean to be smart. Mr. Jacobs says that according to his interpretation, the DAA is fully compliant. I have searched the original planning permission and the appeal to An Bord Pleanála and neither of them states anything about surface capacity, excluding transfer passengers or only counting them once. The permission states that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I am asking what that view is based on. It clearly states in the conditions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I am reading those conditions. They states: "The combined capacity of Terminal 2 permitted together with Terminal 1 shall not exceed 32 million ... unless otherwise authorised by a further grant of planning permission."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: Does it state anywhere in the planning application to exclude transit passengers or not count them twice? Is surface capacity mentioned anywhere in the planning application?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I am talking about the planning permission that was granted and on which the 32 million passenger cap is based. Is it stated anywhere that we can assume only surface capacity or surface access should be included?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: Will Mr. Jacobs give the committee, perhaps at a later date, evidence as to what his interpretation is based on. We are dancing around on the head of a pin. Mr. Jacobs talked earlier about the DAA being a good neighbour to the people in Fingal. I do not have any wish for the airport not to do well. I have been going to the airport since I played Space Invaders when I was a kid of four...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: Here we are. On the DAA board managing risk, we are here again and dancing on the head of a pin through the interpretation of planning permission, laws and rules. We all know the airport has exceeded the 32 million cap, which is great because it means Ireland is booming. It is wonderful to see. However, we need a little honesty in our interactions, not just with this committee and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: Mr. Jacobs is alone in that view. I am not sure that anybody-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: My interpretation is based on the words of the English language that are written in front of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I do not have any nuances to try to see how I can wiggle around that interpretation. I am saying that the capacity of the airport was based on a plethora of conditions and the DAA has decided to base it on one. That is disingenuous. We should be having a proper conversation about how we can all help with the new application. We all want to see the airport doing well but we do not want to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: To be honest, the community does not feel that. If Mr. Jacobs is trying to say the DAA is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: The people in the community are telling me-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: The local community would disagree with Mr. Jacobs but we will have to agree to disagree.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: I want to raise an issue involving a lovely lady from Rush who is just about to buy one of the new affordable houses we have there. She is a single mom looking after three beautiful children. She has gone through the hoops for the past couple of years and is just about to lose a house that was secured for her, one of the small number of houses that were available. The local authority...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2023)

Regina Doherty: Not at all. I spent many years working with Ms Hamilton, so it is very nice to see her. The frustration here is that the lady does not breach the earnings cap. The council has assumed that she is going to work for the 52 weeks of the year whereas she takes more than seven or eight weeks of parental leave every year, at her own cost, because she has an eight-year-old son and she cannot get...