Seanad debates

Tuesday, 16 April 2019

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

2:30 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Labour) | Oireachtas source

The same is true of that Bill. There is a fundamental lack of trust. I have a skin in the game because I have a son who works at Dublin Airport. We need to recognise the indigenous community that has been there for a long time. We need to build trust with that community in order that when regulation is brought forward, it will be obeyed, recognised and monitored. From the very beginning we have seen that there has not been that trust.The manner in which the Bill is going through the House does not really say to people: Trust us, you will get a proper hearing and a proper debate because we are not going to get that in this House this evening. The Bill will be rammed through. My intention is to speak on section 3, on which we have tabled an amendment on the competent authority.

I think there is a fundamental problem of trust, in and around the airport.

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