Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Section 41 of the Bill provides that the proposed AirNav Ireland may charge for functions performed by it pursuant to EU regulations listed in Schedule 1. Schedule 1 of the Bill lists 21 such regulations which relate to air navigation service provision and communications. Amendments Nos. 6 and 7 are technical amendments which bring the referencing of these 21 regulations up to date since the Bill was originally published in December 2020, to ensure consistency with the formal titles as set out in the Official Journal of the European Union.Section 71 inserts a new section 55A into the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993, which provides that the IAA is the national competent authority for the purposes of EU regulations set out in Schedule 3 to the Bill. Schedule 3 currently includes 27 such EU regulations relating to air carriers, air navigation, air passengers, airports, aircraft, aviation safety, pilots and cabin crew, security and slot co-ordination.

Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 are technical amendments which bring the referencing of these 27 regulations in Schedule 3 up to date, since the Bill was originally published in December 2020, to ensure consistency with their formal titles as set out in the Official Journal of the European Union. Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 also add a further six EU regulations to those currently listed in Schedule 3. These additional EU regulations are numbered 7 to 12 in amendment No. 8 and relate to air navigation, balloons, gliders and unmanned aircraft, confirming and clarifying the IAA's existing responsibility as national competent authority for these roles.