Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 124: To ask the Taoiseach the reason the Dublin Airport Authority is not listed in the February 2007 publication entitled Bodies in Ireland with Regulatory Powers bearing in mind that Aer Rianta has vast regulatory powers, including [i]inter alia[/i] those to make by-laws. [20112/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The view taken at the time was that the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is a commercial company with a core mandate to manage the three State airports and that its by-law making powers are discharged in that context. Accordingly, DAA was not listed as a regulatory body in the publication mentioned, as it was not viewed as having material functions under the definition criteria used in that Report.