Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 146: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in line with the improved standards for value for money, he will approve an independent cost benefit analysis of Dublin Airport's proposed parallel runway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45673/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) operates under a clear commercial mandate and its capital investment programme, including the proposed new parallel runway, is entirely funded from its own internal resources.

Proposals in relation to the development of Dublin Airport are, in the first instance, a matter for the DAA, which has statutory responsibility to manage, operate and develop the airport and to provide such facilities and services as it considers necessary for aircraft and passengers. Accordingly, the application of a cost benefit analysis or other appropriate appraisal in relation to the new runway is a matter that falls within the responsibility of the management and board of the DAA, operating within its commercial mandate.