Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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571. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislative timeframe for the appointment of an independent competent authority for noise; and if it is still his intention to appoint Fingal County Council as the competent authority. [48412/18]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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I intend to publish the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018 this month, which was approved by cabinet today, providing for the designation of Fingal County Council as the Competent Authority for the purposes of EU Regulation 598/2014. The target is to enact the Bill by the end of the year. 

As the Deputy is aware, a General Scheme of the Bill was considered and approved under the pre-legislative process last month, and in the period since there has been an intensive effort to produce a final Bill.  I look forward to the Deputy's contributions during the legislative process to come and ultimately to his support for this important piece of new regulatory law.