Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure that European Union Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, aviation licences are recognised by the Civil Aviation Authority, CAA, in Britain in order to facilitate cross-Border employment in the aviation sector on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61825/22]

Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Recognition of all aviation qualifications fall under Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 (the EASA Basic Regulation) and its supporting regulations. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), as competent authority for aviation safety regulation in the State, operates under EU direction on the recognition of qualifications.

As a consequence of Brexit, the UK is no longer a part of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) regulatory framework. The UK is developing its own aviation regulatory regime. As part of that regime, the UK has decided not to recognise EASA licences for use in UK registered aircraft from 31 December 2022. EASA licences are issued under EU law, and bilateral arrangements for the recognition of licences is something that can only be developed between the EU and the UK, and not by individual member states.