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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: As the Deputy should be aware, as should all of the House, increasing capacity at Dublin Airport is in line with the national aviation policy and it is something that I and the Government want to see happen, notwithstanding the planning framework within which we all must operate. We recognises the strategic importance of Dublin Airport to meeting national social and economic policy goals....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: That definitely was the request that this passenger cap, whatever the wider issues are, should not impact, in particular, PSOs. We are talking tourism but we are also talking about those who have absolutely necessary medical and health reasons for travelling. I welcome that and we need to ensure it happens because the chairperson of the airline had stated that there could be an issue about...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I could not agree more with the Deputy and I am actively engaged in trying to find a solution. I find it somewhat extraordinary that 17 years had elapsed since the 2007 cap had been imposed until last year when the DAA lodged its planning application to lift the cap. One might have thought that given an issue with such gravity that it might have been addressed earlier. We are where we are,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It would be a much longer conversation if we are going to talk about the issues that exist around planning in this State and its history. There is no doubt that there is a huge number of issues with regard the time it takes and the fact that there cannot be any guarantees even when people can comply with planning conditions. On the residents, it is absolutely necessary and a great deal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Aviation Industry (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy and I believe we are ad idem on this. I reiterate the Government wants to see the cap lifted. It is national aviation policy to grow the connectivity at Dublin Airport and indeed at the regional airports and across the island because we are an island nation. Unfortunately, it is not a straightforward matter. It is one that whatever approach we ultimately take will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Transport Policy

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress being made in implementing the All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the implementation plan following the publication of the All-Island Rail Strategy will be published; the criteria which were given to the consultants in drawing up this plan in relation to ensuring balanced regional development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41628/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Can the Minister provide an update on the progress being made in implementing the All-Island Strategic Rail Review? We welcomed the fact that there was an increase in services. In my part of the world we definitely welcome the fact that the Belfast-Dublin service was becoming hourly. We have then had a number of revisions of timetables because there has been an element of chaos. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 72 together. As the Deputy may be aware, the All-Island Strategic Rail Review was undertaken in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. Following two public consultations, the review’s final report was published on 31 July 2024. The review's final report sets out 32 strategic recommendations to enhance...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (17 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am really sorry but we are way over. We are caught within the time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (17 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Okay.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Navigation Orders (17 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The subject is extremely important but we are caught in the time and the Minister had nearly three minutes.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Airport Policy

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position on the business plan now reported on by his Department on the funding application to develop the Waterford Airport runway extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41978/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: My question relates to the Waterford business plan to extend the airport at Waterford. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter having received an update from his Department?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: I thank the Deputy for his question and for the opportunity to update the House on this matter. As he will be aware, my Department has undertaken a detailed appraisal of the development proposal put forward by Waterford Airport. That appraisal has included the assessment of significant documentation and responses to queries raised by Department officials and addressed by the airport,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I acknowledge the hospital pass that the Minister of State has been given with this project. I wrote to his Department asking when in the past ten years a project that was 100% going to be funded by the private sector before the Department put in a cent of funding was last done. Nothing like it has been done in the previous ten years. The proposal is that private money will deliver the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Airport Policy (17 Oct 2024)

James Lawless: It is a little unrealistic to categorise this as some sort of once in a lifetime opportunity for the State and that the funding is not required until the end. Effectively the State has been asked to take a loan from private interests to be paid back pro rata when it is completed. Whether the money comes at the start, middle or end, the fact is the State is being asked to contribute...