Dublin Airport New Runway/Infrastructure.

Somebody somewhere f**ked up big time and my belief it’s on FCC’s side not the DAA. Not saying the DAA are saints by any means but I can see why they went public in the way they did, it stinks of incompetence!

There were two submissions on the application.
One from a person in Wicklow that complained about the extra noise pollution in Wicklow National Park.

Another that can't be described. Seems to be intentional nonsense, in order have an option to appeal whatever decision is made.

FCC and all of the councils here are morons… At this stage, there is this nonsense of "he said, she said". These are state bodies. I have a solution, non of this crap anymore, all meetings are recorded and available for the public to see. That stops the nonsense dead in its tracks…

Also, the anti needs to be massively upped here, as government arent doing anything. DAA if FCC are lying, need to just release the proof to the public. As I see it, this will go on for years, increasing caps etc, a never ending farce. The hand has to be forced now, to remove any cap. Not then years down the road… FCC now obviously hate DAA, they also have a vested interest for political reasons for stalling as long as possible, on top of this, no doubt the councillors also live in the area? Game over. If they do want to be part of a reasonable process, you remove them from it. simple…

Maybe if the DAA wasn’t so arrogant and blatant with breaking the passenger cap by a million last year they might have had better luck with their application.

So if they don’t control the number of flights from Dublin Airport what do they actually do?

Why are they asking for more slots so?

And why are they the ones responsible for the application???

The cabinet. Councils are controlled by NIMBYS. ABP has been compromised by Green ideology.

Looks like government going to sort this out... that's what happens when you act like a child FCC... may a whole host of new daily flights occur ... and they will... LOL!!

https://www.businesspost.ie/article/major-shift-leaders-finally-back-minister-to-solve-airport-cap-row/

A major shift in the government’s attitude to the controversial Dublin Airport passenger cap will take place this week once a new minister for transport is appointed, the Business Post can reveal.

While the incoming parties believe former Green Party minister Eamon Ryan would have been loath to find solutions that would have led to the passenger cap being lifted, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will now be “at one” on the issue.

It is expected that DAA will be advised by the government to develop a number of options to solve the issue, before beginning a series of engagements with the new minister who will have the full backing of government to find a political solution.

Speaking to the Business Post this weekend, Kenny Jacobs, the DAA chief executive, said the escalation of the conflict this week has led him to consider legal action against Fingal County Council.

Jacobs said he was “blindsided” by a statement from the local authority on Tuesday evening that rejected as invalid a planning application to raise the cap to 36 million passengers per year.

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Fingal accused the DAA of being “misleading” in its application, which the airport operator branded a “bizarre flip-flop” as council planners had twice confirmed the validity of the application.

Jacobs said “all options” were now on the table including legal action in the form of a High Court judicial review of the move by Fingal.

Jacobs indicated a plan of action would be agreed within days.

He also said that now was the time for the government to intervene and work to resolve the long-running issue.

“I think they absolutely should act quickly, with a view to protecting jobs, with a view to protecting tourism,” Jacobs said.

“They could issue a ministerial directive, and they could also look at primary legislation, there’s several things they could look at.”

The Business Post has established the departure of the Greens from government, and Ryan as transport minister, will mean a new approach will be pursued to engage closely with DAA.

The change in tack comes after repeated calls from DAA and airlines for government intervention.

Responding to the latest setback, a spokesman for Ryanair said: “Dublin Airport is key national infrastructure and should be treated as such; the important matter of the Dublin Airport traffic cap has been fumbling around between DAA and Fingal County Council for far too long, and the latest shambles regarding DAA’s recent ‘no-build’ application makes clear that government intervention is required.

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“Ryanair calls on the new Irish government to abolish the Dublin Airport traffic cap as its first initiative, which would lead to growth in traffic, connectivity, tourism, and jobs on the island of Ireland.”

Hannah Walden, director of communications at Airlines for America, said Fingal’s move to invalidate the latest application was “another step in the wrong direction”.

“Any outcome that results in a reduction of service is not only detrimental to the travellers, shippers and economies of both of our countries, it also has potential implications to the overall US-Ireland relationship. We urge them to reconsider this stance and to prioritise solutions that promote, rather than restrict, aviation growth and the benefits it brings,” Walden said.

Dublin Airport is currently capped at 32 million passengers a year due to a 2007 planning condition related to the opening of Terminal 2.

DAA applied for planning permission to permanently remove the cap in December 2023. It had hoped the ‘no-build’ application to increase to 36 million could provide a “short-term solution” to the cap.

The fee needs to be accessible for the public.
But so what if there is nonsense objections. Doesn't affect anything.
The Wicklow objection is serious, I doubt it will be considered valid.

I assume he intentionally sent a nonsense letter order to gain a right of appeal. (objectors can appeal a decision to ABP).

The application needs to be process more efficiently. It should go straight to ABP. As it will be appealed anyway.
But removing the cap entirely is not going to happen. It will be bump up to the current capacity limit, then increase again when it's further developed. The no-build application should have happened during covid.

Infrastructure has an operational limits. Executives, developers, etc will take the piss with joe blogs if you let them.

I would never vote green, but I admire Your openness.

well said.

”But so what if there is nonsense objections. Doesn't affect anything.” - “I assume he intentionally sent a nonsense letter order to gain a right of appeal. (objectors can appeal a decision to ABP).”

I rest my case.

I might be misunderstanding, but what is your case exactly? Sounds like you are have an issue with the ability for the public to appeal a decision. Which seems like change that only harms the public overall.

Is there a cap on numbers entering ikea or dudrum town centre ? Is there a cap on the m50 despite being chronically under capacity, as they refuse to provide reasonable public transport in problem ?