Dublin Airport New Runway/Infrastructure.

The current situation in the ME has the potential to put the entire global economy into free fall, diesel and petrol expected to go over €2 a litre, kero for home fuel went up over 50% after last weekend, god knows where jet fuel will go.

Yes the north does count because a large portion of those people use Dublin Airport. This thread is for Dublin Airport infrastructure not let’s close Dublin Airport so Singapore Airlines starts direct flights to Shannon. Go somewhere else

Lounges update

Why is every headline on Dublin Airport today media giving so much voice to opposition on the cap. There’s absolutely nothing about the benefits of getting rid of it for everyone on the island and the damage it will cause everyone if it gets enforced. These opposition arguments are ridiculous…

Wow. Some pretty embarrassing questions / solutions put forward there by some TDs/ members - exposing their lack of understanding on the topic or perhaps a hidden agenda (or not so hidden in some cases).

The Oireachtas meetings have had a lot of opposition speakers talking about the north runway SID flight paths. But does that really have anything to do with this bill? Whether the bill is passed or not flights will still take that departure path. I don't see the relevance and the point with so much conversation around it. Maybe daa are laughing afterwards because they know none of that was relevant and they are more likely to side with passing the legislation? It'll be good to see Michael go in tomorrow.

This cap is costing billions allegedly... that could be spent on public transport to offset some or all pf the emissions etc... its pathetic. The Americans should stop entry to aer lingus, watch how quick the cap would be dealt with ... the way they could do what they wanted, when they wanted under the covid dictatorship at breakneck speed...

Well said. We don't have US-style Executive Orders yet.

The parliamentary process is how laws are made in a democracy, imperfect though it is - and I don't disagree that the Oireachtas needs to be reformed in lots of ways. When laws are being drafted (which is a very exacting process), this is done in such a way as to minimise the risk of a successful legal challenge, i.e. of course they may be challenged, but the aim is to avoid errors or loopholes that would see them readily struck down. Also, Ministers can exercise powers are granted to them by law but, if they go beyond that, it is quite likely that whatever they do will be successfully challenged in Court. As for the COVID pandemic, that was truly exceptional and things were done legislatively that had to be quickly unwound once the justification for them no longer existed.

I’m not disputing that, what I am disputing is 16 months after this government were elected they are only now holding 2 sessions a week with stakeholders over a 6 week period and breaking for recess in between. Meetings with all stakeholders could have been facilitated within a week if they actually put their minds to it and wanted to speed the process up considering the urgency surrounding the issue.

The Government and the Oireachtas are not the same thing. Oireachtas Committees determine their schedule of business and the Committee and its members will have other things going on rather than just one Bill to think about. Even co-ordinating diaries with the various parties who want to have a say will be a task in itself.

Btw is there an independent source (not a vested interest) in relation to how these billions are arrived at? Not sure I've seen one.