230. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport whether, before bringing the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026 to Cabinet, his Department conducted any assessment of the Bill's impact on Ireland's obligations under the Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC), the EIA Directive (2011/92/EU), Regulation 598/2014 on the Balanced Approach, the EU Effort Sharing Regulation, or the Aarhus Convention; whether independent legal advice has been obtained on whether promoting legislation that permanently removes the only enforceable constraint on airport growth, while simultaneously being responsible for Ireland's compliance with the environmental directives that growth engages, creates a conflict of interest; and if no such assessments were conducted, the basis on which the Bill was presented to Cabinet as consistent with Ireland's EU obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31621/26]

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230. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport whether, before bringing the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026 to Cabinet, his Department conducted any assessment of the Bill's impact on Ireland's obligations under the Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC), the EIA Directive (2011/92/EU), Regulation 598/2014 on the Balanced Approach, the EU Effort Sharing Regulation, or the Aarhus Convention; whether independent legal advice has been obtained on whether promoting legislation that permanently removes the only enforceable constraint on airport growth, while simultaneously being responsible for Ireland's compliance with the environmental directives that growth engages, creates a conflict of interest; and if no such assessments were conducted, the basis on which the Bill was presented to Cabinet as consistent with Ireland's EU obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31621/26]

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