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Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
78. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the immediate implementation of measures to optimise air traffic management and introduce new coordination parameters prioritising new long-haul destinations from Dublin Airport; if he will outline plans to lift the threshold on the regional airports programme to include Shannon and Cork airports, thereby enhancing national connectivity and supporting sustainable aviation development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39883/24]
Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2024
89. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to ban any airline company found to have illegally transported military equipment without authorisation through Irish sovereign airspace from transiting through Irish sovereign airspace in the future; if legislative changes would be required to implement such a ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38744/24]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2024
77. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice the number of fines and cautions imposed on airlines carrying passengers with inappropriate travel documentation. [38192/24]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
125. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if there are arrangements in place with the Revenue Commissioners and airlines in respect of the exchange of information (details supplied). [37822/24]
Record· debate2024-09-18published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
Joint Committee on Transport and Communications
Question· writtenPQ 229asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport when the Government’s aviation policy was last updated; and if he will include an objective to increase the number of slots that are assigned to Cork, Shannon and Knock. [34591/24]
Question· writtenPQ 448asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
448. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new levy of 5% on the profits of all airlines and aircraft leasing companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33735/24]
Question· writtenPQ 447asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
447. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide a full-year estimate of the revenue that would be generated if Ireland imposed the European Commission’s proposed tax on aviation fuel in Budget 2023 and where that tax will be imposed on all flights including executive and corporate flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33734/24]
Question· writtenPQ 446asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
446. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance to provide a full-year estimate of the revenue that would be generated by introducing a levy of 33% on commercial aviation fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33733/24]
Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
161. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the flight paths at the north runway at Dublin Airport were appropriately environmentally assessed, including, but not limited to, the International Civil Aviation Organisation Guidance Material - Environmental Assessment of Proposed Air Traffic Management Operational Changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30981/24]
Question· writtenPQ 429asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
429. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the airstrip at a location (details supplied) will be retained to enhance tourism, being the only official airstrip in the Boyne Valley region, and which has full planning permission as an official airstrip recognised by the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29643/24]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 July 2024
221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by establishing a new levy of 5% on the profits of all airlines and aircraft leasing companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28786/24]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 July 2024
220. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated if Ireland imposed the European Commission’s proposed tax on aviation fuel in Budget 2023 and where that tax would be imposed on all flights including executive and corporate flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28785/24]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 July 2024
219. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year revenue that would be generated by introducing a levy of 33% on commercial aviation fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28784/24]
Question· writtenPQ 164asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2024
164. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the shortfall in what is paid to retirees under the Irish airlines pension scheme; if he is aware of the hardship endured by many of these pensioners due to the reductions made to their defined benefit pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25612/24]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2024
50. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an outline of the spending in aviation in his Department to date and during 2024; to provide an account of any overspend or underspend noted by his Department in this Government programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24241/24]
Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2024
49. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department to date and during 2024 in relation to regional aviation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24240/24]
Question· writtenPQ 38asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 May 2024
38. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the rules that are in place for airlines using Irish airports to ensure specialised mobility and health aids are carried on aircraft including those which contain batteries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23016/24]
Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
218. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the details of his engagement at EU level with regard to revising the EU energy tax directive to require the aviation industry to pay excise duty and carbon tax on jet fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22674/24]
Question· writtenPQ 190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
190. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Transport the role of the Irish Aviation Authority in supporting people with disabilities and people with reduced mobility travelling through Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22590/24]
Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
186. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport what the terms of reference are for the Irish Aviation Authority's passenger advisory group; to give the membership and a listing of how often this group has met over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22479/24]
Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
184. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Transport how often and who provides disability awareness and access training to staff of the Irish Aviation Authority, the Dublin Airport Authority and the other major Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22477/24]
Question· writtenPQ 130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2024
130. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to instances of flights being impacted by GPS spoofing and-or jamming in Irish-controlled airspace in 2022, 2023 or to date in 2024; and if he and or his officials have engaged with the Irish Aviation Authority, the Department Of Defence and-or An Garda Síochána in respect of same over that time period. [22269/24]
Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 May 2024
107. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport when the task force on sustainable fuel aviation will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20853/24]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 May 2024
106. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport how Ireland will tackle the existing barriers to entry to meet its EU RED 3 environmental obligations for aviation and shipping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20850/24]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 May 2024
105. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Transport if his policy allows for the production of sustainable aviation fuels and e-fuels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/24]
Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2024
178. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the carbon emissions associated with all official air travel in tonnes; the value of these emissions; the amounts paid to the climate action fund by each Department, agency and body required to do so under the procedures for offsetting the emissions associated with official air travel for 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19423/24]
Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 April 2024
137. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the investment in the National Aviation Policy which provides support for Cork and Shannon Airports to develop as regional tourism and business gateways as outlined in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18465/24]
Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 April 2024
137. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the exact nature and current status of the European Commission’s announcement of 24 January 2024 that it was sending Ireland a formal notice (INFR(2024/0072) for failing to transpose Directive (EU) 2023/958 amending Directive 2003/87/EC regarding aviation’s contribution to the Union’s economy-wide emission reduction target and the appropriate implementation of a global market-based measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17927/24]
Question· writtenPQ 206asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 April 2024
206. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if will he instruct the board of an organisation (details supplied), in light of the huge increase, since the Covid pandemic ended, in the demand for commercial and leisure air travel and in light of the significant rise in consumer inflation for pensioners, to provide an amount within the Eurocontrol User Charge Unit Rate to ensure that current pensions in payment to pensioners of the IAA receive occasional pension increases concurrently with the occasional pay increases received by their colleagues still working within the State air navigation services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14182/24]
Question· writtenPQ 163asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2024
163. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the amount collected in fee in respect of overflight permits in the years 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [13369/24]
Question· oralPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 2024
66. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he can provide an update on the national aviation strategy and its impact on Dublin Airport and regional airports. [13497/24]
Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2024
215. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline any approaches or negotiations engaged in by Ireland with other EU Member States to waive the exemption on aviation fuel tax for intra-community flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11532/24]
Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2024
205. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the impact that increased Irish Aviation Authority fees could have on smaller flying clubs and students; if he is considering any measures to address concerns around this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13236/24]
Question· writtenPQ 202asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2024
202. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the board of a company (details supplied) to provide an amount within the Eurocontrol user charge unit rate air navigation charging mechanism, to ensure that current pensions in payment to pensioners of the IAA receive occasional pension increases concurrently with the occasional pay increases received by their colleagues still working within the State's air navigation and regulation services, in light of the huge increase since the Covid pandemic ended in the demand for commercial and leisure air travel and in light of the significant rise in consumer inflation for pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13137/24]
Question· writtenPQ 139asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 2024
139. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 20 February 2024, if he will provide the name of the charity event run by the Air Corps in conjunction with an aircraft (details supplied) in September 2004; the name registered charity number of the actual charity that ran the event or benefited from the event; the amount that was raised; the name of the individual organisers of the event and the liaison officer; and the reason the civilian aircraft was allowed to visit secure military aviation facilities in view of the fact that the Air Corps kept no record of the pilots or crew. [12653/24]
Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 March 2024
110. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the amount of aviation fuel sold at each Irish airport for domestic aviation for each year from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [10000/24]
Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 March 2024
109. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a breakdown of the amount of aviation fuel sold at each Irish airport for international aviation for each year from 2019 to 2023, in tabular form. [9999/24]
Question· writtenPQ 344asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2024
344. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the number of fines issued to airlines for allowing people into the country without documentation in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8922/24]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 February 2024
104. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport his views regarding licensing issues for airline pilots and the current wait times for responses from the Irish Aviation Authority (details supplied); if he is aware of concerns that this is posing safety risks; if he has engaged with the Irish Aviation Authority on this; the measures he is taking to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8792/24]
Question· writtenPQ 162asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
162. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport to publish the State Action for Aviation Emissions Reduction which should have been submitted in 2021 to the International Civil Aviation Organisation. [7471/24]
Question· writtenPQ 131asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 2024
131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the anticipated emissions from domestic aviation per year from 2022 to 2030 and the projected reductions with existing measures and with additional measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/24]
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 February 2024
199. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the direct and indirect subsidies for international passenger air travel; the direct and indirect subsidies for international passenger ferry travel; the climate costs and benefits of each, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6139/24]
Question· writtenPQ 208asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 February 2024
208. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Transport the expected number of air routes directly between Ireland and North America for 2024; if he will identify these routes and the airlines operating each; if they are seasonal or year-round; which routes are new for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4942/24]
Question· writtenPQ 209asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 January 2024
209. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Transport if he will comment on the steps that need to be taken in order to bring Irish aviation policy into line with the objectives of Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/24]
Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2024
191. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if the Irish Aviation Authority and Airnav Ireland have any concerns in relation to large scale wind turbines, such as the potential they have to affect flight paths and the safety of aircraft in relation to terrain clearance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3489/24]
Question· oralPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2024
89. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied with the systems for monitoring air pollution from aviation in the vicinity of Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3569/24]
Question· writtenPQ 243asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2024
243. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice whether airlines can be required to provide to the Garda national immigration bureau evidence of the travel documentation relied on by passengers when embarking an airline bound for Ireland. [2135/24]
Question· writtenPQ 242asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2024
242. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice to list the airlines that have had carrier liability fines imposed on them in 2023; and the amount of those fines. [2134/24]
Question· writtenPQ 241asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 January 2024
241. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the fine that is imposed on an airline that carries a passenger whose travel documentation is not in order when they arrive in Ireland. [2133/24]