Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 July 2017
1373. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of draft statutory instruments or Bills his Department has presented to the Attorney General's Office on making the Irish Aviation Authority a competent authority in dealing with noise regulations at Dublin Airport. [35837/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs previously outlined to the House, officials in my Department continue to engage with the Office of the Attorney General and Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) on the finalisation of the Statutory Instrument. I have also spoken with the new Attorney General and he has assured me that the matter is being given high priority in his office. The process of drafting legislation can be complex and protracted and this has certainly been the case with the drafting to implement Regulation 598 of 2014. The process has involved numerous and lengthy engagements with the Office of the Attorney General and the OPC on the very detailed and technical legal issues at play. The process to date has been such that it would not be possible to quantify precisely the number of engagements between my Department and the AG's Office.
