On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 28 of 273 decisive votes (0 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Independent | 1,492 | 2020-03-20 – 2026-09-30 |
Membership spells on record: IND 2014-10-10–2016-04-24 · IND 2016-03-10–2020-03-29 · IND 2020-03-30–2025-01-29 · IND 2025-01-29–present
I move amendment No. 3 f : In page 45, to delete lines 5 to 7 and substitute the following: “ “(bb) The Minister shall cause a copy of a report under paragraph (a) to be published in such form and manner as he or she considers appropriate.”.”.
I move amendment No. 3 g : In page 45, line 11, after “Minister” to insert “and the Oireachtas”.
I move amendment No. 3 h : In page 45, to delete lines 38 and 39.
I move amendment No. 3 i : In page 46, to delete lines 13 to 21 and substitute the following: “ “(2) The first Chief Executive appointed after the commencement of section 68 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 2021 shall be appointed by the Minister for a period not exceeding 5 years and may, after consultation with the directors of the company, be removed from office by the Minister. (3) Each subsequent Chief Executive shall be appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the directors of the company, fo…
I will press the amendment.
I am trying to get my thoughts together.
I have not quite figured out what I want to say, but I might start talking in a few minutes. I invite my colleagues to step in ahead of me.
I will allow the Minister of State to respond.
I thank the Minister of State but there are a number of issues here. First, having the Minister appoint a chief executive officer to the IAA when the Minister does not have aviation expertise within his or her Department is a matter of great concern. In fact, I am deeply concerned about anything that goes on in the Department of Transport at the moment while we are without aviation expertise. We have hashed this out over and over again, over several months, and notwithstanding the fact that the air traffic investig…
To go back, we are talking about employing a chief executive officer for the Irish Aviation Authority. We do not have anybody in the Department who has aviation expertise to assist in the short-listing of any curriculum vitae that might arrive in applications for the job. We do not have anybody on the State appointments commission that I am aware of who is an aviator who can attest to or test the qualifications of those coming before an interview board. Can the Minister of State tell me if the Department is going t…
Four people are dead and there is no aviation expert. We are now talking about appointing a new CEO to the IAA who will be responsible for regulation. I have difficulty with the way things are going. Will there be an aviation expert available to the Department - an employee of the Department, paying PAYE, PRSI, pension contributions and so on - to attest to and short-list any applications that come forward?
I need to ask a question. I understand what the Minister of State says when she talks to us all the time about the expertise that is available in the IAA. Two things have come together rather unfortunately in the middle of this Bill; one is my amendment and the other is the impending departure of the CEO of the IAA. Surely to God the IAA experts cannot advise the Department on the short-listing of the next CEO, which means it goes to a contractor to provide that because it does not have any other expertise. Are we …
It is really important.
The Minister of State has never explained to me when they are going to have an expert within their own staff.
I think it is important to put it on the record.
It is important. The Minister of State has pointed out that the Public Appointments Service will make the appointment aided and abetted by a contractor, an executive search company.
It is clear as mud.
Legislation that was brought in after the financial crisis, which was understandable in some ways, made a lot of changes to how superannuation works so there are people now paying into superannuation who cannot benefit from same. I ask the Minister of State to bring this matter back to her colleagues in the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform because I do not expect her to do anything about it here.
I want to check something with the Minister of State. Are amendments Nos. 7 a and 7 b being brought in as a result of the air accident investigation unit report which stated that the IAA was uncertain as to its role with respect to search and rescue, SAR?
I move amendment No. 3 l : In page 48, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following: “(4) (a) An annual audit shall be conducted by the IAA of Ireland’s compliance with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices.(b) The audit shall identify those ICAO standards that Ireland does not comply with. Where non-compliance with an ICAO standard is identified the audit will identify the reason for non-compliance and report on whether a difference to the standard has been notified to ICAO and if not when a difference will…