Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 September 2025
202. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for bringing forward draft legislation to give effect to lifting the passenger cap at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50972/25]
View answerThe Programme for Government includes a clear commitment to working with stakeholders to achieve the objective of lifting the passenger cap at Dublin airport as soon as possible.
I intend to bring a Memorandum to Government shortly on the policy decision to pursue a legislative course of action and to seek approval for the development of a general scheme and associated heads of Bill.
The challenge facing Dublin Airport is not solely in relation to lifting the cap on passengers. In order to facilitate growth at the airport, planning permission is required to develop infrastructure capacity. In this regard, daa must continue to work to progress its planning application which seeks to lift the passenger cap to 40m passengers per annum and permission to build infrastructure including new piers and stands to facilitate this growth.
