DAA welcomes resolution of Dublin Airport passenger cap 'once and for all'

Transport minister introduces legislation to ease the 32m passenger cap 

Airport authority DAA said it "strongly welcomes" the announcement by transport minister Darragh O'Brien of legislation to remove the Dublin Airport passenger cap. Picture: Dominic McGrath/PA

Airport authority DAA said it "strongly welcomes" the announcement by transport minister Darragh O'Brien of legislation to remove the Dublin Airport passenger cap.

The legislation will give the minister power to revoke or amend the 32m passenger cap, which has proved a source of division and controversy. "I will now engage with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport to progress pre-legislative scrutiny and advance the formal drafting of the Bill,” said Mr O'Brien, after bringing a memo to Cabinet on Tuesday to seek approval for the new legislation.