Fingal Council committee expected to call for removal of Daa board

Daa chairman Basil Geoghegan and Daa CEO Dalton Philips at the opening of the North Runway at Dublin Airport. Picture: Conor McCabe Photography

A local committee on Fingal County Council is expected to call for the removal of the board of Daa after its chairman lobbied for an expedited planning decision on night-time flights at Dublin Airport.

At the first meeting of Fingal County Council since the summer recess, a motion was proposed by independent councillor Cathal Boland calling for the local committee to write to the Government requesting the removal of the Daa board due to its alleged failure “to understand the regulatory requirement under which Dublin Airport is required to operate and also its clear failure to understand the process of planning as it relates to their charge”.