Manna is set to open a new drone hub in Dundrum alongside its existing hub in Blanchardstown, raising regulatory issues. Maeve O'Connell described the current lack of drone regulation as a 'Wild West,' lacking limitations on noise and airspace usage. Emer Currie indicated that Dublin 15 is a test ground for national drone operations, highlighting the absence of integrated regulations that account for residential impact. Current noise control legislation excludes drones, complicating noise complaints, as confirmed by Dublin City Council officials.
"We don't really have any limitations on noise, or the number of drones that can fly in effectively open air space, and we don't have a lower limit that drones can fly at."
"Dublin 15 is being used as a test ground to launch commercial drone operations nationally, so the decisions the Government is making now will shape how home deliveries and drone technology is going to develop."
"The current legislation dealing with noise control is the Environmental Protection Act of 1992 which legislates what is a noise nuisance... we cannot deal with noise complaints about drones."
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