Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Has the Department undertaken a review of the redistribution of air travel? We all know that Dublin Airport is completely overburdened and is unable to cope. People cannot find spaces to park because the car parks are full. Every service within the Dublin Airport campus is under pressure. There is no let-up in that regard. At the same time, Shannon and Cork airports are not being utilised to the maximum extent. Those airports are not even achieving a fraction of their potential. Could a Government policy be initiated to divert some traffic from Dublin Airport to Shannon and Cork? At the moment, people are travelling from Limerick, Clare and Tipperary, passing Shannon and Cork, to an overcrowded airport in Dublin. Can Government to anything to provide incentives to airlines to direct more traffic through Cork and Shannon?