Mr. Joe Gilmore:

One of the Deputies asked about infrastructure at the airport. This is another critical area that needs addressing. Considering the infrastructure, one could argue that north of Galway there is a serious deficit in road and rail infrastructure. We welcome the completion of the current N18 motorway up to Tuam. However, it again indicates that the focus is on creating access to the major DAA airports. The Dublin motorway has been completed from Galway and now a motorway will go from north Galway straight down into Shannon. Why is there not a motorway starting in Sligo and going down into Galway to give us better access? It took us approximately 22 years to get scheduled bus services into the airport. We only succeeded two years ago in getting the route 66 Derry to Galway service to stop at the airport. Up to then we had no scheduled bus services and we are trying to operate international airport access.