Ms Rose Hynes:

There are circa 230 people working in Shannon Airport. There is no intention to reduce the number of jobs; rather, the intention is to grow the pie and increase passenger numbers. The airport caters for just 1.4 million passengers, but it has the capacity to cater for 4.5 million. The target is to achieve a figure of 2.5 million. What will be required in this regard is significant cost efficiency. We need to grow revenues and passenger numbers and have effective work practices. We will work with our staff to this end.