Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate Ms Hynes on her appointment. I was going to mention cargo but Deputy Fleming covered that. Ms Hynes has a very ambitious plan and a very challenging job to increase passenger numbers and I do not expect she will get those numbers overnight. There will have to be a steady increase. She will report through the Minister on, I hope, increased passenger numbers at Shannon Airport. Will she give us some idea on whether there is a critical mass of passenger numbers on which the survival of Shannon Airport depends? How will Ms Hynes look at alternative business? Deputy Fleming mentioned cargo and there is miliary aircraft maintenance and so on. Essentially, is there a plan B for Shannon Airport if the minimum targets are not met?