Ms Anne Nolan:

I thank the Deputy for his kind remarks. With regard to the board and the time commitment, my position as an assistant professor at Trinity College is not full-time position. It is a part-time position and March to May is a busy time when I teach a little management course to pharmacy students but it is not insurmountable. I have been in my day job for 27 years and I am on top of it. It is easy to accept a role like the chairmanship of the IAA. I have the time on a personal level and the facility and ability to get up and down to the authority. We meet seven or eight times a year as board and I have a range of people with very good skills on the board. We have a former chief executive of an airline who is also a pilot. We have aviation and financial experts and yesterday the papers were signed to get another accountant. We have a very good mix of people on a small board. It is quite efficient and when there is a small board it is easy to get through the work programme. There has never been an issue. We all enjoy our work, which helps. I like to think I run an efficient meeting and have a very good chief executive and staff who make sure my job is as easy as it can be. They are very dynamic and they have a great can-do attitude. Nothing is ever a problem and nothing is ever too much, which is a nice environment to work in and makes my job easier. We work well together.

With regard to the criteria of Shannon, Dublin and Cork, it is as simple as economies of scale. It is a matter for the Government but-----