Mr. Niall Burgess:

I do not want to express an opinion. I am talking about the implementation of Government policy and a long-standing Government policy. We are talking about US flights but the great majority of landings at Shannon Airport and overflights in Irish airspace are by states with which Ireland has very close and constructive relations. We set out in one of the letters to the committee, I am not sure whether it was last year or this year, the fact that Ireland's military neutrality has to be also seen in a context where we have friendly relations with many states as well.