Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 January 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion

2:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not a member of the committee, but I have an interest in this issue, like everybody else in the country. We need a thorough evaluation of all of the implications for the future of air transport services from an economic viewpoint in terms of the need for investment, connectivity and the recognition of our island nation status, all of which must be borne in mind in a particular way.

I support the point made by my colleague, Deputy Joe Carey, about the possible development of transport hubs, a matter I have raised by way of parliamentary question on numerous occasions in recent years. Regardless of the way this issue goes, it marks a watershed. It could have major implications for the economic development of the country in terms of ready access from all parts of the country and the development of aviation services globally.

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