John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has made that point. I need to bring this meeting to a conclusion but by way of a final comment, I was interested in Mr. Ó Ríordáin's suggestion that the difficulties of Cork were somewhat increased and that it does not have an even playing field in respect of the advantages of Shannon Airport or even Kerry Airport.

Coming from the west of Ireland, I get plenty of suggestions from Knock airport that it is not a level playing field. Mr. Ó Ríordáin has referred to that and may wish to comment on it.

For the information of members, reference has been made to how we are not sure about the proposal to sell the Government's stake in Aer Lingus and that we do not have the requisite information from IAG. Members will have the opportunity to ask questions of Mr. Willie Walsh on Thursday to address any concerns they may have.