Mr. Stephen Kavanagh:

We are already seeing capacity constraints and, in some ways, the victims of our own success. As a state, airline and airport, with the support of the DAA, we will have to make entreaties to Washington to fund it. It is a much easier proposition to fund additional resources if there is more volume because the US taxpayer is under the same constraints as the Irish taxpayer in terms of cost-benefit analysis. Simply have more volume through Dublin Airport would cement the business case for customs and border pre-clearance facilties. We are already experiencing some constraints which we believe can be remedied by growth. In the future the US authorities will be open to some financial contribution from the air carriers. This has been the experience in the Middle East. US Customs and Border Protection, CBP, does not have application across Europe because it is too expensive. It can never be replicated at Heathrow Airport because there is a multitude of terminals.