Ms Anne Graham:

We would assess it on its merits. We would receive the application and assess that. It could be different depending on the route and the existing licensed services on that route. There is no fixed decision process. There is a process that is followed, but we would have to analyse the existing licensed services as well as the existing subsidised services on the route and make a decision on that basis. We would make a decision on the basis of whether there is demand to have additional end to end non-stop services. A good bit of assessment needs to go into that kind of process. I cannot give the Deputy a definitive answer as to what the outcome might be in such a case.