Mr. James Courtney:

We discussed it with the Commission and the agency in late 2015 and early 2016. In early 2016 we decided that we would require all Irish airlines to be compliant with a calendar year of January to December. Two airlines were affected - Aer Lingus and Ryanair - both of which had a calendar year of April to March. We advised them individually of our decision and the discussions which had taken place with the European agencies. We discussed the transition, how they would get from where they were to where we wanted to direct them. Aer Lingus which is a much smaller airline was able to achieve it from January 2017.