Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I apologise. The dog did not eat my homework; I just got stuck in the traffic. It happens with the transport committee from time to time because we normally meet early in the day.

We would all want to save money on everything in aviation except security. It is a given that security needs to be absolutely top notch. In many cases, we have regulation in theory but not in practice. We constantly ask what the cost of it is but in fact, we pay for it one way or the other. If there is a failure we pay for it. We need to look at it in the context of making sure there is not a failure. Are there sufficient resources in what is being proposed? There is no point in having it in theory but not in practice.