Mr. Ronan Gallagher:

I do not think I am breaching confidentiality as it was a public consultation. The DAA was certainly of the view that the charge should be set against the passengers using the airport rather than the company. By virtue of administrative ease of collecting fees it seems to me that the regulated entity is the most appropriate. It is after all the organisation that can respond to whatever the security finding might be. There are inbuilt incentives in the system in a way that the IAA inspects the associated charges. If one is a highly performing regulated entity in terms of aviation security the IAA's requirement to constantly visit will reduce and therefore one imagines that the fee is payable. There is an inbuilt incentive to be a good client. If one was to directly charge passengers who use the airport once a year or once every two years it is not clear to me that it would be a benefit as they have no relationship with the regulated entity in terms of changing behaviour. Part of the approach is to try to incentivise behavioural responses to security breaches. I will ask Mr. Gavin if he thinks that is fair.