Ms Niamh McCarthy:

I have been out to Miami and LA. I was called out urgently. They will make a decision on the turnarounds by August. If this decision is not overturned, they will relocate their ships to Amsterdam and the business will be gone. Every time a turnaround is planned, a company invests five years' worth of advertising and marketing. One can imagine the money that goes into that. These ships are full and 3,500 people fly in to join the cruises. That is a great deal of marketing in the US. If that business moves to Amsterdam, it is gone. Why would it come back once Dublin Port says that it has room for it? It will not come back. With those companies go all the other cruise lines. That is what happens - they are like sheep, so they will all go. We need answers now. Everyone says that this is still two years away, but it is not. The companies will make the decision now.