Mr. Ronan Gallagher:

I am being politic about the pushback. There is pushback among some senior staff in the IAA. Some of the points the Deputy has made have been made to us. That is fine. I have listened to it and I do not think there is anything to it other than "leave us alone". I do not see any conflicts in respect of economic regulation. The economic regulatory function is twofold. It is with Dublin Airport and on behalf, in a way, of Eurocontrol, with the oversight of air traffic control. The new IAA will oversee, inspect and challenge the cost base of air traffic control. I suspect that might be the source of some fears within the IAA that suddenly its cost base will be subject to a level of scrutiny that it has not been subject to up to this time. I understand and am sympathetic with that but, from a policy perspective, we are happy that this is one of the outcomes.