Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Well done to Mr. Whelan on his reappointment and best wishes for the future.

My next question is for Ms Hynes. In Shannon we have the property side and the airport. The property side is a very good news story. Shannon Group got it for nothing and it is debt free so it could not be other. With 170 companies and 8,000 employees, it is certainly something we would like to see build for the region and the western seaboard. The airport is less of a good news story, in terms of passenger numbers decreasing from 7% to 4.4%. When Ms Hynes took over, her target was to build the figure up to 2.5 million and the highest we got to was 1.9 million. What is the plan to get it back up?