Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to cut across Mr. Gray but our time is quite limited. I want to pick up on his assertion that the north runway will be to the benefit of Ireland and the regions, to quote his contribution of a few moments ago. I would again contend that given Dublin's 86% market share, the north runway would do the exact opposite of that. It would lead to more take offs and landings in Dublin. There has been a lot of discourse of late that Shannon has never fared well under separation and that a new configuration which brought it back under the wing of the DAA should be looked at. I ask that Mr. Gray and Ms. Considine briefly give their views on whether that should happen and how it would happen.