Mr. Eddie Wilson:

I wish to add to that. With respect, I do not doubt the Deputy's concern but he seems to be taking a binary approach. We are dealing with these issues every day, which is why we are equipped to deal with the assessment of risk. It is not black and white. It will be very grey. All we are saying is that a balance must be struck. Other countries have done that. Dr. Michael Ryan of the World Health Organization said this morning that international travel bans are not a sustainable strategy. Economies have to open up, people have to work and trade has to resume. It was not Ryanair that said this but Dr. Ryan of the World Health Organization, WHO. The WHO believes it is possible to identify and minimise the risk associated with international travel and we support that view. We are going to have to move.

With respect, nobody is playing fast and loose. Like Aer Lingus and every other airline, we have people working at check-in desks and dealing with the public. Their health also has to be protected. We would not have a business without passenger confidence. Our biggest fear as a business is a second surge. We are not disconnected from this. If we do not have confidence, we do not have passengers. This is not the agenda of Ryanair, Aer Lingus or the aviation industry generally; for once this agenda actually lines up with the needs of the economy. If we do not have a functioning aviation industry, the effect on jobs will be disproportionate to that of the initiatives regarding the spread of the disease. We will have to learn to live with those concerns. That is what we are saying. With respect, we are not saying we do not care about that.