Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a number of questions to pose to our guests. I will direct my first question to Mr. Doyle. We all understand that the industry is suffering from a shock. It is on its knees and I want to preface everything I say by recognising that. I represent County Clare and I live on a flight path for planes landing in and taking off from Shannon. I do not need Flightradar24 to tell me that there is very little in the skies. When I look up at the sky from my back garden, it is evident that aviation in Shannon is suffering a real downturn.

When Aer Lingus announced the temporary laying off of staff, its decision was communicated by video. That was totally improper given that the news was received with devastation by staff members. Many of those staff members did not see it coming. The week before the lay-offs were announced, there had been talk of company restructuring which staff members read about in the media and on a WhatsApp message that was circulating. Would Mr. Doyle say that, from the outset, he and his colleagues in human resources of Aer Lingus handled all of this well? I would like to hear his views on that.