Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a few questions for Mr. Dawson and Mr. Hackett. The Covid support scheme that was referred to in the budget yesterday links those payments to level 3 or above. That would suggest that travel agents are not included in that but they should be because they have been at level 5 since March.

I thank Dr. Horn for the work he has done. There are a few areas we need to cover. The work he did was primarily about addressing the immediacy of getting aviation rebooted and restarted in all its forms. He challenged us on what the terms of reference for a reconvened task force might be. I suggest that, rather than going back over the work it has done, the next element of task force's work would look at how we ensure a balanced development and regional aspect to the aviation recovery. Building on what Dr. Horn has already done, the task force could look at the next phase and how we ensure that as aviation activity recovers - and it will but it will take some time - we do not end up with the airlines concentrating on one airport, namely, Dublin Airport, and effectively eliminating all others. A task force under Dr. Horn's chairmanship would have to have a different set of terms of reference and a very different make-up of strategists. I would like to hear Dr. Horn's comments on that.