Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will come back to Dr. Horn in a second. This is about restoring the confidence of the travelling public. Dr. Horn must be available to continue his role as chair of the aviation task force so that it can be reconvened.

The other point for us as a committee is that we should not be afraid to re-invite in representatives from the airlines in the context of the refund issue we heard about earlier from our guests but also to acknowledge the work of the Irish Travel Agents Association and the many people working in that very important sector, who have drawn the short straw through no fault of their own.

My final point is about re-establishing confidence in a safe manner. From our perspective as a committee, we should not fear this work ending up long rather than short because this is a very important matter.

I thank all our guests for their attendance.