Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the witnesses. There is a sense of déjà vuabout this discussion because we had more or less the same conversation this day three weeks ago at a previous meeting of the committee. Unfortunately, that meeting was followed by three further weeks of inaction on the part of the Government. I am very interested in what the level of communication is between senior management at each of the two airlines represented today and the Minister or Minister of State. Will the witnesses indicate how many conversations or meetings they have had in the past three weeks with the Minister, Minister of State or a senior official on their behalf?