Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I refer to something Mr. Philips said. It is something I believe would have been the case heretofore, that is, this idea of losing a route and being unable to have it returned for probably three to five years. Would Mr. Philips accept that this is a very untypical situation? It is not as if an asset is being moved to another location. The fact is there will be, as part of the recovery, more than an oversupply of aircraft dotted throughout the world, so as part of our recovery there will not be a shortage of aircraft, that is for sure. If we can get a framework in place that gives confidence to airlines that we, as part of the European Union as a bloc, are serious about living with the effects of Covid and perhaps the aftereffects of it, does Mr. Philips believe that will be enough for the airline industry to come back more quickly on routes, since the supply of aircraft will not be the issue? If anything, it will be the degree of confidence among the travelling public that will be the guiding light more so than the availability of aircraft.