Mr. Neil McGowan:

The Deputy asked about the number of redundancies. There will be thousands of redundancies in the industry. For example, the DAA will make between 750 and 1,000 people redundant in Dublin and Cork between now and the early part of next year. That is a colossal number of jobs by just one employer. That will be replicated across the board and will have an impact on the industry's ability to recover.

We mentioned the structural damage being done to the industry in our submission. That is financial for employers. As regards the skill sets in aviation, people are leaving through redundancy, whether that be voluntary or compulsory. Many people are just choosing to exit the industry because they have spent nine months without a proper income and cannot afford to meet their financial obligations. They have had no choice but to leave a job that they are highly skilled at, qualified for and certified for, and go to work at something else. We will not get those people back to the industry, which will affect the ability of aviation in this country to recover. That will ultimately affect the country's ability to recover economically from this pandemic.